Session B- Curing of Elastomers

Wednesday, October 12, 2011: 1:00 PM-5:15 PM
Meeting Room #16 (The I-X Center)
Chair:
Vipin M. Kothari, Dr., Retired
1:30 PM
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Phosphate Accelerators In the Vulcanization of Etylene Propylene Based EPDM Elastomers
Brendan Rodgers, Butyl Technology, The ExxonMobil Chemical Co., Bayway, TX, Bharat B. Sharma, Global Specialty Polymers Technology, ExxonMobil Company India Private Ltd., Bangalore, India, Bernard D'Cruz, Global Specialty Polymers Technology, ExxonMobil Company India Private Ltd, Bangalore, India and Mark F. Welker, ExxonMobil Chemical Co., Baytown, TX
2:00 PM
61
Studies On Zinc-Oxide Free – Non Peroxide – Cross-Linking of Compounds Based On Acrylonitrile-Butadiene Polymers
Hans Magg, Business Unit technical Rubber Products, Lanxess Deutschland GmbH, Leverkusen, Germany and Sven Brandau, Product and Process Development Dept., Lanxess Emulsion Rubber, La Wantzenau, France
2:30 PM
62
Fundamentals of Bis-Maleimide Cure Chemistry
Karthik Vikram Siva Shanmugam1, J. Scott Parent, Dr.1 and Ralph A. Whitney2, (1)Department of Chemical Engineering, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada, (2)Department of Chemistry, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada
3:00 PM
Break
3:15 PM
63
Functional, Peroxide-Curable Isobutylene-Rich Elastomers
Ralph A. Whitney1, J. Scott Parent, Dr.2 and Karthik Shanmugam2, (1)Department of Chemistry, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada, (2)Department of Chemical Engineering, Queen's University, Kingston, ON, Canada
3:45 PM
64
EFFECTS of CARBON BLACK On the Reversion BEHAVIOR of A Cured NATURAL Rubber Compound
Kanoktip Boonkerd, Dept. of Materials Science, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Center for Petroleum, Petrochemicals and Advanced Materials, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand and Wisunya Phasook, Chulalongkorn University (Thailand), Patumwan Bangkok, Thailand
4:15 PM
65
A Comprehensive Numerical Model for the Interpretation of Crosslinking with Peroxides and Sulphur: Chemical Mechanisms and Optimal Vulcanization of Real Items
Gabriele Milani, ACS, Member, DIS, Technical University in Milan, Italy, Milan, Italy and Federico Milani, ACS, Member, CHEMCO research centre, CHEMCO consultant, Occhiobello (RO), Italy
4:45 PM
66
Cure Simulation; A Comparison of Compression and Extrusion Molding In Thick Products
Marina S. D. Fernando, Tun Abdul Razak Research Centre, Hertford SG 13 8NL, United Kingdom and Hon Fei Wong, Engineering Product and Design, Malaysian Rubber Board, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia