Rubber In Extreme Conditions II

Tuesday, October 8, 2013: 1:30 PM-4:15 PM
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
1:30 PM
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Blended Elastomer Systems for Specialty Cable Jackets
Daryl Meyer, Lanxess Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA, Martin Hoch, Dr., Lanxess Chemical (China), Shanghai, China and Joerg Stumbaum, Lanxess Germany, Leverkusen, Germany
2:00 PM
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NOVEL Thermoplastic Polyurethane Elastomers
Zhenya Zhu1, Darren Johnson1, Eric Cecilio2, Phaniraj Nagaraj1, Gregory Szymanski1, Ronald Rosenberg1 and Yujie Ding1, (1)Chemtura Corporation, Naugatuck, CT, (2)Chemtura Corporation, Middlebury, CT
2:30 PM
Break
2:45 PM
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Electrospinning of Butyl Rubber With Carbon Black – Creating Superhydrophobic Surfaces
Artee Panwar, Ph.D.1, Christine Lang2, Hemant Prabhu3, Carol M.F. Barry4 and Joey L. Mead4, (1)Center for high-rate Nanomanufacturing, University of Massachusettes Lowell, Lowell, MA, (2)University of applied sciences Darmstadt, University of applied sciences Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany, (3)Center for high-rate Nanomanufacturing, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, MA, (4)Plastics Engineering, Center for High-rate Nanomanufacturing, Lowell, MA
3:15 PM
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Perfluorinated Elastomers 101
Ed Cole, Advanced Materials Division, 3M, Oakdale, MN