Session: Rubber Processing-Cont'd. - Session C (Fall 188th Technical Meeting)

Rubber Processing-Cont'd. - Session C

Wednesday, October 14, 2015: 1:30 PM-4:45 PM

Chair:

John S. Dick, Alpha Technologies U.S.

1:30 PM

Flocculation in Elastomeric Polymers Containing Nanoparticles: Jamming and the New Concept of Fictive Dynamic Strain

Christopher Robertson, Ph.D., Tire Additives Center of Excellence, Eastman Chemical Company, Akron, OH

2:00 PM

Comparison of Rheological Properties of Polymer Melts Under Shear Flows in Closed Cavity and Open Boundary Rheometers

Madhu Namani, PhD, Product Specialist, TA Instruments - Waters LLC, New Castle, DE

2:30 PM

Measuring the Effects of Filler Variations on Compound Viscoelastic Properties As Measured By the Capillary Rheometer and the RPA

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

3:00 PM

Ultrasonically Aided Extrusion of NR/BR Blends and Their Compounding with Silica

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

3:30 PM

Break

3:45 PM

Evaluation of the Viscoelastic Properties of Carbon Black Filled Compounds Composed of Different Elastomers

Edward Norton, Product Development, Alpha Technologies, Akron, OH and Tianxiang Xue, Polymer Science, Alpha Technologies, Akron, OH

4:15 PM

Coal Powder and Devuclanized Tire Rubber in Off-the-Road Tire Formulation

Chandrasekaran Pillai and Hari Chandra, Quantum Polymer Composites, LLC, Pepper Pike, OH