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6 Session A: Filler Reinforcement of Rubber (Tuesday Afternoon)

Tuesday, October 13, 2009: 1:00 PM-4:45 PM
330 (David L. Lawrence Convention Center )
Co-chairs:
Wesley Wampler, Sid Richardson Carbon & Energy and Ping Zhang, The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
1:00 PM
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Disclosed percolation phenomena and mechanism in reinforcement of elastomeric polymer by nano-filler
Liqun Zhang, Beijing University of Chemical Technology; Haibo Yang, Beijing University of Chemical Technology; Weidong Wu, Beijing University of Chemical Technology; Hua Zou, Beijing University of Chemical Technology
1:30 PM
30
Flocculation, Reinforcement, and Glass Transition Effects in Silica-Filled Styrene-Butadiene Rubber
Christopher G. Robertson, Bridgestone Americas, Center for Research and Technology; C. J. Lin, Bridgestone Americas, Center for Research and Technology; R. B. Bogoslovov, Naval Research Laboratory; M. Rackaitis, Bridgestone Americas, Center for Research and Technology; P. Sadhukhan, Bridgestone Americas, Center for Research and Technology; J. D. Quinn, Bridgestone Americas, Center for Research and Technology; C. M. Roland, Naval Research Laboratory
2:00 PM
32
Vor-x Functionalized Graphene Sheets as a Reinforcement for Rubber
John S. Lettow, Vorbeck Materials Corp.; Kate Redmond, Vorbeck Materials Corp.
2:30 PM
Break
2:45 PM
33
Comparison of Graphite and Graphene Precursors in HNBR
Roger W. Faulkner, Rethink Technologies, Inc.; Ken J. Mumby, Rethink Technologies, Inc.
3:15 PM
34
Tailoring the Polymeric Nano-Particles for Rubber Reinforcement
Chenchy J. Lin, Bridgestone Americas Center for Research & Technology; Xiaorong Wang, Bridgestone Americas, Center for Research and Technology
3:45 PM
35
Nanofillers for elastomers
Maurizio Galimberti, Pirelli Tyre; Attilio Citterio, Politecnico di Milano