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The antiozonant and antifatigue activity of bound MADA have also been determined and it is found that fully extracted rubbers containing this entity are quite resistant to ozone cracking. Mechanistic investigations have been carried out on the nature of the chemical bonds in cross-linked rubber that break under the influence of mechanical stress, and on the way in which a commercial antifatigue agent, 4-iso-propy1-4-pheny1--p-phenylenediamine (IPPD), inhibits the mechanodegradation of natural rubber vulcanisates. A diarylnitroxyl radical derived from IPPD has been shown to be formed during fatigue and to be regenerated continuously during fatiguing by a cyclic mechanism involving the corresponding hydroxylamine. 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