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In this work, the Korsmeyer\u2013Peppas and Peppas\u2013Sahlin models were chosen to fit the transport behaviors of three aromatic solvents, benzene, toluene and p-xylene, in the hydrogenated nitrile rubber (HNBR)\/ethylene propylene diene monomer (EPDM)-based vulcanizates. The different effects of the various selected transport times (ti) used for fitting on the results of the mathematical models were compared. Moreover, a method to obtain the n parameter for the Korsmeyer\u2013Peppas model and the m parameter for the Peppas\u2013Sahlin model at ti = 0 was discussed. It was found that the differences in values of ti greatly influenced the impact on the fitting results of all the parameters for the two models. In addition, the n parameter for the Korsmeyer\u2013Peppas model along with the m parameter for the Peppas\u2013Sahlin model, which can characterize the transport mechanism, showed differing applicability. But the n and m parameters at ti = 0 obtained by linear fitting showed similar rules with some differences in values. These discussions give important guidance for the application of kinetic transport models in rubber\u2013solvent systems.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/polym16070892","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,3,25]],"date-time":"2024-03-25T14:00:23Z","timestamp":1711375223000},"page":"892","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":12,"title":["A Systematic Investigation of the Kinetic Models Applied to the Transport Behaviors of Aromatic Solvents in Unfilled Hydrogenated Nitrile Rubber\/Ethylene Propylene Diene Monomer Composites"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"16","author":[{"given":"Susu","family":"Liu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Key Laboratory of Rubber-Plastics, Ministry of Education, Qingdao University of Science & Technology, Qingdao 266042, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yiran","family":"Jing","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Key Laboratory of Rubber-Plastics, Ministry of Education, Qingdao University of Science & Technology, Qingdao 266042, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8193-1215","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Guangyong","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Key Laboratory of Rubber-Plastics, Ministry of Education, Qingdao University of Science & Technology, Qingdao 266042, China"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,3,25]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"Mark, J.E., Erman, B., and Roland, C.M. 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