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17 Session B: Natural Rubber and Natural Rubber-based Products (Wednesday Afternoon)

Wednesday, October 14, 2009: 1:30 PM-5:15 PM
329 (David L. Lawrence Convention Center )
Co-chairs:
Colleen M. McMahan, USDA Agricultural Research Service and Andrew V. Chapman, TARRC
1:30 PM
100
Polyisoprene as a useful substrate dedicated to new polymer developments; from natural rubber to bioactive polymers
Frederic Gohier, Universite du Maine, Le Mans; Irene Campistron, Universite du Maine, Le Mans; Albert Laguerre, Universite du Maine, Le Mans; Jean-Francois Pilard, Universite du Maine, Le Mans
2:00 PM
101
Rubber sulfur vulcanization – a long way walked but still a lot of questions to be answered
Núria Agulló, Institut Químic de Sarrià-Universitat Ramon Llull; Salvador Borrós, Institut Químic de Sarrià-Universitat Ramon Llull
2:30 PM
102
Natural rubber in automotive dynamic application
Benoit Le ROSSIGNOL, HUTCHINSON SA; Yann Fromont, HUTCHINSON SA; Frederic Gomez, HUTCHINSON SA
3:00 PM
Break
3:15 PM
103
Exfoliation of Nanolayer Assemblies for Improved Natural Rubber Properties: Methods and Theory
Anil Bhowmick, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur; Mithun Bhattacharya, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur; Suman Mitra, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur
3:45 PM
104
Properties of NR composites containing nonconventional fillers
Robert H. Schuster, Deutsches Institut für Kautschuktechnologie e. V.
4:15 PM
105
Flame Retardant Natural Rubber Formulations
Marina S. D. Fernando, Tun Abdul Razak Research Centre; Colin D. Hull, Tun Abdul Razak Research Centre; Jonathan L Clark, Tun Abdul Razak Research Centre