Radiation vulcanization of natural rubber latex using 250 KeV electron beam machine

Complete text of publication follows. The sensitized radiation vulcanization of natural rubber latex has been carried out with 250 keV electron beam machine. Latex was irradiated over a range of the beam current from 5 mA to 20 mA in the presence of sensitizer such as n-butyl acrylate (n-BA). The vulcanization dose of sensitized vulcanization of natural rubber latex and irradiated with low energy EB had affected by beam current. The vulcanization dose decrease with increasing beam current condition. The rate of vulcanization (Rvul) depends on the beam current (I) is given by the follow equation: Rvul = k I0.6