Development of high-modulus water swellable elastomer composite for oil-field applications

• Main Author: Han, Dingzhi
• Other Authors: Boey Yin Chiang, Freddy
• Format: Theses and Dissertations
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Materials::Composite materials; DRNTU::Engineering::Materials::Material testing and characterization
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/65578
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

A novel reactive swellable elastomeric composite made by compounding hydrogenated acrylonitrile butadiene rubber (HNBR) with magnesium oxide (MgO) is described in this study. Conventional water swellable elastomers are made by compounding elastomer with super-absorbent polymers (SAPs) which, upon ex...