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JOURNAL OF APPLIED POLYMER SCIENCE
Volume 110, Issue 3, Pages 1624-1631Publisher
JOHN WILEY & SONS INC
DOI: 10.1002/app.28595
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elastomers; polysiloxanes; reinforcement; swelling; thermal properties
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A new type of polymeric curing agent (PCA) was synthesized to improve processing property, increase mechanical properties, and decrease volume shrinkage of silicone rubber. The PCA was prepared by co-hydrolysis condensation of dimethyldiethoxysilane (DDS) and poly-ethoxysiloxane, then modified by hexamethylcyclotrisilazane (D-3(N)). Commercial silica and tetraethoxysilane (TEOS) were used as controls simultaneously. The properties of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) composites were characterized by shear viscosity measurements, room temperature mass loss, linear volume shrinkage, stress-strain tests, swelling behaviors and thermogravimetric analysis (TGA). PDMS composites using PCA show lower shear viscosity than those using commercial silica. Compared with the traditional PDMS/TEOS curing systems, PDMS/PCA curing systems behave relatively lower volume shrinkage, better reinforcement and thermal properties. In short, PCA acts as a good compromise in providing the best balance of processing property, volume shrinkage, mechanical properties and thermal stability in silicone rubber composites. (C) 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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