Energy impact of fillers in latex wall coatings
Performance of inorganic fillers in a latex wall coating is evaluated. Material performance properties analyzed include reflectance, emittance, tensile and
tear.
December
Nitrosamine and nitrosatable safe natural latex products
Challenges to producing nitrosamine and nitrosatable safe natural latex products are described by the author.
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Hydrocarbon resins as an alternative to TDAE oil in tire tread compounds
Improving the balance between wet grip, rolling and wear resistance using performance hydrocarbon resins as an alternative to treated distillate aromatic extracted oil in tire tread compounds is examined.
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Post IEC Daily
This follow-up to the 2023 International Elastomer Conference and Expo, held last month in Cleveland, Ohio, and published for the Rubber Division, ACS
by Lippincott & Peto, Inc., includes photographs and summaries of IEC events, including the Rubber Division, ACS Service Award recipients, 2023 scholarship winners, the Experience Elastomers Student Outreach Program, nomination information for the Rubber Division, ACS 2025 Science & Technology Awards, 2023 exhibitors, and details on the Rubber Division, ACS Spring Technical Meeting.
Metallurgical grade silicon metal and silicone rubber: A matter of national security
Metallurgical grade silicon metal (SiME) is essential to the production of polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) silicone rubber, a material that is indispensable to modern life. As this article will show, metallurgical grade SiME, and not simply silicon, belongs on the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Critical Materials List because of its importance to national security. Currently, the DOE’s Critical Materials List includes “silicon,” a term that is overly broad because it also includes elemental silicon and polysilicon.
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Patents for November
Patents as compiled by the editors of Rubber World Magazine for November 2023 Tire with intrinsic sealant containing intrinsic cellular
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Characterizing rubber by correlations between shear heating parameter, minimum torque and dynamic complex viscosity
Correlations between shear heating
parameters from processing tests, minimum torque and dynamic complex viscosity provide consistent results about viscoelastic behavior of rubber compounds.
Aircraft tire compounding using Prophene to improve properties
Aspects of aircraft tire types, performance needs and use of graphene to improve performance are discussed
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Rubber compounding additives to remove resorcinol, cobalt and formaldehyde
New options containing no
resorcinol and cobalt, and eliminating
formaldehyde emissions are examined.
December 2022
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