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
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
NOVEL Thermoplastic Polyurethane Elastomers
Zhenya Zhu1, Darren Johnson
1, Eric Cecilio
2, Phaniraj Nagaraj
1, Gregory Szymanski
1, Ronald Rosenberg
1 and Yujie Ding
1, (1)Chemtura Corporation, Naugatuck, CT, (2)Chemtura Corporation, Middlebury, CT
2:45 PM
Electrospinning of Butyl Rubber With Carbon Black – Creating Superhydrophobic Surfaces
Artee Panwar, Ph.D.1, Christine Lang
2, Hemant Prabhu
3, Carol M.F. Barry
4 and Joey L. Mead
4, (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