Thermogravimetric tests were conducted under different heating rates and particle sizes in order to determine the kinetic parameters and the rubber tire composition. Three stages of degradation between 146-549 °C were found, in which components decompose in an independent and irreversible way. Synthetic rubber is the toughest component to be degraded, followed by natural rubber; plasticizer and additives were found as the most volatile components. The mentioned materials have the following activation energies: 135.4, 123.9 and 47.7kJmol-1 , respectively. The employed deconvolution model determined that tires are mainly composed of synthetic rubber in a greater proportion with 60.8%, followed by natural rubber with 32.8 % and finally plasticizers and additives with 6.1 %.
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Meza Trujillo, I., & et al. (2015). Modelo de Deconvolución para la Cuantificación de los Componentes del Caucho Vulcanizado Presente en los Neumáticos Fuera de Uso. Revista Politécnica, 36, 73-79. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/55050 (Original work published 2015)