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- * Results indicate that both fumed silica and silica aerogel enhance the thermal insulation performance of EPDM composites, with silica aerogel showing better dispersion and lower thermal conductivity.
- * The fumed silica composite demonstrated superior char residue formation during burn tests at high temperatures, achieving lower thermal conductivity and a reduced back temperature compared to the silica aerogel.
Article Abstract
The effects of octaphenylsilsesquioxane (OPS), fumed silica, and silica aerogel on the thermal insulation properties of ethylene propylene diene monomer (EPDM) rubber were studied. On this basis, two kinds of fillers with good performances were selected to study the thermal insulation of an EPDM full-formula system. The results show that the addition of fumed silica or silica aerogel had a positive effect on the thermal insulation performance of EPDM rubber and its composite. A 30 wt% silica aerogel can be well dispersed in the EPDM rubber system and with a lower thermal conductivity compared with fumed silica. EPDM composite with 23.4 wt% fumed silica can produce more char residues at 1000 °C than at 500 °C in a burn-through test and formed the compact and porous char at 1000 °C, which had a lowest thermal conductivity. EPDM composite with fumed silica cannot be burned through 1000 °C burning, and comparison with silica aerogel revealed that it achieved the lowest back temperature and had a temperature of 388 °C after 800 s.
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| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10933853 | PMC |
| http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym16050695 | DOI Listing |
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