Peer-Review Record
Effect of Modified Silica Fume Using MPTMS for the Enhanced EPDM Foam Insulation
Polymers 2021, 13(17), 2996; https://doi.org/10.3390/polym13172996
Reviewer 1:
Anonymous
Reviewer 2:
Anonymous
Polymers 2021, 13(17), 2996; https://doi.org/10.3390/polym13172996
Submission received: 17 August 2021
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Accepted: 1 September 2021
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Published: 3 September 2021
(This article belongs to the Topic Sustainable Polymer Technologies)
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
This paper used MPTMS to modify the silica fume, then enhanced the EPDM. It is a good job but lacks innovation. Moreover, there are a few suggestion:
- In the title, the word “using” should be “Using”, it is a terrible mistake for a research! The whole paper should be revised carefully, there are so many inappropriate expressions.
- ALL references are too old, some new paper published in MDPI should be cited.
Reviewer 2 Report
It is recommended to accept after minor revision.
- Too many keywords. It should be reduced to less than five phrases.
- Different content between mSF-70 phr and mSF-90 phr. But there is no significant difference in elongation at break or even within the error range. Please add a reasonable explanation in the manuscript.
- The mechanical properties of mSF-90 phr have not been significantly improved compared to SF-90 phr. Please add to explain whether the design of the SF modification scheme is reasonable.
- Please supplement the statistical information of cell size in Figure 3, instead of simply stating the appearance of cell size changes.
- The compression set in Figure 4 shows that as the cell area decreases, the compression set decreases, but for SF-90 phr and CaCO3-90 phr, how does the compression set increase as the cell area decreases? Please add a reasonable explanation in the manuscript.
