Session: Contributed, Session C (Fall 186th Technical Meeting)

Contributed, Session C

Thursday, October 16, 2014: 1:00 PM-4:15 PM

Session C-Rm #204 (Nashville Convention Center)

Chair:

John S. Dick, Alpha Technologies U.S.

1:00 PM

Effects of Very Low Strain Measurements with the Extended Dynamic Range (EDR) of the RPA on the Accuracy of Shear Thinning Measurements for Rubber Compounds

John S. Dick, Alpha Technologies U.S., Akron, OH, Edward Norton, MTS, Alpha Technologies, Akron, OH and Tianxiang Xue, Polymer Science, Alpha Technologies, Akron, OH

1:30 PM

Examining the Cold Temperature Properties of Elastomeric Systems in the Linear and Non-Linear Viscoelastic Ranges

Deidre Tucker, PhD¹, Richard Webb², Yan Fayman¹ and William Gaspar³, (1)Analytical, SKF Sealing Solutions, Elgin, IL, (2)Materials Development, SKF, Elgin, IL, (3)Materials Development, SKF Sealing Solutions, Elgin, IL

2:00 PM

Evolution of RPA Test Methodologies for the Rubber Industry

John S. Dick, Alpha Technologies U.S., Akron, OH

2:30 PM

Break

2:45 PM

Enhancing Rubber-to-Substrate Bonding Performance with Chemlok® Adhesive Systems

Jeffrey Means¹, Mason Myers² and Tejbans Singh Kohli², (1)LORD Corporation, LORD Corporation, Erie, PA, (2)LORD Corporation, Erie, PA

3:15 PM

Gamma-Irradiation Effect on Mechanical Properties of PP/EPDM Polymeric Blends

Elizabeth Carvalho Leite Cardoso, Sandra Regina Scagliusi and Ademar Benévolo Lugao, Cqma, Instituto de Pesquisas Energéticas e Nucleares - IPEN, São Paulo, Brazil