TY - JOUR
AU - Ikeda, Y.
AB - JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE 40 (2 005) 2553 – 2555 L E T T E R S Nano-structural observation of carbon black dispersion in natural rubber matrix by three-dimensional transmission electron microscopy S. KOHJIYA Kyoto University, Institute for Chemical Research, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan A. KATOH, J. SHIMANUKI, T. HASEGAWA Nissan Arc, Ltd., 1 Natsushima-cho, Yokosuka, Kanagawa 237-0061, Japan Y. IKEDA Kyoto Institute of Technology, Faculty of Engineering & Design, Matsugasaki, Sakyo, Kyoto 606-8585, Japan E-mail: yuko@ipc.kit.ac.jp Generally, commercial rubber products are produced In this study, carbon black-filled NR vulcanizates are as composites with inorganic fillers of nanometer size subjected to 3D-TEM observation in order to elucidate (nano-fillers), and form a group of typical soft mate- the characteristics of carbon black mixed in NR using rials. For example, pneumatic tires for passenger cars an electron tomography technique. Several techniques and for heavy-duty usages (such as aircrafts and heavy- are currently used or are under development for elec- weight trucks), and rubber bearings for a seismic iso- tron tomography applications. Here, rubbery samples lation system, are made from natural rubber (NR) with are the object, which are basically amorphous, thus a or without blending a synthetic rubber in conjunc- bright-field 
TI - Nano-structural observation of carbon black dispersion in natural rubber matrix by three-dimensional transmission electron microscopy
JF - Journal of Materials Science
DO - 10.1007/s10853-005-2072-y
DA - 2005-01-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/springer-journals/nano-structural-observation-of-carbon-black-dispersion-in-natural-UPFrtkKKwZ
SP - 2553
EP - 2555
VL - 40
IS - 10
DP - DeepDyve
ER -