A novel and easy way to improve the thermal stability of insoluble sulfur by curing process

Molecular Simulation to Explore the Dissolution Behavior of Sulfur in Carbon Disulfide

Soluble sulfur (S₈) and insoluble sulfur (IS) have different application fields, and molecular dynamics simulation can reveal their differences in solubility in solvents. It is found that in the simulated carbon disulfide (CS₂) solvent, soluble sulfur in the form of clusters mainly promotes the dissolution of clusters through van der Waals interaction between solvent molecules (CS₂) and S₈, and the solubility gradually increases with the increase in temperature. However, the strong interaction between polymer chains of insoluble sulfur in the form of polymer hinders the diffusion of IS into CS₂ solvent, which is not conducive to high-temperature dissolution. The simulated solubility parameter shows that the solubility parameter of soluble sulfur is closer to that of the solvent, which is consistent with the above explanation that soluble sulfur is easy to dissolve.

In-situ Modification of Graphene Oxide by Insoluble Sulfur and Application for Nitrile Butadiene Rubber

Insoluble sulfur (IS) is prepared at low temperature with graphene oxide (GO) as stabilizer and ammonium persulfate as initiator. The FTIR and Raman patterns show that the non-conjugate double bond of GO can couple to the long chain free radicals of IS. The TGA and EDS results show that the mass fraction of IS is 79.75 wt% in particles by refluxing method, much higher than that in particles by hydrothermal method, when the mass ratio in reactants of GO to sulfur was 3: 1. Under constant content of sulfur, the tensile stress and elongation at break of NBR/GO-S(h) and NBR/GO-S(r) composites are higher than those of NBR/Reduced GO composites with the addition of 3 phr GO-S(h), GO-S(r) and Reduced GO particles into NBR. It can provide a new technology for the preparation of IS with lower temperature, little energy consumption and less environmental pollution. It is also a new method for the modification and application of GO in rubber.