Abstract
Abstract In this paper two kinds of weak boundary layers (WBL) in synthetic vulcanized styrene-butadiene rubber are described. i) WBL produced by the presence of antiadhesion compounds of the rubber formulation (zinc stearate, microcrystalline paraffin wax). These WBL cannot be effectively removed by solvent wiping, whether followed by washing with an ethanol/water mix or not. Although this treatment allowed a significant removal of zinc stearate, the paraffin wax concentration on the surface was not greatly reduced, thus, poor adhesion of rubber was obtained. Chlorination with small amounts of ethyl acetate (EA) solutions of trichloro isocyanuric acid (0.5–5 wt% TCI/EA) and/or an extended halogenation treatment increased the adhesion strength and effectively eliminated the zinc stearate from the rubber surface. If an additional heat treatment (50°C/24h) of the chlorinated rubber was also carried out, the WBL was more effectively eliminated and the resulting adhesion was independent of the amount of chlor...
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