Rubber protective wax is a special wax specially formulated and processed to protect rubber products from light, oxygen and ozone erosion and aging. However, there are many factors that will affect the performance of rubber protective wax, especially the temperature. The actual combination and quantity of the wax film formed by the protective wax spraying on the surface of the rubber will be affected to a large extent by the ambient temperature. So what are the main aspects of the influence of temperature on the performance of rubber protective wax?

(1)Below 50℃, the ability of ozone to destroy the double bonds will be increased with the increasing of temperature; at 50℃-55℃, ozone begins to decompose into oxygen. In addition, there is a critical temperature. Below this temperature, the generated activation energy is not enough to make the chemical reaction between ozone and double bonds, and the critical temperature is about -5℃.

(2) Each component of petroleum wax migrates at its own rate. For any particular hydrocarbon, its migration rate will be increased with the increasing temperature.

(3) The hydrocarbon molecules that protecting the rubber surface must exist on the surface of the rubber rather than the inside of the rubber, which is, it must be insoluble in the rubber at a specific time.

Therefore, the wax film on the surface of rubber protective wax can be changed with the changing of temperature. In addition, the influence of temperature on rubber protective wax can also be reflected by the sensitivity of rubber to the ozone at different temperatures.