Session: Aging and Degradation I - Session B (190th Technical Meeting)

Aging and Degradation I - Session B

Thursday, October 13, 2016: 8:00 AM-12:15 PM

Rm 304-5 (David L. Lawrence Convention Center )

Chair:

Richard Pazur, Department of National Defence

8:00 AM

Predicting Polymer Degradation and Mechanical Property Changes for Combined Aging Environments

Kenneth Gillen and Matthew Celina, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM

9:00 AM

Relationship Between Amount of Scission and Crosslinking Added to Elastomer and Changes in Mechanical Properties

Masayuki Ito, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan

9:30 AM

Elastomer Aging Test Considerations: How Do Equipment, Test Conditions, and Configuration Affect Test Results?

Paul Tuckner, Grace Technology and Development, Oakdale, MN

10:00 AM

Break

10:15 AM

The Influence of the Rubber Crosslink Structure on the Activation Energy Calculated UNDER Thermo-Oxidative Conditions

Richard Pazur and Tesfaldettefer Mengistu, Quality Engineering Test Establishment (QETE), Department of National Defence, Ottawa, ON, Canada

10:45 AM

Influence of Nanofiller on the Degradation and Aging Resistance of Hydrogenated Nitrile Butadiene Rubber

Professor Anil Bhowmick, Rubber Technology Center, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, Kharagpur, India, Anusuya Choudhury, IIT Kharagpur, Kharagpur, India and Tuhin Saha, RTC, IIT Kharagpur, Kharagpur, India

11:15 AM

A Comparison of Two Different Cure Systems on the Age-Stiffening and Fatigue Crack Growth Characteristics in Natural Rubber and Polybutadiene

James R. Halladay, LORD Corporation, Erie, PA