• Effects of Wet Mixing with Three Differing Carbon Black Particle Sizes on the Mechanical Properties of Natural Rubber Composites

  • Hong Liu*,# , Hui Xu*,# , Yukun Zhou*, and Chuansheng Wang*, **,†

  • *College of Electromechanical Engineering, Qingdao University of Science & Technology, Qingdao 266061, China
    **National Engineering Laboratory of Advanced Tire Equipment and Key Materials, Qingdao University of Science & Technology, Qingdao 266061, China

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This Article

  • 2025; 49(6): 799-809

    Published online Nov 25, 2025

  • 10.7317/pk.2025.49.6.799
  • Received on Jun 9, 2025
  • Revised on Jul 3, 2025
  • Accepted on Jul 31, 2025

Correspondence to

  • Chuansheng Wang

  • *College of Electromechanical Engineering, Qingdao University of Science & Technology, Qingdao 266061, China
    **National Engineering Laboratory of Advanced Tire Equipment and Key Materials, Qingdao University of Science & Technology, Qingdao 266061, China

  • E-mail: wcsmta@qust.edu.cn