Penn State researchers developed an adhesive sensing device that seamlessly attaches to human skin to detect and monitor the wearer’s health. The writable sensors can be removed with tape, allowing new sensors to be patterned onto the device.
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Intracarcass pressure, or ICP, is the gas pressure which builds up in the body plies and interior layers of a tire. Buildup of oxygen in the tire body will cause thermo-oxidative degradation of internal tire components, and will lead to early tire failure and removal from service.
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Unleached latex products (such as Choice brand condoms tested in this study that are manufactured in China and distributed by the Republic of South Africa to prevent the spread of AIDS and other sexually transmitted infections) pose a significant risk of sensitization with life threatening Type I latex allergy and to residual sensitizing chemicals.
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This follow-up to the 2022 International Elastomer Conference and Expo, held last month in Knoxville, Tennessee, 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, 2022 scholarship winners, the Experience Elastomers Student Outreach Program, nomination information for the Rubber Division, ACS 2024 Science & Technology Awards, 2022 Expo exhibitors, and details on future International Elastomer Conferences, including locations through 2029.
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Patents as compiled by the editors of Rubber World Magazine for November 2022
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Natural rubber masterbatch was aged at different temperatures, and the effect of aging conditions on masterbatch, final batch, Mooney scorch and cure characteristics, and cured sample was studied.
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Thermoplastic polyolefin (TPO) is one of the fastest growing commercial roofing systems on the market. Developed in Europe in the 1970s, TPO was introduced to the U.S. market in the late 1980s and has become the dominant installed roof system in the industry; now used on 53% of commercial roofs, according to the American Institute of Architects.
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Latex purification methods have been developed from TK roots, adapting methods used for the guayule shrub.
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Natural rubber is an electrically insulating material, but introduction of conductive fillers like carbon based materials (carbon black, graphite, carbon nanofibers or nanotubes) or metal fillers can increase the conductivity of the resulting composite. These materials are frequently used for electromagnetic/radiofrequency interference (EMI/RFI) shielding, and laboratory and military uses.
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