74
4 Nanofiller Dispersion in Rubber as Revealed by 3D-TEM
Fig. 4.15 3D-image analysis results for CB-10, -20, -40, and -80 (from Fig. 4 in Ref. [21]). See
Video 4.6 in Supplemental Electronic Material
As done on the silica networks, the parameters to describe the CB networks are
to be defined on the basis of Fig. 4.12. The difference of CB from silica is lack of
the isolated aggregates as mentioned earlier. Therefore, two parameters, fraction of
the network chains (F cross ) and that of the branching chains (F branch ) are defined as
follows:
F cross = N.NdNd/(N.NdNd + N.NdTm)
(4.4)
F branch = N.NdTm/(N.NdNd + N.NdTm)
(4.5)
4 Nanofiller Dispersion in Rubber as Revealed by 3D-TEM
Fig. 4.15 3D-image analysis results for CB-10, -20, -40, and -80 (from Fig. 4 in Ref. [21]). See
Video 4.6 in Supplemental Electronic Material
As done on the silica networks, the parameters to describe the CB networks are
to be defined on the basis of Fig. 4.12. The difference of CB from silica is lack of
the isolated aggregates as mentioned earlier. Therefore, two parameters, fraction of
the network chains (F cross ) and that of the branching chains (F branch ) are defined as
follows:
F cross = N.NdNd/(N.NdNd + N.NdTm)
(4.4)
F branch = N.NdTm/(N.NdNd + N.NdTm)
(4.5)