The influence of the molecular weight and viscosity of solution-polymerised styrene butadiene rubber on the properties of rubber mixes and vulcanisates

摘要

Synthetic styrene butadiene rubbers currently occupy second place worldwide in terms of volume of production, behind only natural rubber. Thus, according to McGraw and Petrovic [1], the capacities for the production of different types of rubber based on styrene and butadiene in 201 3 amounted to over 6 million t. The main consumer of these products is the tyre industry.