Rubber Compounding Materials
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The official GTU curriculum for Rubber Compounding Materials (subject code BE04026011) as prescribed for Rubber · Semester 4 divides the course into 8 units, covering 41 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (BE04026011)Unit 1 Organic Materials
- Unsaturated Hydrocarbons
- Aromatic Hydrocarbons
- Fatty Acids
- Rubber Chemicals
- Organic Peroxides
- Quantitative Analysis of Organic Compound
Unit 2 Inorganic Materials
- Calcium & Magnesium
- Copper & Zinc
- Compounds of Aluminum
- Silicone and Ozone
- Other Inorganic Compounds used in Rubber Industries
- Sulfur etc
Unit 3 Rubber Additives
- Basic Principles
- Classification of Additives
- Recurring Theories
Unit 4 Antidegradants
- Autoxidation of Hydrocarbon Polymers
- Chain-Braking Antioxidants
- Amine & Phenolic Antioxidants
- Prevention of Ozone Attack
- Use of Waxes & Saturated Polymer for Ozone Protection
Unit 5 Compounding Materials
- Process aids & Factices
- Blowing Agents
- Bonding Agents
- Other Compounding Aids
- Colors & Pigments
- Special Purpose Additives
- Non-Black Fillers etc
Unit 6 Principles of Compounding
- the ingredients & formulation of a mix, compounding to meet processing requirements
- Compounding of Vulcanizate properties
- Compounding for Bonding to non-rubber substrates
Unit 7 Art of compounding
- Calculation of compound cost of a recipe
- Calculation of compound volume of a recipe
- Calculation of compound specific gravity of a recipe
- formulation of mix, Processing requirements
Unit 8 Carbon Black
- Rubber compounding aspects
- Furnace process
- Thermal process channel or impingement process
- Lamp black process
- Particles size
- Particle porosity
- Effect of properties of carbon black on properties of rubber Vulcanizates