ISO 21490:2022 pdf – Rubber and rubber products — Determination of 2-mercaptobenzothiazole content by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)

ISO 21490:2022 pdf – Rubber and rubber products — Determination of 2-mercaptobenzothiazole content by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC).
1 Scope This document specifies a quantitative test method to determine the 2-mercaptobenzothiazole content in rubber and rubber products by high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). This document delivers a method for quantifying 2-mercaptobenzothiazole in rubber products for a better selection of curing conditions. This document provides a method to follow the curing of rubber with sulfur- and benzothiazole- based accelerators using a chemical measurement which is complementary to the classical rheometric technique. 2 Normative references The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies. ISO 3696, Water for analytical laboratory use — Specification and test methods ISO 4661-2, Rubber, vulcanized — Preparation of samples and test pieces — Part 2: Chemical tests 3? Terms? and? definitions No terms and definitions are listed in this document. ISO and IEC maintain terminology databases for use in standardization at the following addresses: — ISO Online browsing platform: available at https:// www .iso .org/ obp — IEC Electropedia: available at https:// www .electropedia .org/ 4 Principle The 2-mercaptobenzothiazole in rubber is ultrasonically extracted with a chloroform-methanol solution determined and confirmed with HPLC-DAD (high performance liquid chromatography equipped with a diode-array detector). Note There is a risk of neo-formed MBT from MBTs if a thiazole accelerator is used in the formulation of the sample. 5 Reagents and materials Unless otherwise specified, analytical grade chemicals should be used. Water shall be distilled or deionized to fulfil grade 3 in accordance with ISO 3696. 5.1 Methanol, of analytical grade.
5.2 Chloroform, of analytical grade. 5.3 Acetonitrile, of chromatographic grade. 5.4 2-Mercaptobenzothiazole standard material, of purity ≥ 99,1 %. 5.5 Filtration membrane, with a pore size of 0,45 µm. 5.6 Chloroform-methanol solution, 2 V+1 V. 6 Apparatus The usual laboratory apparatus and, in particular, the following shall be used. 6.1 HPLC-DAD. 6.2 Analytical balance, accuracy ± 0,1 mg. 6.3 Ultrasonic extraction apparatus. 6.4? One-mark? volumetric? flask, 100 ml. 6.5? Quantitative? filter? paper. 6.6 Flask with stopper, 20 ml. 6.7 Pipette, 10 ml. 7 Sampling Prepare the sample according to ISO 4661-2, cut it into pieces smaller than 0,1 cm × 0,1 cm. Store the sample pieces in a dry and cool place, and avoid their contamination. 8 Procedure 8.1 Sample preparation Weigh approximately 0,4 g (accurate to 0,1 mg) of a homogeneous test sample and put it into a 20 ml flask with a stopper. Add accurately, by pipette, 10 ml chloroform-methanol solution (5.6) and stopper the flask. Extract for 14 h in the ultrasonic extraction apparatus (6.3) at a temperature not exceeding 40 °C. In order to maintain the bath below 40 °C, it is necessary to periodically add cold water or another cooling agent to the bath during the extraction. Transfer the extracted solution into a 100 ml volumetric flask (6.4) with funnel and filter paper (6.5), dilute it to the mark with methanol and mix thoroughly.
8.2 Chromatographic conditions Since the test results depend on the equipment that is used, there are no universal parameters for chromatographic analysis (see example in Annex B). The following parameters have been proven to be suitable for testing as reference: — column: C18, 5 µm, 4,6 mm × 250 mm or chromatographic column with the similar performance; — temperature of column: 35 °C; — wavelength range: 200 nm to 400 nm; — test wavelength: 320 nm; — mobile phase A (water containing 1 % acetonitrile) and mobile phase B (acetonitrile); — flow rate: 1,0 ml/min; — injection volume: 10 μl. 8.3 Preparation of standard working solutions and the calibration curve Weigh 100 mg of a 2-mercaptobenzothiazole standard material and put it into a 100 ml volumetric flask. Fill the flask with methanol to obtain a 1 mg/ml standard stock solution. The standard stock solution is diluted with methanol stepwise into 0,005 mg/ml, 0,010 mg/ml, 0,020 mg/ml, 0,030 mg/ml and 0,050 mg/ml standard working solutions (see example in Annex C). Inject those solutions using the analytical conditions described in 8.2, and the calibration curve is obtained by plotting the peak area of each standard against their concentration. Because of the instability of MBT, standard working solutions shall be analysed without delay to avoid systematic errors in the calibration.