Research Article

Innovative Application of Biopolymer Keratin as a Filler of Synthetic Acrylonitrile-Butadiene Rubber NBR

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The schematic diagram shows (a) the probable coordination of ions of zinc with amine and protein carboxylic groups, (b) the possible complex connections between the fragment of protein particle (keratin), MBTS (dibenzothiazyl disulfide), and ZnO [11].
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