This indispensable guide to silica and elastomer compounding principles, properties, mixing, testing, and formulations is the culmination of many years of compounding research carried out at the rubber research laboratories of PPG, Inc. It is a manual and text for scientists and engineers in compound development.

SILICA AS A REINFORCING FILLER COMPOUNDING PRECIPITATED SILICA IN NATURAL RUBBERCOMPOUNDING PRECIPITATED SILICA IN EMULSION SBRCOMPOUNDING SILICA IN ELASTOMERS SOLUTION SBR AND BRCOMPOUNDING SILICA IN ELASTOMERS EPDMCOMPOUNDING PRECIPITATED SILICA IN NEOPRENECOMPOUNDING PRECIPITATED SILICA IN NITRILEAppendix A: COMPOUNDING BASICSAppendix B: COMPOUNDING MATERIALSAppendix C: RUBBER PROCESSINGAppendix D: PHYSICAL TESTING OF RUBBERAppendix E: COMMON COMPOUNDING ABBREVIATIONSINDEX