Indexes objectively reflecting performance evaluation of technical rubber goods

摘要

In order to choose a characteristic index which objectively reflects performance evaluation of technical rubber goods, accelerated thermal-oxidative ageing of rubbers was carried out. It has been demonstrated that as the index accountable for maintaining workability the rate of set at compressing or tension relaxing at pressing of technical rubber goods in a statically deformed state is usually taken. Besides, breaking elongation or tensile strength of technical rubber goods in a free state can be taken as an index, as well. It has been educed that the most sensitive index which reflexes the structural changes in the rubber of the rubber-cord casing (RCC) during the process of ageing is breaking elongation, the value of which is drastically dropping in the initial period of the thermal ageing and monotonously changing thereafter.