Characterization of microstructure of filled rubber by atomic force microscopy | Mekhanika | kompozitsionnykh | materialov i konstruktsii
> Volume 15 > №1 / 2009 / Pages: 83-93

Characterization of microstructure of filled rubber by atomic force microscopy

Abstract:

Mechanical properties of elastomeric composites in particular carbon black filled rubbers considerably depend on uniformity of distribution of filler and sizes of its clusters in an end-product, i.e. from quality of mixing of a composite compounds. In present work the technique of the quantitative analysis of structure of the filled rubber by atomic-force microscope (AFM) is elaborated. The analysis of images depending on height over zero level of a relief has shown that the number of clusters, their area and compactness.

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