Publication Date
2014
Document Type
Thesis
Committee Members
Eric Fossum, Ph.D. (Advisor); William Feld, Ph.D. (Committee Member); Steven Glancy, Ph.D. (Committee Member); Kenneth Turnbull, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
Degree Name
Master of Science (MS)
Abstract
Ethylene-propylene-diene (EPDM) rubbers containing varying amounts of diene were cured with sulfur using either a moving die rheometer (MDR) or a rubber process analyzer (RPA). The effect of removing curatives and how the curing reaction changed was explored. Kinetic data was extracted from the rheology plots and reaction rate constants were determined by two separate ways: manually choosing points of interest or by a computer model.
Page Count
61
Department or Program
Department of Chemistry
Year Degree Awarded
2014
Copyright
Copyright 2014, all rights reserved. My ETD will be available under the "Fair Use" terms of copyright law.
