Ozone Aging Chamber tests 4 effects of rubber aging

Ozone corrosion is a very important cause of rapid aging of rubber in the atmosphere. Ozone on the surface of rubber, especially at the stress concentration or particle-rubber interface, usually forms a film, which then ruptures the film. Under dynamic conditions, the film breaks more easily, exposing fresh surfaces and allowing ozone aging to develop at depth until it is completely destroyed. That's why many rubber product manufacturers purchase Ozone Aging Chambers to test their rubber products in order to ensure the quality of their products.

Here we learn what other factors influence the Ozone Aging Chamber in the rubber ozone aging process:

1. The role of rubber type.

(1) Double bond content: the higher the double bond content of the rubber, the stronger its ozone aging resistance;

(2) double bond carbon atom substituent properties: electron-absorbing substituents reduce double bond reactivity and ozone reactivity; electron substituents increase electron cloud density and improve double bond reactivity and ozone reactivity. ozone aging resistance of CR, BR and NR is CR>BR>NR.

The effect of ozone treatment concentration: the higher the level of ozone quality concentration, the worse the ozone aging resistance of rubber; under the same ozone with concentration, the rubber industry structure proceeds differently, and the ozone aging time characteristics are studied differently. the cracking time of NR is short, but the development speed of cracking growth is slow; the cracking time of SBR, BR and NBR is long, but the change speed of cracking growth is fast.

3. Effect of stress and strain: ozone attacks the rubber surface, surface aging, and ozone oxide film is formed on the surface. The ozone oxide film is hard and fragile, which prevents ozone from penetrating into the interior. However, under dynamic conditions, the aging film tends to break, and the ozone reacts with the rubber, resulting in rupture. Low elongation leads to fewer cracks, faster crack expansion and deeper cracks, while high elongation leads to more cracks, slower crack expansion and shallower crack expansion.

4. Effect of temperature:As the air temperature increases, the aging response of Ozone Aging Chamber accelerates.

Ozone Aging Test Chamber simulates and enhance the condition of ozone in the atmosphere to study the effects of ozone on rubber, and then identify and evaluate the method to resist ozone and aging for rubber, adopt effective anti-aging measures to enhance the life of rubber products.