A study of tellurium and its compounds in rubber has been carried out by using them as cross linking agents and as ultra-accelerating agents when employed together with a tetraalkylthiuram disulphide. Reactions of tellurium tetrahalides with model alkenes, rubber solutions and solid rubber were employed in order to study the tellurium-carbon bond formation in the media. The formation of black gels was observed with natural rubber solutions when reacted with tellurium tetrahalides (chlorides and bromides). A Mossbauer study was carried out for the black gel obtained with tellurium tetrachloride and natural rubber solutions and the results are discussed...
| Date of Award | 1984 |
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| Original language | English |
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Chemistry of tellurium applied to rubber
De Silva, K. G. K. (Author). 1984
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy