Abstract
The hierarchical structures of poly(styrene-ran-butadiene) (SBR) rubber/carbon black (CB) systems vulcanized with sulfur and ZnO have been clarified using anomalous small-angle X-ray scattering (ASAXS) near the Zn absorption edge. In the case of SBR/CB systems vulcanized with peroxide, it has been found previously that the hierarchical structures formed by CB consist of aggregates of primary particles and agglomerates of those aggregates with mass-fractal dimensions. However, to date the hierarchical structures in SBR/CB systems vulcanized with sulfur and ZnO have not been well investigated, despite being commonly used. This is because the strong scattering contrast of Zn prevents the quantitative analyses of the hierarchical structures of CB using X-ray scattering. In this study, the effects of Zn on the scattering intensity were eliminated and the structure factors of CB in SBR/CB systems were obtained using the ASAXS method. By extrapolating to the zero volume fraction of CB, the particle structure factor of the CB aggregates was estimated and it was found that the CB aggregates consist of closely packed CB primary particles. The presence of large particles of ZnO and particles of ZnS on the order of 10 nm in size is confirmed.
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