Evaluation of fly ash filled chloroprene elastomer composites

Abstract

Filled elastomer composites are the popular for many engineering applications. Most commonly used fillers for non-black applications are china clay, talc and calcium carbonate. Fly ash, a waste mineral product of thermal power stations, was studied for the effect on physico-mechanical properties of polychloroprene composites. These composites filled with calcium carbonate, talc, china clay and fly ash were evaluated and technical properties were correlated with the help of chemical crosslinking and morphological study. The results proved that the properties were mainly associated with the high crystalline nature of the elastomer and also it could be concluded that fly ash could be utilized for curbing the environmental pollution with economic advantage.