Session: Advances in Materials and Tire Technology-PM, Session B (Fall 186th Technical Meeting)

Advances in Materials and Tire Technology-PM, Session B

Wednesday, October 15, 2014: 1:00 PM-5:45 PM

Session B-Rm #205 (Nashville Convention Center)

Co-chairs:

Syed K. Mowdood, Pirelli Tyre SpA (Retired) , Christopher Robertson, Ph.D., Eastman Chemical Company and J. Cal Moreland, Michelin North America Inc

1:00 PM

On the Silanization Kinetics and Compound Properties of Silica-Filled Rubber Containing a Blocked Mercapto Silane

C. Jeffrey Lin, Ph.D., Silicones & Quartz, Momentive Performance Materials Inc., Tarrytown, NY, Michael York, Ph.D, in, Computational, Chemistry, Momentive Performance Materials, Tarrytown, NY and Russell Cody, Research & Development/Technology, Momentive Performance Materials Inc., Charlotte, NC

1:30 PM

Investigations of Highly Dispersible Silica Types and Silane Types in an OTR Cut Resistant Tire Tread Application

Louis Gatti, Inorganic Materials - Silica, Evonik Corp., Parsippany, NJ, André Wehmeier, Applied Technology, Evonik Industries AG, Wesseling, Germany, Michael Heinz, Applied Technologie Rubber Filler, Evonik Industries AG, Wesseling, Germany and Minh Doc Nguyen, Applied Technologie, Evonik Industries AG, Wesseling, Germany

2:00 PM

Incorporating and Optimizing Performance of Polydyne(TM) Micronized Rubber Powder and Ekodyne(TM) Functional Compound in SSBR/Silica-Silane Tire Treads

Frank Papp, Lehigh Technologies, Inc., Tucker, GA

2:30 PM

Study of Compatibility and Miscibility for Polymers and Copolymers Based on Butadiene and Isoprene

Adel Halasa, The University of Akron College of Polymer Science, The University of Akron College of Polymer Science, Akron, OH

3:00 PM

Break

3:15 PM

Investigation of Composition and Processing Parameters on Mechanical Properties of Magadiite/SBR Composites

Yating Mao¹, Shigeng Li, PhD¹, Hans-Conrad zur Loye² and Harry Ploehn, PhD¹, (1)Chemical Engineering, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, (2)Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

3:45 PM

Properties and Structure of Ultrasonically Treated SBR/BR Blends and Their Compounds with Carbon Black and Silica

Tian Liang and Avraam Isayev, Department of Polymer Engineering, The University of Akron, Akron, OH

4:15 PM

Study of Processing Via Gamma Rays and Further Shear for Bromobutyl Rubber Reciclyng

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