L:\‘6‘8‘E>°‘<> NEW ACCELERATOR SYSTEM FOR LOW TEMPERATURE CURING OF ELASTOMERS wrm SPECIAL REFERENCE TO NR, NBR AND NR/BR BLENDS Thesis submitted to the COCHIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY by SHINY PALATY in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of the degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY under the FACULTY OF TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF POLYMER SC\ENCE AND RUBBER TECHNOLOGY COCH\N UNNERSWY OF SC\ENCE AND TECHNOLOGY KOCH! - 682022 MARCH 2002