Application of Carbon–Silicon Hybrid Fillers Derived from Carbonised Rice Production Waste in Industrial Tread Rubber Compounds
Bobrova V.V. Nechipurenko S.V. Yermukhambetova B.B. Kasperovich A.V. Yefremov S.A. Kaiaidarova A.K. Makhayeva D.N. Irmukhametova G.S. Yeligbayeva G.Z. Mun G.A.
August 2025Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI)
Polymers
2025#17Issue 15
The disposal of agro-industrial waste is a pressing environmental issue. At the same time, due to the high silica content in specific agricultural residues, their processed products can be utilised in various industrial sectors as substitutes for commercial materials. This study investigates the key technological, physico-mechanical, and viscoelastic properties of industrial elastomeric compounds based on synthetic styrene–butadiene rubber, intended for the tread of summer passenger car tyres, when replacing the commercially used highly reinforcing silica filler (SF), Extrasil 150VD brand (white carbon black), with a carbon–silica filler (CSF). The CSF is produced by carbonising a finely ground mixture of rice production waste (rice husks and stems) in a pyrolysis furnace at 550–600 °C without oxygen. It was found that replacing 20 wt.pts. of silica filler with CSF in industrial tread formulations improves processing parameters (Mooney viscosity increases by up to 5.3%, optimal vulcanisation time by up to 9.2%), resistance to plastic deformation (by up to 7.7%), and tackiness of the rubber compounds (by 31.3–34.4%). Viscoelastic properties also improved: the loss modulus and mechanical loss tangent decreased by up to 24.0% and 14.3%, respectively; the rebound elasticity increased by up to 6.3% and fatigue resistance by up to 2.7 thousand cycles; and the internal temperature of samples decreased by 7 °C. However, a decrease in tensile strength (by 10.7–27.0%) and an increase in wear rate (up to 43.3% before and up to 22.5% after thermal ageing) were observed. Nevertheless, the overall results of this study indicate that the CSF derived from the carbonisation of rice production waste—containing both silica and carbon components—can effectively be used as a partial replacement for the commercially utilised reinforcing silica filler in the production of tread rubber for summer passenger car tyres.
carbon–silicon filler , elastic hysteresis properties , elasticity , elastomeric compounds , plastic deformation , rice husk , silica filler , tackiness , tread rubber
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Department of Polymer Composite Materials, Faculty of Technology of Organic Substances, Belarusian State Technological University, Minsk, 220006, Belarus
Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology, Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty, 050040, Kazakhstan
National Engineering Academy of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Khodzhanova Str., 67, Almaty, 050060, Kazakhstan
Institute of Organic Synthesis and Carbon Chemistry of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Alikhanov Str., 1, Karaganda, 100000, Kazakhstan
Department of Polymer Composite Materials
Faculty of Chemistry and Chemical Technology
National Engineering Academy of the Republic of Kazakhstan
Institute of Organic Synthesis and Carbon Chemistry of the Republic of Kazakhstan
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