Mercure TBBS

Mercure TBBS is delayed action sulphenamide alone or in combination with small quantities of booster accelerators is widely used in NR, SBR, NR/BR/SBR blend, NBR and other synthetic rubber based compounds used for the manufacture of auto tyre treads, sidewalls, casings, cycle tyres & tubes, conveyor & V-belts, tyre retreading & repair materials, footwear, hoses, cables, injection molded products and various compression / transfer molded as well as extruded rubber goods.

Chemical Name N-t-Butylbenzothiazole-2-sulfenamide
Supply Form Off white / grayish white pellets (dia.-2.5 mm) or powder
TEST NOMINAL VALUE METHOD
Melting point initial (°C) 105.0 Min. ASTM D1519A
Melting point Final (°C) 107.0 Min ASTM D1519A
Loss on drying 60°C/ 2 hrs. (%) 0.30 Max. ASTM D 4571
Ash Content 760°C/ 2 hrs. (%) 0.20 Max. ASTM D 4574
Methanol Insolubles (%) 0.50 Max. ASTM D 4934
Assay (%) 96.0 Min ASTM D 4936
Free Amine (%) 0.40 Max ASTM D 4936
Fineness through 100 mesh      (for powder product) 99.90 Min ASTM D 5461
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Specific Gravity 1.20 – 1.30 (Typical Value) ASTM D 1817
Bulk Density (kg/m3) 420 – 480 In house method
Packaging: Open mouth HDPE fabric bag with paper on the outside. 25 kgs.Net.
Storage Life: Six months from the date of production.
Storage conditions: Keep cool and dry in original packaging.
Product Safety: Relevant safety data and references as well as the necessary hazard warning labels can be found in the safety data sheet.

This information and our technical advice – whether verbal, in writing or by way of trials – are given in good faith but without warranty, and this also applies where proprietary rights of third parties are involved. Our advice does not release you from the obligation to check its validity and to test our products as to their suitability for the intended processes and uses. The application, use and processing of our products and the products manufactured by you on the basis of our technical advice are beyond our control and, therefore, entirely your own responsibility. Our products are sold in accordance with our General Conditions of Sale and Delivery.


TYPICAL DOSAGES OF MERCURE TBBS
Product Rubber Accelerator /  Sulphur, phr
TBBS MBTS TMTD TMTM PVI (CTP) S
Auto Tyre

Treads

 

 

 

Casing

 

NR
NR-BR
SBR-BR
NR-SBR
NR
NR-SBR
NR-BR

 

0.4-0.6
1.2
1.25
0.75
0.6-0.7
0.9
1.0

 







 







 


0-0.2
0-0.2
0-0.1
0-0.2
0-0.2
0-0.1

 

0.10-0.15
0.12
0.10-0.15
0.10-0.15
0.10-0.15
0.10-0.15
0.10-0.15

 

2.4*
1.6*
1.6*
2.0*
2.4*
2.2*
2.2*

Cycle Tyre
Treads
NR-RR
NR-SR
0.8
1.1

0.1-0.15
0.1-0.15

0.1-0.15
0.1-0.15
2.4
2.0
Conveyor Belt Cover
General PurposeHeat Resistant
 

 

NR
NR-SBR
NR-SBR

 

 

0.6
1.2
1.4

 

 

0.2

 

 



0.5

 

 



 

 

0.12
0.12
0.20

 

 

2.4
1.75
0.50

Transmission Belts NR 0.7 0.1 0.15 3.0
V Belts
Base
Cushion
Friction
 

NR
NR
NR

 

0.5
0.6
0.7

 

0.2
0.1

 



 



 

0.15
0.12
0.10

 

3.0
2.4
2.75

Retreads (Truck )
Hot CurePre Cured
Cushion- Hot Cure
 

NR
NR-BR
NR-BR
NR

 

0.5
0.8
0.8
0.6

 



0.3

 




 




 

0.15
0.12
0.10
0.12

 

2.4*
1.7*
1.6
2.5*

Footwear
DV Soles
Molded Soles & Heels
 

NR-SBR
NR-SBR

 

0.9
0.9

 

0.3

 

0.1
0.2

 


 

0.10
0.10

 

2.0
2.2

Hoses Tube

 

 

Hoses over

NR
NR-SR
NBR
NBR
NR
0.8
1.1
1.3
0.7
0.7




0.10
0.20
0.50
0.10
0.05




0.10
0.10
0.10
0.15
0.15
2.2
1.5
0.7
1.8
2.2
Cables NR 1.0 0.20 ZDEC 0.2 0.15 2.0
Injection Mouldings NR 0.5 0.30 2.4
Moulded & Extruded Goods  

NR
NR-SeEV
NR-EV
SBR
SBR-SeEV
SBR-EV
NBR
NBR-SeEV
NBR-EV

 

0.6
1.5
3.0
1.0
2.0
1.5
1.0
1.0

 

2.0

 








 

 

0.15
0.50

0.20
0.50
3.0
0.15
1.0

 

3.0

 








 

 

0.10
0.10

0.10
0.10
0.20
0.10

 

 

2.2
1.4
0.5
2.2
0.75
0.30
1.50
1.0

 

0.3

Note: * Insoluble Sulphur (100% active content basis)