Radiation processing
Radiation dose required for the vulcanization of natural rubber latex

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Abstract

The radiation dose required for the vulcanization of natural rubber latex was optimized. To enhance the crosslinking, several sensitizers were used. Among the sensitizers, n-butyl acrylate (n-BA) alone was found to be the best one. The effects of concentration of n-Ba, mixing and standing time of latex with n-BA on the tensile properties of latex film were investigated. 12 kGy radiation dose, 5 phr n-BA and 30–40 min of mixing time were found to be the optimum conditions for irradiation.

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