POWDERLIKE COMPOSITE FILLER AND A METHOD FOR PREPARATION THEREOF Russian patent published in 2007 - IPC C09C1/36 C09C3/10 C08K3/14 

FIELD: composite materials.

SUBSTANCE: invention concerns powderlike composite filler suitable for elastomer materials intended for manufacturing articles operated under elevated wear or dry friction conditions. Filler particles contain at least one core made from ceramic material (metal carbide) and exterior layer made from polytetrafluoroethylene, volume fraction of cores in filler particles ranging from 1 to 10%. Powderlike composite is prepared by activating metal carbide particles in mechanochemical activator at mechanical power supply intensity between 1 and 5 kW/kg and dose 30 to 1000 kJ/kg in a medium selected from: air, nitrogen, argon, vacuum between 10-2 and 1 atm until particles with average size not larger than 15 μm are obtained, after which polytetrafluoroethylene is added to mechanochemical activator and metal carbide particles are modified at mechanical power supply intensity between 0.05 and 0.5 kW/kg and dose 3 to 100 kJ/kg in a medium selected from: air, nitrogen, argon, vacuum between 10-2 and 1 atm.

EFFECT: addition of powderlike composite filler to rubber compound results in reduction in friction coefficient under dry friction conditions and significant reduction in summary friction pair wear under hydroabrasive wear conditions.

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