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Blooming in rubber is an undesired phenomenon in case of most of the industry that manufactures rubber. However, in some cases blooming if additives are desirable as the migration of antioxidants of additives on the surface of the rubber can help increase its degradation. However, when it comes to the manufacturing of food containers and biomedical products, blooming is often a high concern and undesirable phenomenon. In case you want to avoid blooming, adding a polymeric blooming agent will be the best option. As the innate properties of polymers make them the rubber sturdy, which makes it useful for many applications. It also helps to increase the physical values by making sure that there is no oxidation from degrading the material, and the plastic doesn't lose its shape.

Crystex HS OT 20 a non-blooming vulcanizing agent, which helps the rubber from blooming and improves its physical properties. It is mainly used in the tire industry. Wondering what it's used for?  Major application and properties of Crystex HS OT 20: It is polymeric insoluble sulfur (which is insoluble in elastomers). It helps in preventing the migration of sulfur and eliminates surface tack.   At high temperatures, Crystex HS OT 20 de-polymerize itself into soluble sulfur, acting similar to the sulfur of rubber makers. It is easy to handle and considered the best of its metastable state. As it can revert to soluble sulfur anytime under the proper conditions. High-grade Crystex HS OT 20 offers high thermal stability, which helps in avoiding rubber blooming. It is a non-staining vulcanizing agent, it doesn't leave any color, and helps to get the desired final product.

No rubber industry wants the blooming of their rubber product. Rubber blooming is one of the most undesired phenomena and every rubber industry tries to avoid it. All though it is just superficial, implying that it only affects the appearance of the rubber product and does not affect the physical properties of rubber. In order to avoid rubber blooming, rubber manufacturers add blooming agents that eliminate the chances of rubber blooming and increase the physical properties of the rubber by increasing its resistance to fatigue and aging. Insoluble sulfur is one most popular blooming agent used in the rubber industry, and it is the most important raw material for the manufacturing of tires. OCCL India provides the highest grade of insoluble sulfur.

 Considered as one of the best rubber vulcanizing agents, insoluble sulfur is a type of sulfur, which is insoluble in CS2. 4. Mainly there are two types of insoluble available in the market, oil-filled and non-oil-filled.  In Tire manufacturing, insoluble sulphur is an important additive, which is used to improve the quality of the product. Not just this but it also helps to increase the wearability and resistance of tires to fatigue and aging.  Apart from tire manufacturing, insoluble sulfur is also used for the manufacturing of automobile rubber parts, rubber pipe, cable, wire insulating materials, latex, and shoes. Insoluble sulfur offers non-blooming characteristics to rubber products. This makes it best for the manufacturing of radial rubber and other synthetic rubber products. By avoiding blooming in rubber, insoluble sulfur reveals the great potential of the use of rubber and its products.

Rubber blooming refers to the phenomenon when the liquid or solid compounding agent is moved out from the inside of the rubber and gets settled on the outer surface of the rubber causing a white powder-like layer on the outer surface of the rubber. It is a superficial phenomenon, which means it does not affect the physical properties of rubber. However, in order to make the product look good, the rubber industry tries to avoid rubber blooming. Causes of rubber blooming Uneven mixing results in poor dispersion Too high temperature of the rubber compound The vulcanization temperature is too high or too low Different manufacturing method is used Poor quality of raw materials.

 In order to improve the physical and chemical properties of both natural and synthetic rubber, all the different rubber manufacturers need to add the vulcanizing agent in rubber. Vulcanization is a chemical process that helps rubber manufacturers more sturdy but flexible rubber that can be used to manufacture all sorts of rubber compounds that we use in our daily lives. Sulfur is the most common and most preferred vulcanizing agent in rubber industry. As when the rubber is heated in the presence of sulfur and other activators, it forms cross-linking (long rubber molecules). These long cross-links help rubber to attain better elasticity, tensile strength and viscosity.