To improve the processing properties of rubber mixes and the mechanical properties of vulcanisates, and also for economic reasons, blends of different rubbers are widely used. When blends of rubbers are used, the assumption is normally made that the properties of the rubber mixes and vulcanisates based on them are determined by the properties of the initial rubbers, and also their ratio in the blend [1, p. 488].
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