The recycling of waste rubber has very important significances, such as protection of the environment and conservation of energy. Considering that most of published works concerning this subject are about tire recycling, the objective of this work was to develop and characterize formulations containing a type of industrial waste, from the manufacture of automotive profiles, based on styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR) for possible application in the industry. The compositions were formulated and characterized by thermal (differential scanning calorimetry), rheological (rubber processor analyzer), rheometrical (oscillatory disc rheomether), mechanical (tensile strength and tear resistance), chemical (cross-link density) and morphological properties (scanning electron microscopy). The results obtained for these compositions were compared to a control sample purchased for the industry, with the same formulation of the SBR scraps. Obtained results show that the revulcanization process was effective. Values for tensile strength and tear resistance were 70 and 50%, respectively, compared to values found for the control sample, indicating the possibility of using this residue as artifacts of lower technical requirement.
SBR industrial waste; revulcanization; mechanical properties
