The cure process involves reactions with multiple mechanisms and its investigation can be followed by using different techniques. This work compares two methods in which rheometric parameters are used to calculate the cure rate constant (k), related to the cure of nitrile rubber with phenolic resin and having polychloroprene and zinc oxide as the activators. A complete factorial (2³ + central point) experimental design was used as base to prepare the formulations and to analyse the results. The results obtained identified the influence of the temperature, the amount of each component in the formulation and the suitability of the evaluation methods for the cure process of nitrile rubber with phenolic resin.
Cure kinetics; nitrile rubber (NBR); phenolic resin; rheometric parameters
