High-performance rubber sealant for preventing water leaks

Morinobu Endo; Kenji Takeuchi; Toru Noguchi; Yuichi Asano; Kazunori Fujisawa; Yoong Ahm Kim; Takuya Hayashi; Hiroyuki Ueki; Satoshi Iinou

doi:10.1021/ie1008663

High-performance rubber sealant for preventing water leaks

Morinobu Endo, Kenji Takeuchi, Toru Noguchi, Yuichi Asano, Kazunori Fujisawa, Yoong Ahm Kim, Takuya Hayashi, Hiroyuki Ueki, Satoshi Iinou

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Abstract

Considerable amounts of water are being lost due to leaks. One of the main reasons for experiencing such large water leaks is the premature failure of rubber sealants in valves. Water leaks commonly originate from the presence of chlorine ions in tap water. Here, we demonstrate that the incorporation of surface-modified and highly crystalline carbon nanotubes allows the rubber sealants to maintain their sealing properties without experiencing any distinctive degradation over a wide range of temperature and environmental conditions over their expected lifetime. It is envisaged that environmentally friendly nanotechnology will save huge amounts of energy for purifying and transporting water around the whole world.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	9798-9802
Number of pages	5
Journal	Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research
Volume	49
Issue number	20
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/ie1008663
State	Published - Oct 20 2010

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General Chemistry
General Chemical Engineering
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering

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