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Rubber Composites

Recycling, Processing, Properties, Design and Applications

  • 1st Edition - November 20, 2024
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Hanafi Ismail, S. M. Sapuan, Nuzaimah Mustafa, Noor Azammi Abd Murat
  • Language: English

Rubber Composites: Recycling, Processing, Properties, Design and Applications provides an extensive review of recent advances in this important research field. The book's chapters… Read more

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Description

Rubber Composites: Recycling, Processing, Properties, Design and Applications provides an extensive review of recent advances in this important research field. The book's chapters cover the processing, structure, properties, and applications of rubber-based composites, which are versatile materials, that with the appropriate design planning, manufacturing process, and properties can be tailored to meet specific industrial requirements with enhanced performance and sustainability. This book will be a valuable reference source for academic and industrial researchers, materials scientists and engineers, polymer chemists, and industrial manufacturers working in the research and development of rubber-based composites.

Key features

  • Covers a broad range of material types
  • Discusses practical design steps, economic aspects, modern manufacturing, characterization techniques, and recycling
  • Presents both fundamentals and applied aspects
  • Includes modern applications such as automotive mounting, automotive components, and high voltage electrical vehicles

Readership

Academic and industrial researchers, materials scientists and engineers, polymer chemists, and industrial manufacturers working in the research and development of rubber-based composites and their related products, Masters and PhD students in materials science and engineering

Table of contents

Part One: Manufacturing of Rubber Composites

1. Introduction to Rubber

2. Preparation and Properties of Halloysite Nanotube-Filled Epoxidized Natural Rubber

3. Surface Treatment and Processing of Thermoplastic Elastomer-Filled Natural Fillers Composites
Part Two: Characterization of Rubber Composites

4. Ferrite-filled Rubber Composites: Characterization and Properties

5. Characterization and Properties of Sepiolite-Filled Natural Rubber Composites

6. Biodegradation Behavior of Polylactic Acid/Rubber/Kenaf Biocomposites Via Soil Burial
Part Three: Performance of Rubber Composites

7. Enhancement of properties of Natural Rubber Composites with Cellulose Blends

8. Comparison of unfilled and filled natural rubber latex/unvulcanized silicone rubber/graphene nanoplatelet conductive material

9. The Effect of Coconut Shell Powder on the Mechanical Properties of Polylactic Acid/ Silicone Rubber Blend

10. The Influence of Coated-Carbon Nanofiber (CCNF) in Styrene-Butadiene Rubber (SBR) for Automotive Components
Part Four: Modelling and design of Rubber Composites

11. Rubber Composites Design for High-Voltage Insulation in Electric Vehicles

12. Rubber Composites for Automotive Mounting Design
Part Five: Applications of Rubber Composites

13. Application of Lignin in Rubber Composites and Future Trends

14. Nitrile Rubber-based Composites

15. Rubber Composites with Functional Natural Rubber/Carboxyl Group Blends
Part Six: Recycling of Rubber Composites

16. Recycling Medical Rubber Waste: Developing New Fillers for Rubber Composites

17. Conclusion and Future Remarks

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: November 21, 2024
  • Language: English

About the editors

HI

Hanafi Ismail

Hanafi Ismail is currently an Honorary Professor in the School of Materials and Mineral Resources Engineering, at the Universiti Sains Malaysia. During his career, he has received many awards for his contribution to research including the Khwarizmi International Award from Iran (2000), the APCTT Asia Pacific International Award (2000), and the ISESCO Prize in Science and Technology (2001) in the UAE. He has also received several Gold Medals for research and innovation. In 2019 at the International Conference on Innovation in Polymer Science and Technology, Prof. Hanafi was awarded the “Innovation in Polymer Science & Technology Award” by the Indonesian Polymer Association. In 2019, he was also awarded the “Excellent Research Award” for his outstanding achievement in Polymer Science and Technology by the Croatian Inventors Network. Professor Ismail has published more than 700 research papers in various ISI international journals and is currently on the editorial boards for Polymer Plastic Technology and Engineering (Marcel Dekker), The Iranian Polymer Journal (Springer), The Journal of Vinyl and Additive Technology (Wiley), Polymer Testing (Elsevier) and The Journal of Rubber Research (Springer). He is also Chief Editor for Progress in Rubber Plastic and Recycling Technology (Sage).
Affiliations and expertise
Professor, School of Materials and Mineral Resources Engineering, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia

SS

S. M. Sapuan

S.M. Sapuan is a Professor (Grade “A”) of composite materials in the Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, at the Universiti Putra Malaysia. He is also the former Head of the Advanced Engineering Materials and Composites Research Centre (AEMC) at UPM. He attained his BEng in mechanical engineering from the University of Newcastle, in Australia and then went on to receive his MSc in engineering design and PhD in materials engineering, from De Montfort University in the UK. He is a Professional Engineer and a Fellow of many professional societies, including the Society of Automotive Engineers; the Academy of Science Malaysia; the International Society for Development and Sustainability; the World Academy of Sciences; the Plastic and Rubber Institute Malaysia (PRIM); the Malaysian Scientific Association and the Institute of Materials Malaysia. He is an Honorary Member and past Vice President of the Asian Polymer Association and Founding Chairman and Honorary Member of The Society of Sugar Palm Development and Industry, Malaysia. During the course of his career, he has produced over 2500 publications, including 989 journal papers, 68 books and 246 book chapters.

Affiliations and expertise
Visiting professor at Universitas Abulyatama, Indonesia.

NM

Nuzaimah Mustafa

M. Nuzaimah is a senior lecturer in the Department of Manufacturing Engineering Technology, at the, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Malaysia. She has more than ten years’ experience in teaching and research mainly on materials engineering and manufacturing related subjects. She also has nine years industrial experience working on rubber, latex, and rubber glove manufacturing. She was previously working in R&D on the invention and development of an occupational glove which was applicable for a U.S Patent. She has also explored projects on reuse or recycling of nitrate sludge from plant waste and developing an acrylic polymer blending process for inner glove coatings. Dr. Nuzaimah received her BEng, and MSc degrees in Materials Engineering from the Universiti Sains Malaysia and her PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the Universiti Putra Malaysia. Her PhD studies included the development of a new polymer composite utilising waste rubber gloves, which were being disposed of in landfill, which created significant environmental issues. She is currently working on developing a rubber-like filament from scrap tire rubber for use in fused deposition modelling.
Affiliations and expertise
Senior Lecturer, Department of Manufacturing, Faculty of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering Technology, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Melaka, Malaysia

NA

Noor Azammi Abd Murat

A.M Noor Azammi is a senior lecturer in Automotive Technology and has more than 20 years of hands-on technical experience with a background in materials education. Currently he specializes in Conceptual Design using TRIZ concepts and Structural Analysis using Autodesk, CATIA, and ANSYS software. His PhD consisted of developing a new material using Natural Rubber and TPU with Kenaf blended composites which was applied into the design application and analysis of engine rubber mounting for Automotive component. Recently he has been involved in the development of an electric vehicle (EV) for passenger vehicles and cars with the Universiti Kuala Lumpur and the MFI team.
Affiliations and expertise
Senior Lecturer, Automotive Engineering Technology, Universiti Kuala Lumpur Malaysian France Institute, Selangor, Malaysia

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