Preparation and Characterization of Rubber Blends for Industrial Tire Tread Fabrication

Table 3

Swelling properties and crosslinking densities of the various compounds.

Samples/parameters	Qr	(cal/cc)^1/2		(mol/cm^3)
TP1	1.736	8.173	0.363	0.00412
TP2	1.059	8.173	0.363	0.02997
TP3	1.590	8.173	0.363	0.00378
TP4	2.290	8.070	0.370	0.00116
TP5	1.418	8.210	0.361	0.00588
TP6	1.569	8.210	0.361	0.00399
TP7	1.609	8.240	0.359	0.00366
TP8	1.792	8.240	0.359	0.00253