Silox zinc oxide solutions are said to be innovative, sustainable and competitive solutions to meet future regulatory requirements, while improving the technical performance of rubber through the ecological transition in the vulcanization industry.
Read MoreBridging the gap between simulation and experimental results can be accomplished with advanced instrumentation for rubber testing, including systems used for drop tower tensile impact testing.
Read MoreKuraray liquid rubber with a plasticizing effect on rubber compounds does not cause issues like bleeding or volatilization due to its co-vulcanizability, unlike conventional process oils.
Read MoreAGC announces the launch of surfactant and fluorinated polymerization solvent free grades in its fluoroelastomer “AFLAS™ FFKM” series; the SF grades. The newly developed Products are manufactured entirely without the use of any surfactants or fluorinated polymerization solvents. The Products offer high performance equivalent to that of conventional products, while meeting the growing market demand for fluoroelastomers that do not use surfactants or fluorinated polymerization solvents during the manufacturing process
Read MorePursuant to the transaction terms, Gemspring will pay Goodyear cash proceeds at closing of approximately $650 million, subject to certain post-closing adjustments, for Goodyear Chemical facilities in Houston and Beaumont, Texas, and a related research office in Akron, Ohio. Additionally, the transaction provides for a long-term supply agreement.
Read MoreExcess zinc in the body of living organisms is problematic in nature, and zinc primarily enters the environment through rubber articles, including disposed tires. Work done to minimize the amount of zinc oxide consumption in 10 compounds of a typical passenger car tire is explained by the author.
Read MoreLANXESS’ new rubber additive Vulkanox HS Scopeblue supports tire manufacturers in producing more sustainable, longer-lasting tires and in achieving their sustainability goals. The antidegradant from the specialty chemicals company is the sustainable variant of the proven antioxidant Vulkanox HS (TMQ), which tire manufacturers use to effectively protect their products from adverse effects of oxygen and heat. The additive is also characterized by low volatility and low migration tendency.
Read MoreLANXESS will offer a highly sustainable variant of its Bayferrox iron oxide yellow pigment in the future. The pigments marketed under the company’s own Scopeblue label have a significantly reduced carbon footprint thanks to the use of more eco-efficient raw materials. This reflects the growing awareness of the raw material product carbon footprint (PCF) in the paint and coatings industry and the resulting demand for sustainably manufactured pigments.
Read MoreResearchers at the University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science have developed a new design that appears to rewrite the textbook on polymer engineering.
“We are addressing a fundamental challenge that has been thought to be impossible to solve since the invention of vulcanized rubber in 1839,” said Liheng Cai, an assistant professor of materials science and engineering, and chemical engineering.
That’s when Charles Goodyear accidentally discovered that heating natural rubber with sulfur created chemical crosslinks between the strand-like rubber molecules. This crosslinking process creates a polymer network, transforming the sticky rubber, which melts and flows in the heat, into a durable, elastic material.
Ever since, it’s been believed that if you want to make a polymer network material stiff, you have to sacrifice some stretchability.
Read MoreA research team led by Associate Professor Yeo Boon Siang, Jason from the Department of Chemistry at NUS has found that copper catalysts, after a simple modification with iodide anions, are highly efficacious for converting acetylene to 1,3-butadiene. The findings were published in the journal Nature Catalysis.
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