Abstract

Natural rubber (NR) mostly composes of cis-1,4-polyisoprene as rubber part and a few amounts of nonrubber part, mainly proteins and lipids. For the modification of NR, hydrogen peroxide and formic acid can be applied to produce epoxidized natural rubber (ENR) in the latex stage. The oxygen atom is added to the double bond of NR during epoxidation, resulting in oxirane (epoxide). The ENR reaction was allowed to operate at 60°C for 4 h. Characteristic infrared peaks at 870 and 835 cm-1 from Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy were used to calculate the mole percent of epoxidation. When the reaction time was increased, the proton-nuclear magnetic resonance (1H-NMR) spectra of ENR showed an increase in mole percent of epoxidation. So, FTIR and NMR could be used to characterize the yield percentage of ENR preparation.

Details

Title
Study of yield percentage of epoxidized natural rubber preparation
Author
Panmanee, K 1 ; Smitthipong, W 2 

 Specialized Center of Rubber and Polymer Materials in Agriculture and Industry (RPM), Department of Materials Science, Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University , Bangkok, 10900 , Thailand 
 Specialized Center of Rubber and Polymer Materials in Agriculture and Industry (RPM), Department of Materials Science, Faculty of Science, Kasetsart University , Bangkok, 10900 , Thailand; Office of Research Integration on Target-Based Natural Rubber, National Research Council of Thailand (NRCT) , Bangkok, 10900 , Thailand 
First page
012016
Publication year
2022
Publication date
Mar 2022
Publisher
IOP Publishing
ISSN
17578981
e-ISSN
1757899X
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2640008636
Copyright
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