Is Inverse Gas Chromatography (IGC) a Convenient Method to Determine Compatibility of Rubber Materials?

Insights into the compatibility of vegetable‐based plasticizers on the performance of filled rubber vulcanizates

“…The solubility parameter is an appropriate factor for evaluating the interaction between polymers and plasticizers. According to Hansen theory, solubility parameter (δ) is split into three Hansen solubility parameters (HSPs), including dispersion (δ d ), polar (δ p ), and hydrogen bonding (δ h ) parts, [21,50,51] (Equation [7]):…”

“…The values of HSPs, and calculated R a and χ HSP for SBR and plasticizers are listed in Table 9. Since no clear data were available about all constituents of aromatic oil, its values of HSPs and molecular weight were estimated by average values based on Frashchi and Abbasian [50] and ASTM D2887, respectively. As seen, R a values for all canola oil constituents are the greatest, and the aromatic oil and D-Limonene are in the next steps.…”

Introducing CHROMATOGRAPHIA’s Second Virtual Issue on Macromolecular Separations

“…Rubber analysis was also performed, by a different group, employing inverse gas chromatography (IGC). In [8], IGC was used to determine the solubility and interaction parameters and their temperature dependence, and to map Hansen solubility spheres, of both natural rubber and styrene-butadiene-styrene rubber. The authors employed fourteen different probe substances, with results corroborated by both scanning electron microscopy and Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) with attenuated total reflection.…”