Session: Rubber In Extreme Conditions I (Fall 184th Technical Meeting )

Rubber In Extreme Conditions I

Tuesday, October 8, 2013: 8:30 AM-10:45 AM

Session D - Room #13 (The International Exposition (I-X) Center)

Co-chairs:

J. Cal Moreland, Michelin North America Inc and Jeffrey Downey, Ph.D., DuPont Advanced Fibers

8:30 AM

Next Generation Adhesives/Elastomers for Modern Engineering Applications

Brian Carney, Elastomer Adhesives and Coatings Technology, Lord Corporation, Erie, PA and James R. Halladay, Lord Corporation, Lord Corporation, PA

9:00 AM

Explosive Decompression of Elastomeric Materials in Oil & Gas Sealing Applications

Hamid Salem, Elastomer R&D, Cameron Drilling System, Katy, TX

9:30 AM

Break

9:45 AM

Effect of Different Nitrile Elastomers in Down Hole Drilling Applications

Bonnie Stuck, B.A., Chemistry, Akron Rubber Development Labroatory, Akron, OH and Nicole Hershberger, Ardl, Akron Rubber Development Laboratories, Akron, OH

10:15 AM

Fullerene-Nanocomposites Using Hydrogenated Acrylonitrile-Butadiene Rubber

Nuthathai Warasitthinon¹, Artee Panwar², Henning Richter³, Viktor Vejins⁴, John S. Dick⁵, Carol M.F. Barry⁶ and Joey L. Mead⁶, (1)Department of Plastics Engineering, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA, (2)Center for high-rate Nanomanufacturing, University of Massachusettes Lowell, Lowell, MA, (3)Nano-C, Westwood, MA, (4)Nano C, Westwood, MA, (5)Alpha Technologies U.S., Akron, OH, (6)Plastics Engineering, Center for High-rate Nanomanufacturing, Lowell, MA