Session: Contributed Session II (Fall 184th Technical Meeting )

Contributed Session II

Thursday, October 10, 2013: 1:00 PM-4:15 PM

Session C - Room #15 (The International Exposition (I-X) Center)

Co-Chair:

Vipin M. Kothari, Dr., Retired

1:00 PM

114

Heavy Naphthenic Oils – Using Technology For Today and Tomorrow

Edward Casserly, Ph.D., Ergon, Inc, Jackson, MS

1:30 PM

115

High Performance Silicas Reinforced Elastomers : A Better Understanding of the Interface Nature to Improve the Balance Between Hysteresis and Reinforcement

Laurent Guy and Soline de Cayeux, Rhodia, Collonges au Mont d'Or, France

2:00 PM

116

Effects of Mixing History On the Secondary Structure of Fillers and the Mechanical Properties of Silica Filled Rubber Composites

Rinko Kushida, Yoshiko Kijima and Fumito Yatsuyanagi, Research & Development Center, The Yokohama Rubber Co.,Ltd., Hiratsuka, Kanagawa, Japan

2:30 PM

Break

2:45 PM

117

Adding Mixing Capability To An Existing Rubber Goods Production Facility: Practical Considerations

Lawrence R. Gooch, BSME, MSMet, MBA, Gooch Engineering Associates, Southport, NC

3:15 PM

118

Optimization Of Modulated DSC Analysis For Rubber Compounds

Deidre Tucker, PhD¹, Richard Webb², Yan Fayman³ and Alfred Olsen², (1)Analytical, SKF Sealing Solutions, Elgin, IL, (2)Materials Development, SKF, Elgin, IL, (3)SKF Sealing Solutions

3:45 PM

119

Grafting Of Poly(meth)Acrylate On Polyolefinic Elastomers Via Controlled Radical Polymerization

Nikhil K. Singha, Associate, Professor, Rubber Technology Center, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, India, Kinsuk Naskar, Rubber Technology Center, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India and Dhruba J. Haloi, Indian Institute of Technology