Preliminary Investigation of Hydrophilic Polymer (HP)/Epoxidised Natural Rubber (ENR25) Blends Film Formation for Rubber Glove Donning Coating Application

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In this study, HP/ENR blends were prepared in aqueous solution with different hydrophilic polymers for rubber glove donning coating application. HP/ENR blend films were prepared using cast films technique to investigate the film formation prior to coating onto rubber glove. The films surface morphology were characterised using Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and Light Microscopy (LM). While, the thermal properties of the films were determined using Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC). The microscopy results showed that coherence film formation can be obtained even though the PVA/ENR and PAA/ENR blends were immiscible. DSC result showed that the glass transition temperature (Tg) of the blends shifted to higher temperature compared with Tg of ENR. The preliminary evaluation of coating onto rubber latex film indicated that PVP/ENR blend is feasible as coating material.

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