Background
With the continuous improvement of the automobile industry and the manufacturing industry, the number of junked tires is increasing. The main component of the tire is vulcanized rubber, belongs to thermosetting materials, and the discarded tire causes serious black pollution. Therefore, the waste tires are treated by a reasonable method, and the recycling is very urgent. However, before recycling, the desulfurization and regeneration problems of the waste tires need to be solved, at present, methods such as microwave desulfurization, radiation desulfurization, mechanical desulfurization, chemical regeneration reagent desulfurization and the like are mainly adopted to realize the regeneration of the waste tires, and the essence of the method is that the cross-linking bonds of the tires are broken through energy to change the cross-linking bonds into linear molecules, so that the compatibility with other polymers and the melt fluidity are improved.
Zhang Shibo et al, china plastics, 2023, 37 (9): 83-89, preparing low temperature desulphurized rubber powder with naphthenic oil as desulphurized solvent and 2,2' -dibenzoylaminobenzene disulfide and zinc oxide as catalyst; li Miao et al, rubber and plastic technology and equipment, 2015, 41 (13): 11-15, uniformly mixing rubber powder and an activating agent in a high-temperature stirring kettle. The stirring temperature is 140 ℃, 150 ℃, 160 ℃, 170 ℃ respectively, and then the regeneration is carried out by utilizing a Haake torque rheometer, so that the influence of a regeneration process is studied; chinese patent CN202180069584.6 discloses a method for preparing styrene-butadiene rubber containing recycled rubber powder, which comprises preparing suspension from rubber powder, water and surfactant, mixing with seed styrene-butadiene latex, and flocculating to prepare composite rubber; sedan et al, high molecular materials science and engineering, 2012, 28 (2): 96-100, explored the effect of activators on promoting desulfurization and inhibiting crosslinking by adding activators (alkylphenol polysulfides). The preparation method has the advantages of low regeneration desulfurization efficiency, high energy consumption and complex preparation process, if a higher desulfurization effect is to be obtained, the reaction temperature needs to be increased, the problems of pollution and damage to the mechanical properties of rubber are generally existed in the use of a small molecular solvent and a regeneration reagent, and meanwhile, the molecular weight of reclaimed rubber powder and the influence of the molecular weight on the properties of composite rubber are not fully considered.
According to the invention, the environment-friendly natural latex and ammonium bicarbonate solution are used as media, the coordination effect of sulfur radicals generated by the fracture of inorganic metal salt and rubber powder is utilized to destroy a crosslinking network, the reaction conditions are controlled through the mechanical shearing effect, the preparation of the regenerated rubber powder with different molecular weights is realized, the preparation process is simple and convenient, the environment is protected, and the method has important significance for the regeneration preparation and the recycling of the waste tire rubber powder.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to provide a preparation method of a compound natural rubber of reclaimed rubber powder of a controllable molecular weight waste tire, aiming at the defects of the prior art, and is characterized in that firstly, natural latex and ammonium bicarbonate solution with certain concentration are used as green solvents, and the waste tire rubber powder is fully permeated and swelled under the mechanical stirring and high-temperature heating effects, so that the acting force among rubber powder molecular chains is weakened, and the plasticity is increased; mechanically strong shearing action is carried out on the treated waste tire rubber powder and inorganic metal salt in an internal mixer, sulfur free radicals generated by fracture of a rubber powder crosslinking network under the action of shearing force can coordinate with the metal salt, so that the sulfur free radicals are prevented from participating in vulcanization crosslinking reaction, the sulfur free radicals are prevented from attacking unsaturated bonds of a rubber powder molecular main chain, the influence on the rubber powder molecular main chain structure in the regeneration process is weakened, and the molecular weight of the regenerated rubber powder of the waste tire is regulated and controlled by controlling the shearing temperature, the rotating speed and the shearing time; mixing the obtained waste tire reclaimed rubber powder, natural rubber and other auxiliary agents on an open mill, so as to realize good dispersion of the waste rubber powder, prepare the waste tire reclaimed rubber powder composite natural rubber composite material through hot pressing and vulcanization, and play a role in reinforcing the waste rubber powder.
The aim of the invention is achieved by the following technical scheme, wherein the raw material fractions are mass fractions except for special descriptions.
The preparation method of the composite natural rubber of the reclaimed rubber powder of the scrap tire with the controllable molecular weight is characterized in that the main raw materials comprise the following components in parts by mass:
20-80 parts of waste tyre rubber powder
100 Parts of natural latex
75 Parts of natural rubber
Ammonium bicarbonate 5-15 parts
Inorganic metal salt 2-12 parts
Wherein the mesh number of the waste tire rubber powder is 30-100 meshes;
The inorganic metal salt is any one or two of zinc chloride, zinc acetate, zinc oxide, zinc sulfate, copper chloride and ferric chloride.
The preparation method of the composite natural rubber of the reclaimed rubber powder of the scrap tire with the controllable molecular weight comprises the following steps:
preparing the reclaimed rubber powder of the waste tires with controllable molecular weight:
diluting 100 parts of natural latex (solid content is 25%) with deionized water to 3-10wt%, adding 5-15 parts of ammonium bicarbonate, stirring to dissolve completely, adding 20-80 parts of 30-100 mesh waste tire rubber powder, fully stirring at 80 ℃ for reaction of 5-18 h, fully penetrating and swelling the rubber powder by using the swelling effect of the natural latex and the swelling effect of gas generated by decomposing the ammonium bicarbonate at low temperature, and vacuum drying at 60 ℃ for 6-h; and (3) carrying out mechanical strong shearing action on the treated rubber powder and 2-12 parts of inorganic metal salt in an internal mixer, wherein the internal mixing temperature is 150-240 ℃, the internal mixing rotating speed is 30-80 r/min, the internal mixing time is 8-60 min, and after the internal mixing is finished, naturally cooling to obtain the reclaimed rubber powder of the waste tires with different molecular weights.
Preparing the waste tire reclaimed rubber powder composite natural rubber:
Mixing the prepared waste tire reclaimed rubber powder, 75 parts of natural rubber, 1-3 parts of zinc oxide, 0.5 part of stearic acid, 0.5 part of accelerator CZ, 0.3 part of accelerator M and 0.5-2 parts of sulfur uniformly on an open mill, realizing good dispersion of the waste rubber powder, and hot-pressing at 140-180 ℃ and 15 MPa for 8-40 min to obtain the natural rubber composite material.
The invention has the following advantages:
According to the invention, the natural latex and the ammonium bicarbonate solution are used as environment-friendly solution media, the natural latex is used for fully swelling the waste tire rubber powder, ammonia gas and carbon dioxide generated by decomposing the ammonium bicarbonate are utilized for penetrating the rubber powder, so that the distance between rubber molecular chains is increased, the entanglement of the molecular chains is weakened, meanwhile, the plasticity of the rubber molecular chains is increased, and the subsequent desulfurization regeneration is promoted; the polar sulfur free radical has strong activity, the sulfur free radical generated by breaking the crosslinking network of the rubber powder under the mechanical shearing action can coordinate with metal salt to prevent the re-crosslinking reaction after desulfurization, and meanwhile, the influence on the molecular main chain structure of the rubber powder in the regeneration process is weakened, and the regenerated rubber powder with different molecular weights is obtained by regulating and controlling the reaction conditions and processes of the mechanical shearing temperature, the rotating speed and the time. The natural rubber composite material with enhanced mechanical properties is prepared by mixing and processing the reclaimed rubber powder with different molecular weights and the natural rubber, so that the high-value recycling of the waste tire rubber powder is realized. The preparation method is simple and convenient, mild in condition and high in efficiency, and is beneficial to industrial production.
Detailed Description
The invention is further described below by means of specific examples, which are given herein for further illustration of the invention and are not to be construed as limiting the scope of the invention, since numerous modifications and adaptations of the invention will occur to those skilled in the art upon consideration of the foregoing disclosure.
Examples
Diluting 100 parts of natural latex (solid content 25%) with deionized water to a concentration of 10wt%, adding 4 parts of ammonium bicarbonate, stirring to dissolve completely, adding 20 parts of 50-mesh waste tire rubber powder, stirring at 80 ℃ to react for 6 h, fully swelling the rubber powder, filtering, and vacuum drying at 60 ℃ for 6 h; and (3) carrying out mechanical strong shearing action on the treated rubber powder and 4 parts of zinc chloride in an internal mixer, wherein the internal mixing temperature is 170 ℃, the internal mixing rotating speed is 50r/min, the internal mixing time is 25 min, and after the internal mixing is finished, naturally cooling to obtain the reclaimed rubber powder of the waste tire. Cyclohexane is used as a solvent, the content of sol is tested to be 58%, dimethylbenzene is used as a mobile phase, and the relative molecular weight of the regenerated rubber powder sol is tested to be 9.3 ten thousand by gel permeation chromatography.
The prepared waste tire reclaimed rubber powder, 75 parts of natural rubber, 3 parts of zinc oxide, 0.5 part of stearic acid, 0.5 part of accelerator CZ, 0.3 part of accelerator M and 1.2 parts of sulfur are uniformly mixed on an open mill, so that good dispersion of the waste rubber powder is realized, and the natural rubber composite material is obtained by hot-pressing 20 min at 145 ℃ and 15 MPa. The tensile strength was measured to be 6.4 MPa and the elongation at break was measured to be 479%.
Examples
Diluting 100 parts of natural latex (solid content is 25%) with deionized water to a concentration of 8wt%, adding 5 parts of ammonium bicarbonate, stirring to dissolve completely, adding 30 parts of 80-mesh waste tire rubber powder, stirring at 80 ℃ to react for 6h, fully swelling the rubber powder, filtering, and vacuum drying at 60 ℃ for 6 h; and (3) carrying out mechanical strong shearing action on the treated rubber powder and 6 parts of zinc oxide in an internal mixer, wherein the internal mixing temperature is 170 ℃, the internal mixing rotating speed is 70 r/min, the internal mixing time is 30min, and after the internal mixing is finished, naturally cooling to obtain the reclaimed rubber powder of the waste tire. The content of sol is tested to be 52% by taking cyclohexane as a solvent, and the relative molecular weight of the regenerated rubber powder sol is tested to be 8.4 ten thousand by taking dimethylbenzene as a mobile phase through gel permeation chromatography.
Uniformly mixing the prepared waste tire reclaimed rubber powder, 75 parts of natural rubber, 3 parts of zinc oxide, 0.5 part of stearic acid, 0.5 part of accelerator CZ, 0.3 part of accelerator M and 2 parts of sulfur on an open mill, realizing good dispersion of the waste rubber powder, and hot-pressing at 155 ℃ and 15 MPa for 23: 23 min to obtain the natural rubber composite material. The tensile strength was measured to be 6.9 MPa and the elongation at break was measured to be 424%.
Examples
Diluting 100 parts of natural latex (solid content 25%) with deionized water to a concentration of 6wt%, adding 6 parts of ammonium bicarbonate, stirring to dissolve completely, adding 35 parts of 100-mesh waste tire rubber powder, stirring at 80 ℃ to react 8 h, swelling the rubber powder sufficiently, filtering, and vacuum drying at 60 ℃ to 6 h; and (3) carrying out mechanical strong shearing action on the treated rubber powder and 8 parts of zinc acetate in an internal mixer, wherein the internal mixing temperature is 165 ℃, the internal mixing rotating speed is 55 r/min, the internal mixing time is 35 min, and after the internal mixing is finished, naturally cooling to obtain the reclaimed rubber powder of the waste tire. The content of sol is tested to be 79% by taking cyclohexane as a solvent, and the relative molecular weight of the regenerated rubber powder sol is tested to be 11.9 ten thousand by taking dimethylbenzene as a mobile phase through gel permeation chromatography.
The prepared waste tire reclaimed rubber powder, 75 parts of natural rubber, 2 parts of zinc oxide, 0.5 part of stearic acid, 0.5 part of accelerator CZ, 0.3 part of accelerator M and 1.5 parts of sulfur are uniformly mixed on an open mill, so that good dispersion of the waste rubber powder is realized, and the natural rubber composite material is obtained by hot-pressing 28 min at 160 ℃ and 15 MPa. The tensile strength was measured to be 10.1 MPa and the elongation at break was measured to be 527%.
Examples
Diluting 100 parts of natural latex (solid content 25%) with deionized water to a concentration of 6wt%, adding 6 parts of ammonium bicarbonate, stirring to dissolve completely, adding 35 parts of 100-mesh waste tire rubber powder, stirring at 80 ℃ to react 8 h, swelling the rubber powder sufficiently, filtering, and vacuum drying at 60 ℃ to 6 h; and (3) carrying out mechanical strong shearing action on the treated rubber powder and 8 parts of copper chloride in an internal mixer, wherein the internal mixing temperature is 165 ℃, the internal mixing rotating speed is 55 r/min, the internal mixing time is 35 min, and after the internal mixing is finished, naturally cooling to obtain the reclaimed rubber powder of the waste tire. The content of sol is tested to be 72% by taking cyclohexane as a solvent, and the relative molecular weight of the regenerated rubber powder sol is tested to be 10.8 ten thousand by taking dimethylbenzene as a mobile phase through gel permeation chromatography.
The prepared waste tire reclaimed rubber powder, 75 parts of natural rubber, 2 parts of zinc oxide, 0.5 part of stearic acid, 0.5 part of accelerator CZ, 0.3 part of accelerator M and 1.5 parts of sulfur are uniformly mixed on an open mill, so that good dispersion of the waste rubber powder is realized, and the natural rubber composite material is obtained by hot-pressing 28 min at 160 ℃ and 15 MPa. The tensile strength was measured to be 9.2 MPa and the elongation at break was measured to be 548%.
Examples
Diluting 100 parts of natural latex (solid content 25%) with deionized water to a concentration of 6wt%, adding 6 parts of ammonium bicarbonate, stirring to dissolve completely, adding 35 parts of 100-mesh waste tire rubber powder, stirring at 80 ℃ to react 8 h, swelling the rubber powder sufficiently, filtering, and vacuum drying at 60 ℃ to 6 h; and (3) carrying out mechanical strong shearing action on the treated rubber powder and 8 parts of ferric chloride in an internal mixer, wherein the internal mixing temperature is 165 ℃, the internal mixing rotating speed is 55 r/min, the internal mixing time is 35 min, and after the internal mixing is finished, naturally cooling to obtain the reclaimed rubber powder of the waste tire. Cyclohexane is used as a solvent, the sol content is tested to be 67%, dimethylbenzene is used as a mobile phase, and the relative molecular weight of the regenerated rubber powder sol is tested to be 10.1 ten thousand by gel permeation chromatography.
The prepared waste tire reclaimed rubber powder, 75 parts of natural rubber, 2 parts of zinc oxide, 0.5 part of stearic acid, 0.5 part of accelerator CZ, 0.3 part of accelerator M and 1.5 parts of sulfur are uniformly mixed on an open mill, so that good dispersion of the waste rubber powder is realized, and the natural rubber composite material is obtained by hot-pressing 28 min at 160 ℃ and 15 MPa. The tensile strength was measured to be 9.5 MPa and the elongation at break was measured to be 488%.
Examples
Diluting 100 parts of natural latex (solid content 25%) with deionized water to 3wt%, adding 12 parts of ammonium bicarbonate, stirring to dissolve completely, adding 80 parts of 60-mesh waste tire rubber powder, stirring at 80deg.C for reaction 15h to make the rubber powder swell sufficiently, filtering, and vacuum drying at 60deg.C for 6 h; and (3) carrying out mechanical strong shearing action on the treated rubber powder, 4 parts of zinc chloride and 8 parts of zinc acetate in an internal mixer, wherein the internal mixing temperature is 190 ℃, the internal mixing rotating speed is 60 r/min, the internal mixing time is 40 min, and naturally cooling after the internal mixing is finished to obtain the reclaimed rubber powder of the waste tire. The content of the sol is tested to be 64% by taking cyclohexane as a solvent, and the relative molecular weight of the regenerated rubber powder sol is tested to be 12.6 ten thousand by taking dimethylbenzene as a mobile phase through gel permeation chromatography.
The prepared waste tire reclaimed rubber powder, 75 parts of natural rubber, 2 parts of zinc oxide, 0.5 part of stearic acid, 0.5 part of accelerator CZ, 0.3 part of accelerator M and 1.8 parts of sulfur are uniformly mixed on an open mill, so that good dispersion of the waste rubber powder is realized, and the natural rubber composite material is obtained by hot-pressing 35 min at 175 ℃ and 15 MPa. The tensile strength was measured to be 13.8 MPa and the elongation at break was measured to be 579%.
Examples
Diluting 100 parts of natural latex (solid content 25%) with deionized water to 3wt%, adding 12 parts of ammonium bicarbonate, stirring to dissolve completely, adding 80 parts of 60-mesh waste tire rubber powder, stirring at 80deg.C for reaction 15h to make the rubber powder swell sufficiently, filtering, and vacuum drying at 60deg.C for 6 h; and (3) carrying out mechanical strong shearing action on the treated rubber powder, 4 parts of zinc oxide and 8 parts of copper chloride in an internal mixer, wherein the internal mixing temperature is 190 ℃, the internal mixing rotating speed is 60 r/min, the internal mixing time is 40 min, and naturally cooling after the internal mixing is finished to obtain the reclaimed rubber powder of the waste tire. Cyclohexane is used as a solvent, the content of sol is tested to be 60 percent, dimethylbenzene is used as a mobile phase, and the relative molecular weight of the regenerated rubber powder sol is tested to be 11.1 ten thousand by gel permeation chromatography.
The prepared waste tire reclaimed rubber powder, 75 parts of natural rubber, 2 parts of zinc oxide, 0.5 part of stearic acid, 0.5 part of accelerator CZ, 0.3 part of accelerator M and 1.8 parts of sulfur are uniformly mixed on an open mill, so that good dispersion of the waste rubber powder is realized, and the natural rubber composite material is obtained by hot-pressing 35 min at 175 ℃ and 15 MPa. The tensile strength was measured to be 13.2 MPa and the elongation at break was measured to be 601%.
Comparative example 1
Directly carrying out mechanical strong shearing action on 20 parts of 50-mesh waste tire rubber powder in an internal mixer, wherein the internal mixing temperature is 170 ℃, the internal mixing rotating speed is 50 r/min, the internal mixing time is 25 min, and naturally cooling after finishing to obtain the waste tire reclaimed rubber powder. The content of sol is tested to be 29% by taking cyclohexane as a solvent, and the relative molecular weight of the regenerated rubber powder sol is tested to be 6.4 ten thousand by taking dimethylbenzene as a mobile phase through gel permeation chromatography.
The prepared waste tire reclaimed rubber powder, 75 parts of natural rubber, 3 parts of zinc oxide, 0.5 part of stearic acid, 0.5 part of accelerator CZ, 0.3 part of accelerator M and 1.2 parts of sulfur are uniformly mixed on an open mill, so that good dispersion of the waste rubber powder is realized, and the natural rubber composite material is obtained by hot-pressing 20 min at 145 ℃ and 15 MPa. The tensile strength was measured to be 4.1 MPa and the elongation at break was measured to be 337%.
In summary, the embodiment of the invention can obtain the reclaimed rubber powder of the waste tire with controllable molecular weight by changing the concentration of the natural latex and the content of ammonium bicarbonate, regulating and controlling the type and the content of inorganic metal salt and banburying and shearing processes. The mechanical property of the natural rubber is enhanced by mixing the reclaimed rubber powder with different molecular weights with the natural rubber, so that the reclaimed rubber powder of the waste tire is recycled. Through the embodiment 1 and the comparative example 1, the waste tire rubber powder is activated by adopting the natural latex and the ammonium bicarbonate and then reacts with the metal salt, so that the regeneration effect can be obviously improved, the molecular weight of the sol is increased, and the mechanical property of the composite natural rubber is improved.
While the invention has been described in detail with reference to the specific embodiments, it will be understood by those skilled in the art that the invention is not limited thereto, and that equivalents thereof may be substituted and remain within the scope of the invention.