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Table 4 Mechanical properties of NBR and EPDM and their composites

From: Effect of graphene on polar and nonpolar rubber matrices

Sample code

TS(MPa)

E(MPa)

EB (%)

NBR

4(−)

3.9

337.0(−)

*NBR-GO-0.1

7.7 (92.5%)

13.2 (238.5%)

567.0 (68.2%)

*NBR-GO-0.5

5.6 (40%)

16.8 (330.8%)

454.0 (34.7%)

*NBR-GO-1

6.1 (52.5%)

19.7 (405.1%)

454.0 (34.7%)

*NBR-rGO-0.1

5.7 (42.5%)

15.4 (294.9%)

241.0 (−28.5%)

*NBR-rGO-0.5

4.7 (17.5%)

19.3 (394.9%)

300.0 (−11.0%)

*NBR-rGO-1

4.8 (20.0%)

22.2 (469.2%)

336.0 (−0.3%)

EPDM

1.9(−)

9.9(−)

158.0 (−)

EPDM-GO-0.1

2.1 (10.5%)

15.5 (56.6%)

159.0 (0.6%)

EPDM-GO-0.5

2.2 (15.8%)

18.9 (90.9%)

175.0 (10.8%)

EPDM-GO-1

2.5 (31.6%)

23.3 (135.4%)

163.0 (3.2%)

EPDM-rGO-0.1

2.0 (5.3%)

14.5 (46.5%)

157.0(−0.6%)

EPDM-rGO-0.5

2.6 (36.8%)

24.0 (142.4%)

190.0 (20.3%)

EPDM-rGO-1

3.2 (68.4%)

33.4 (237.4%)

238.0 (50.6%)

  1. NB: TS: ultimate tensile strength (MPa), and *EB: elongation at break(%) for *NBR-GO/rGO compounds were collected from our previous work (Mensah et al., 2014) for comparison with properties of EPDM filled systems