In the past decades, industrial design practice and research have focused extensively on
how to optimize production and consumption, as a way to prevent negative environmental …

Vegetable oils were investigated as plasticizers to improve the sustainability of rubber
compounding. The potential use of different vegetable oils as an alternative to petroleum …

Epoxidized vegetable oils are well-known as biobased, sustainable additives for polymers.
However, relatively little work has been done to explore their effects on silica-filled rubber …

The present study aimed to characterize and determine the technical viability of using
vegetable oil as a lubricant and vulcanization activator with low zinc content in a natural …

Activators are essential additives in the production of industrially viable elastomeric
compounds. However, zinc oxide, the most widely used along with stearic acid, produces …

The global concern over zinc leaching into aquatic ecosystems has led researchers to seek
ways to reduce zinc oxide (ZnO) content in rubber products. Conventional microsized ZnO …

The aim of this work is to evaluate the impact of the reduction of zinc content in Ethylene,
Propylene and Diene Monomer (EPDM) elastomeric compositions. Vulcanization …

The aim of this work was to use additives from renewable sources to develop an elastomeric
formulation with reduced environmental impact and lower rolling resistance. Twelve …

Because of the high viscosity of rubber compounds, the use of processing aids is essential
in these materials formulations. Despite most of these additives currently used are derived …

Cellulose nanofibers were produced with waste from the paper industry, in a stone grinder
and were used as filler in elastomeric composites in the acrylonitrile-butadiene copolymer …