Adhesion properties of styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR)/Standard Malaysian Rubber (SMR L)-based adhesives in the presence of phenol formaldehyde resin

Adhesion properties of styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR)/Standard Malaysian Rubber (SMR L)-based adhesives in the presence of phenol formaldehyde resin

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The adhesion properties, i.e.viscosity, tack and peel strength of styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR)/Standard Malaysian Rubber (SMR L)-based pressure-sensitive adhesive was studied using phenol formaldehyde resin as the tackifying resin.

Toluene was used as the solvent throughout the experiment.SBR composition in SBR/SMR L blend used was 0, 20, 40, 60, 80, 100%.Three different resin loadings, i.

e.40, 80 Eczema and 120 parts per hundred parts of rubber (phr) were used in the adhesive formulation.The viscosity of adhesive was determined by a HAAKE Rotary Viscometer whereas loop tack and peel strength of paper/polyethylene terephthalate (PET) film were measured using a Lloyd Adhesion Tester operating at 30 cm/min.

Results indicate that the viscosity of adhesive decreases with increasing % SBR whereas loop tack passes through a maximum value at 20% SBR for all resin loadings.Except for the control sample (without resin), the peel strength shows a maximum value at 60% SBR for the three modes of peel tests.For a fixed % SBR, adhesive sample containing 40 phr phenol formaldehyde resin always exhibits the highest loop tack and peel strength, an observation which is associated to the optimum wettability of adhesive Course a pied - Homme - Vetements - Short - Cuissard on the substrate.