Nanocomposite materials were obtained from a colloidal suspension of chitin whiskers as the reinforcing phase and latex of both unvulcanized and prevulcanized natural rubber as the matrix. The chitin whiskers, prepared by acid hydrolysis of chitin from crab shell, consisted of slender parallelepiped rods with an aspect ratio close to 16. After the two aqueous suspensions were mixed and strirred, solid composite films were obtained either by freeze-drying and hot-pressing or by casting and evaporating the preparations. The processing and swelling behavior of composite films were evaluated. It was concluded that the whiskers form a rigid network assumed to be governed by a percolation mechanism in the evaporated samples only. Comparatively, better resistance of evaporated samples than hot-pressed ones against swelling in an organic solvent medium is good evidence for the existence of a rigid chitin network. The values of diffusion coefficient, bound rubber content, and relative weight loss also supported the presence of a three-dimensional chitin network within the evaporated samples. The mechanical behavior of the composites gives additional insight and evidence for this fact (part 2).
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