Reinforcing Properties of Enzymatic Hydrolysis Lignin/Carbon Black Composite Filler System for Acrylonitrile Butadiene Rubber
Three methods viz.ball milling (BM),jet milling (JM) and spray drying (SD) were utilized to pretreat enzymatic hydrolysis lignin (EHL).The largest specific surface area of 6.311 m2/g was obtained by the jet milling lignin (EHL-JM),which is far less than that of carbon black (CB) N660.The varied-treated EHL and CB were applied to reinforce acrylonitrile butadiene rubber (NBR).The results show that when the EHL-JM mass ratio is 50%,the NBR/EHL-JM/CB vulcanizate owns the best mechanical properties; its tensile strength and elongation at break are 17.28% and 11.11% higher than those of NBR/EHL-BM/CB,respectively.The tensile strength (20.44 MPa) and tear strength of the NBR/EHL-JM/CB blend are just 22.96% and 12.03% lower than those of NBR/CB vulcanizate; the elongation at break increases by 28.50 %,reversely,revealing the vulcanizate still has good mechanical properties.However,with the ratio of EHL-JM in the composite filler system increasing,the tensile strength and tear strength of the NBR/EHL/CB blend decrease gradually.