New Commercial Developments-Session A (AM)

Wednesday, October 10, 2012: 9:45 AM-11:55 AM
Room 202-201 (Duke Energy Center)
Chair:
R. Christopher Napier, ExxonMobil Chemical Co.
9:45 AM
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Rheospectris: A New Instrument for Hyper-Frequency Viscoelastic Spectroscopy of Elastomers for R&D and QC
Anis Hadj Henni1, Cedric Schmitt1, Marie-Claude Heuzey2 and Pierre J. Carreau2, (1)Rheolution Inc., Montreal, QC, Canada, (2)Chemical Engineering Department, Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada
10:05 AM
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Megum5386 - Anew, Highly Reactive Cover II for Bonding Elastomers to Solid Substrates Under Vulcanization Conditions
Roger A. Cassell, PhD, Rubber to Substrate TS&D, Dow Automotive Systems, Specialty Adhesives Group, W. Alexandria, OH
10:25 AM
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10:45 AM
Break
10:55 AM
41
Silica Masterbatch SBR for Improved Dispersion and Processibility
Mark Arigo, Subir Debnath and Melanie Patton, Lion Copolymer, LLC, Baton Rouge, LA
11:15 AM
42
Butadiene Availability: Forecast of the Supply / Demand Balance and Impact On Synthetic Rubber
Anthony Karam, Nexant, Inc., White Plains, NY and Randy Rabenhorst, M.S., M.B.A., Energy and Chemicals Consulting, Nexant, Inc., White Plains, NY
11:35 AM
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Synthesis of High 1,2-Microstructure POLY(1,3-BUTADIENE) Using a Biobased Lewis Base
Roderic P. Quirk, Hongwei Ma and Shih-Fan Wang, Department of Polymer Science, Institute of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering, The University of Akron, Akron, OH