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Data underlying the publication: Tires for Mars Rovers: Reinforcing BR and BR/Vinyl-Methyl Silicone Rubber Compounds with Carbon Black, Nano-CaCO3, or Silica for Good Low-Temperature Dynamic-Mechanical Performance

Anyszka, Rafal | Blume, Anke | Jia, Li

4TU.ResearchData

(2023)

Descriptions

Reserach data used in the following publication:Tires for Mars Rovers: Reinforcing BR and BR/Vinyl-Methyl Silicone Rubber Compounds with Carbon Black, Nano-CaCO3, or Silica for Good Low-Temperature Dynamic-Mechanical PerformanceAbstract:Dynamic increment in Mars exploration missions necessitates the development of new materials that can satisfy the ever more stringent requirements. Currently, most of the materials used for manufacturing Mars rovers and landers are based on various metal alloys that provide high reliability in the Martian environment. However, the future planned missions, including the first human crew landing on Mars, require the development of new rubber materials that could be used for sealing Mars suits, for tires/tracks, and for damping systems for heavy Mars rovers. This research aims to investigate the properties of butadiene rubber (BR) and butadiene/vinyl-methyl silicone rubber blends (BR/VMQ) filled with various reinforcing fillers: carbon blacks (CBs), silicas, and nanometric calcium carbonate (nano-CaCO3), in order to evaluate their performance from the point of view of Mars' environmental applications. The study revealed that the designed composites exhibit very good low-temperature elasticity, and the addition of 30 phr of high surface area CB (N220) or silica (Ultrasil 9100) results in good mechanical properties of the compounds. The mechanical properties of the BR/VMQ blends depend on the type of reinforcing filler. The addition of the CBs resulted in better mechanical properties, while the incorporation of silicas worsens the mechanical properties of BR/VMQ blends in comparison to their BR counterparts. The high-cis BR grade exhibits a strong tendency to crystallize in the operating temperature range on Mars (crystallization ∼−60 °C, melting ∼−20 °C), and the addition of the fillers nucleates the crystallization, resulting in a higher amount of the crystalline phase. This might be a serious problem for any sealing application of the rubber compounds. For this reason, a non-crystallizable BR grade is recommended for further studies.

Keywords


Originally assigned keywords
Aerospace Engineering
FOS: Mechanical engineering
Materials Engineering
FOS: Materials engineering
Macromolecular and Materials Chemistry
FOS: Chemical sciences
Engineering
Chemical Sciences
rubber
Mars
fillers
butadiene rubber
silicone rubber

Corresponding MSL vocabulary keywords
natural rubber

MSL enriched keywords
analogue modelling material
elastic modelling material
natural elastic material
natural rubber
minerals
chemical elements
carbon
viscous modelling material
synthetic viscous material
silicone
measured property
calcium
calcium carbonate
silicon
silicon dioxide
granular modelling material
natural granular material
calcium carbonate
Measured property
elasticity
Measured property
elasticity

MSL enriched sub domains i

geochemistry
rock and melt physics
analogue modelling of geologic processes

Source

https://data.4tu.nl/datasets/e93fc2df-6098-4a35-bebb-1697fedd4d2e/1

Source publisher

4TU.ResearchData


DOI

10.4121/e93fc2df-6098-4a35-bebb-1697fedd4d2e.v1


Creators

Anyszka, Rafal

Blume, Anke

Jia, Li


Contributors

University Of Twente, Faculty Of Engineering Technology, Elastomer Technology And Engineering

Other


References

10.2346/tire.23.23003


Citation

Anyszka, R., Blume, A., & Jia, L. (2023). Data underlying the publication: Tires for Mars Rovers: Reinforcing BR and BR/Vinyl-Methyl Silicone Rubber Compounds with Carbon Black, Nano-CaCO3, or Silica for Good Low-Temperature Dynamic-Mechanical Performance (Version 1) [Data set]. 4TU.ResearchData. https://doi.org/10.4121/E93FC2DF-6098-4A35-BEBB-1697FEDD4D2E.V1


Dates

Issued:

2023-06-01


Language

en


Funding References

Funder name: unknown

Award number: 101025756

Award title: Rubber & Elastomer Development for MArtian enviRonmental applicationS (RED 4 MARS)


Rights

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International


Datacite version

1