Abstract
Abstract Relationship between the chemical structures of crosslinks and the degree of oxidative degradation of EPDM vulcanizates was studied by stress relaxation and oxygen absorption measurements. It was found that the vulcanizates having C—Sx—C crosslink showed slower stress relaxation than the vulcanizate having other crosslink structures, i.e., C—S—C, C—C, and C—R—C. It was thought that C—Sx—C bond would reduce the scission of the network in oxidative degradation, since some polysulfide compounds had the same effect of protecting scission as antioxidant. The similar results were obtained in oxygen absorption measurements. In the case of heat aging, the vulcanizate having C—Sx—C linkage increased in crosslinks during aging and the rate of crosslinking was equal to the rate of scission of the network in the early stages, but the vulcanizates having other types of crosslinks did not show such behavior.
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