Factors of rubber aging
During the processing, storage and use of rubber and its products, the physical and chemical properties and mechanical properties of rubber gradually deteriorate due to the combined effect of internal and external factors, and finally lose their use value. This change is called rubber aging. The surface is cracked, sticky, hardened, softened, powdery, discolored, mildewed, etc. A) Oxygen: the oxygen reacts with the rubber molecules in the rubber by free radical chain reaction, and the molecular chains break or cross link excessively, which causes the change of rubber properties. Oxidation is one of the important reasons for rubber aging. B)…