Tuesday, October 14, 2014: 1:30 PM-4:45 PM
Session A-Rm #206 (Nashville Convention Center)
Co-chairs:
Wesley Wampler, Sid Richardson Carbon & Energy Co.
and
Timothy A. Okel, PPG Industries, Inc.
2:00 PM
Evaluation of Various Carbon Blacks in Highly Extended EPDM Compounds for Extrusion Applications
Erick Sharp1, George Stamper
1, Carl McAfee
2 and Leszek Nikiel
3, (1)Portage Precision Polymers, Mogadore, OH, (2)McAfee Consulting LLC, Kennedale, TX, (3)Sid Richardson Carbon & Energy Co., Fort Worth, TX
2:30 PM
Improvements in Carcass Carbon Blacks to Enhance Compound Performance
Michael Jacobsson1, Feng Wang
1, Peter Cameron
1, Joel Neilsen
2, Leszek Nikiel
3 and Wesley Wampler
1, (1)Sid Richardson Carbon & Energy, Fort Worth, TX, (2)Sid Richardson Carbon & Energy, Akron, OH, (3)Sid Richardson Carbon & Energy Co., Fort Worth, TX
3:15 PM
Performance of Guayule and Hevea Natural Rubber Composites Made with Waste-Derived Fillers
Cindy Barrera, Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering, The Ohio State University, Wooster, OH and Katrina Cornish, Ph.D., FAAAS, Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, Ohio State University, Wooster, OH
3:45 PM
Innovative BIO-Sourced Compatibilizers for Carbon and White Fillers in Rubber Compounds
Maurizio Galimberti1, Vincenzina Barbera
2, Valeria Cipolletti
1 and Attilio Citterio
3, (1)Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milano, Italy, (2)Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering, Politecnico Milano, Milano, Italy, (3)Chemistry Materials and Chemical Engineering, Politecnico Milano, Milano, Italy
4:15 PM
Rice Husk Ash Silica: Agricultural Byproduct to Silica Filler
Michael Beaulieu, Ph.D.1, Michael Davis, Ph.D.
1, Vera Popova
2, Julien Marchal, Ph.D.
2, Richard Laine, Ph.D.
3 and Mindaugas Rackaitis, Ph.D.
1, (1)Bridgestone Americas Center for Research and Technology, Akron, OH, (2)Mayaterials, Inc., Ann Arbor, MI, (3)Macromolecular Science and Engineering, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI