Natural Rubber-Session C (PM)

Tuesday, October 9, 2012: 1:30 PM-5:15 PM
Room 203-204 (Duke Energy Center)
Co-chairs:
Andrew V. Chapman, Tun Abdul Razak Research Centre and Katrina Cornish, Ohio State University
1:30 PM
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Natural Rubber: An Old Material for New Applications
Pamela Pasetto, Ph.D, Institut des Molécules et Matériaux du Mans, Université du Maine, Le Mans, France
2:00 PM
29
Creating Superior Fatigue and Abrasion Resistant Rubber Compounds Through Liquid Phase Mixing
Anand Prakash, Michael D. Morris and Russell Coverley, Cabot Corporation, Billerica, MA
2:30 PM
30
Use of Different Inorganic Activators As Alternative to ZnO in Natural Rubber Vulcanization
Manuel Guzmán1, Núria Agulló1, Juan L. Valentin2 and Salvador Borrós1, (1)Grup d'Enginyeria de Materials, Institut Químic de Sarrià-Universitat Ramon Llull, Barcelona, Spain, (2)Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología de Polímeros (CSIC), Madrid, Spain
3:00 PM
Break
3:15 PM
31
Taraxacum Kok-Saghyz (Russian Dandelion): An Alternative to Hevea Natural Rubber
Arif Omer Gozen, PhD, Bridgestone Americas Center for Research and Technology, Bridgestone Americas Center for Research and Technology, Akron, OH and Amy Randall, Bridgestone Americas Tire Operations, Akron, OH
3:45 PM
32
Alternative Natural Rubber Sources to Hevea Natural Rubber – Quality and Allergenicity
Katrina Cornish, Ph.D., FAAAS1, Crittenden J. Ohlemacher, Ph.D.2, Wenshuang Xie3, David Kostyal, PhD4, David Shintani, Ph.D5, Matthew D. Kleinhenz, Ph.D6, Frederick C. Michel Jr., Ph.D6 and Robert G. Hamilton, Ph.D., D.ABMLI7, (1)Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, Ohio State University, Wooster, OH, (2)Applied Polymer Research Center, The University of Akron, Akron, (3)Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, 3Ohio State University, Wooster, OH, (4)Microbiology, Akron Rubber Development Labs, Akron, OH, (5)University of Nevada-Reno, Reno, NV, (6)Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, The Ohio State University, Wooster, OH, (7)Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD
4:15 PM
33
Improved Medical Stopper Solutions with High Performance, Anionic Isoprene Rubber
Philippe Henderson, PhD, Brussels Business Center, Kraton Polymers Belgium, Mont St. Guibert (Belgium), Belgium, Marc Hein, Phd, Kraton Polymers, Houston, TX and George Anthony, BS, -, Polymer, Engineering, Advanced Materials, Kraton Polymers, Houston, TX
4:45 PM
34
Investigation of the Composition of Guayule Rubber Using High Resolution Size Chromatography
Balaka Barkakaty, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Akron, OH, Cheng Ching K. Chiang, The University of Akron, Akron, OH, Wenshuang Xie, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, 3Ohio State University, Wooster, OH, Frédéric Peruch, Laboratoire de Chimie des Polymères Organiques, Bordeaux University/CNRS, Pessac Cedex, France, Alain Deffieux, Lcpo, University of Bordeaux, Pessac, France, Katrina Cornish, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, Ohio State University, Wooster, OH and Judit E. Puskas, Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering and Department of Polymer Science, The University of Akron, Akron, OH