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Potential use of clay from Burkina Faso as filler in rubber production


M Seynou
J Zoungrana
M Savadogo
R Ouattara
R Ouedraogo

Abstract

raw clay materials deposit in Burkina Faso have been characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and chemical analysis to evaluate their potentialities to be used in rubber compounds production as filler. The samples are composed principally by aolinite, illite and quartz. The rubber compounds have been done in open two-roll mill at room temperature and tested for cure characteristic (ts5, tc90), ineralogical composition by XRD, microstructure by SEM and mechanical properties (Elongation at break, Tear strength, tensile strength, hardness shore A and modulus). The cure characteristics of the rubber compounds formulated with the sample are feeble than those made with commercial kaolin (control). The mechanical properties are in general, except the longation at break, for the sample lowest than those of control. However the different values obtained with the sample are not far to those obtained with commercial kaolin. The different samples can then be used as filler in rubber production after a pre-treatment to reduce the impurities.

Keywords: Raw clay materials, rubber, rheology.

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