TESTING AND MEASURING Friction and Wear Displayed by the Scratch of Epoxy filled by recycled Rubber Particles 

In the present work, experiments revealed that epoxy composites filed by recycled rubber particles and paraffin oil showed improvement in friction coefficient and wear. Composites free of oil showed the highest values of friction coefficient when they contained 40 wt. % rubber.

The application of floor materials made of epoxy resins is limited due to their brittleness. Paraffin oil and recycled rubber particles were added to epoxy. It was revealed that as the rubber content increased friction significantly increased. Composites filled by oil and rubber displayed values of friction coefficient that were much higher than the recommended values for safe floor materials. It was suggested that the proposed composites can be used as floor material, where addition of oil into epoxy matrix was intended to increase the abrasion resistance of the proposed composites.