Table 5. Vulcanizate Structure of Various Vulcanizates

Crosslink density (10−4 mol/g) EV-S8 EV-S10 EV-S12 SEV-S8 SEV-S10 SEV-S12
TCDa 1.12 1.16 1.22 1.33 1.40 1.48
CCDb 0.57 0.54 0.53 0.68 0.68 0.67
FRIc (= a−b) 0.55 0.62 0.69 0.65 0.72 0.81
Total crosslink density;
Chemical crosslink density by vulcanization reactions between vulcanization agents and matrix rubber;
Crosslink density by filler-rubber interactions (FRI) in a silica-silane system (silica-rubber coupling).