Filler-polymer interactions in filled styrene-butadiene rubber compounds

Formation of bound rubber depends on the filler-polymer interactions including physical adsorption, chemisorption, and mechanical interaction. Bound rubbers consist of tightly and loosely bound ones. Styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR) is composed of styrene, 1,2-, cis-1,4-, and trans-1,4-units. Filler-polymer interactions of each components of SBR with fillers, carbon black and silica, were studied by analysis of microstructure of the bound rubber, Filler-polymer interaction of the 1,2-unit. with the fillers was found to be stronger than those of the other components and this phenomenon was shown more clearly in the tightly bound rubber.