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Table 3 Swelling properties/crosslinking densities of rubber vulcanizates

From: Effect of graphene on polar and nonpolar rubber matrices

Samples

Qr

nc(molcm−3)×103

nt(molcm−3)×103

NBR

2.3

1.3(−)

0.6(−)

NBR-GO-0.1

2.2

1.5 (15.4%)

1.9 (216.7%)

NBR-GO-0.5

2.0

1.9 (46.2%)

–

NBR-GO-1

1.9

2.4 (84.6%)

2.9 (383.3%)

NBR-rGO-0.1

2.2

1.5 (15.4%)

2.3 (283.3%)

NBR-rGO-0.5

1.9

2.2 (69.2%)

–

NBR-rGO-1

1.8

2.9 (123.1%)

3.3 (450.0%)

EPDM

2.0

1.5(−)

1.5(−)

EPDM-GO-0.1

1.9

1.6 (6.7%)

2.3 (53.3%)

EPDM-GO-0.5

1.9

1.7 (13.3%)

–

EPDM-GO-1

1.8

1.9 (26.7%)

3.4 (126.7%)

EPDM-rGO-0.1

1.9

1.7 (13.3%)

2.1 (40.0%)

EPDM-rGO-0.5

1.9

1.8 (20.0%)

–

EPDM-rGO-1

1.8

2.0 (33.3%)

4.9 (226.7%)

  1. Q r equilibrium swelling degree, Q o swelling degree of unfilled rubber, Q c swelling degree of composites, n c chemical crosslinking density and nt: total network density