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CHEMISTRY OF
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Benzothiazole group
2- Mercaptobenzothiazole
2-bisbenzothiazole-2,2’-disulfide
2-bisbenzothiazole-2,2’-polysulfide
Zinc-mercaptobenzothiazole polysufides
Rubber
Benzothiazole terninated polysulfidic radilcal
2-cyclohexyldithiobenzothiazole
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MBT or BtSH
MBTS or Br-SS-Bt
BTP or BtS-SX-SBt
BtS-Zn-SX-SBt
RH
Bt-SX*
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List of Abbreviations
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• A- ACCELERATED CHEMISTRY
• B. CROSSLINKING CHEMISTRY
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• C. POST-CROSSLINKING CHEMISTRY
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A- ACCELERATED CHEMISTRY
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• Formation of MBTS from MBS
• Reaction of sulfur with MBTS and other
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accelerator polysulfides
• Exchange reaction among acceleratorpolysulfides
• Effect of ZnO-Formation of ZincAccelerator Complexes
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B. CROSSLINKING CHEMISTRY
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• Formation of crosslink precursors
• Conversion of crosslink precursors to
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crosslink
• Scorch delay reaction
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C. POST-CROSSLINKING CHEMISTRY
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• Crosslink desulfuration
• Crosslink degradation and main- chain-
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modification
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• (a) sulfur crosslinks (y=1 mono, y=2 di,
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y>2 polysulfide crosslinks
• (b) carbon-carbon crosslink
ã â Pendant accelereator sulfide where X is
the accelerator moiety
• (d) Cyclic sulfide
• (e) Vicinal crosslinks
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A- ACCELERATOR CHEMISTRY
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Formation of MBTS from MBS
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Reaction of sulfur with MBTS and
other Accelerator-polysulfides
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A key intermediate that reacts with
elemental sulfur is MBTS
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Exchange reaction among
accelerator polysulfide
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Effect of ZnO-Formation of ZincAccelerator Complexes
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Zinc-accelerator complexes may also
undergo exchange reactions with other zincaccelerator complexes to yield a distribution
of Zn-accelerator species
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Bt-Zn-SX-Bt + Bt-Zn-SY-Bt
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Bt-SZ-Zn-Bt + Bt-SX+Y-Z-Zn-Bt
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B- Crosslink chemistry
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Formation of crosslink precursors
• Crosslink precursors are formed when the
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accelerator polysulfides react with the
rubber chains, resulting in structures
RSX-SBt
• If Zinc is complexed to the accelerator
polysulfide, the crosslink precursors can
be BtS-Zn-SXSBt
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Conversion of crosslink precursors
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RSY* + Rubber
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BtSZ* can undergo a variety of reaction like
radical recombination to yield BtSSXSBt
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The Zinc chelation can stabilize other sulfur bonds.
Thus, in the presence of Zinc many of S-S bonds
can break
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