Preliminary investigation of Hydrophilic Polymer (HP)/Epoxidised Natural Rubber (ENR25) blends film formation for rubber glove donning coating application

摘要

In this study, HP/ENR25 blends were prepared in aqueous solution with different hydrophilic polymers for rubber glove donning coating application. HP/ENR25 blend films were prepared using cast films technique to investigate the film formation prior to coating onto rubber glove. The films surface morphology was characterised using Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and Light Microscopy (LM). The microscopy results showed that coherence film formation can be obtained even though the PVA/ENR and PAA/ENR25 blends were immiscible. The preliminary evaluation of coating onto rubber latex film indicated that PVP/ENR25 blend is feasible as coating material.