Factors Analysis of Mechanical Properties on AT/EPDM Rubber Composite

During rubber processing, many factors can affect the mechanical properties of rubber composite. The influence of ambient temperature and content of titanate coupling agent and modified attapulgite (OAT) on mechanical properties were investigated by preparing rubber composites and measuring. The results showed that the rubber composite which was filled 40phr OAT modified by 3% titanate and prepared at the ambient temperature above 20 had best tensile strength (18.93MPa). There is a special phenomenon that the tensile strength had a rapid increase from 4.72MPa to 18.93MPa, when the content of OAT changed from 20 to 40phr in the experiment.