API announces best paper awards.Winners of the Polyurethanes Expo 2003 Best Paper Presentation and Best Poster awards were announced by the Alliance for the Polyurethanes Industry. A total of 15 paper awards and four poster awards were presented at the Expo, which was held October 1-3 in Orlando, FL. The conference featured 81 technical paper presentations and 39 poster presentations. Technical paper award winners for various categories included the following: Environmental--"API product stewardship Product stewardship is a concept whereby environmental protection centers around the product itself, and everyone involved in the lifespan of the product is called upon to take up responsibility to reduce its environmental impact. communication tools help you help yourself," William Robert, BASE and Theresa Maene, Dow Chemical. Construction--"Novel flame retardants for hydrocarbon blown polyisocyanurate foam," Stephen Falloon, Aaron Atkinson and Randy Roark, Great Lakes Great Lakes, group of five freshwater lakes, central North America, creating a natural border between the United States and Canada and forming the largest body of freshwater in the world, with a combined surface area of c.95,000 sq mi (246,050 sq km). Chemical; Coatings, sealants and adhesives--"Blocked isocyanates and their usage in plastic coatings applications," Kyli Marin, Bayer Polymers; Combustibility com·bus·ti·ble adj. 1. Capable of igniting and burning. 2. Easily aroused or excited. n. A substance that ignites and burns readily. (tie)--"Review of API interlaboratory study for the development of a furniture fire test," Kurt Reimann, BASF BASF Bar Association of San Francisco (since 1872; San Francisco, California) BASF Badische Anilin und Soda Fabrik (German chemical products company) BASF Builders Association of South Florida ; A. Grand, Grand Fire Consulting; and N. Ullman, consultant; and "European trends and developments in flammability for rigid foams for construction," Diane Daems, Huntsman Polyurethanes; Processing innovations--"Innovative filler injection system for powdered recycled urethane urethane (yoor´ithān´), n ethyl carbamate used as an anesthetic agent for laboratory animals, formerly used as a hypnotic in humans. ," Dick Werner, Cannon USA; Stefano Andreolli and Christian Cairati, Cannon SpA; and Paul Berthevas and Robert Villwock, Mobius Technologies; Automotive interior applications--"HE high efficiency EA PUR foam for head impact applications," Herbert Schmidt and George Ng, Woodbridge Foam; Elastomers and TPU--"The evaluation of novel titanium-based catalysts in polyurethane elastomers," Bruno Stengel, Johnson Matthey Catalysts; Catalysis--"Development of amine amine (əmēn`, ăm`ēn): see under amino group. amine Any of a class of nitrogen-containing organic compounds derived, either in principle or in practice, from ammonia (NH3). catalysts for the next generation of blowing agents," Hiroyuki Kiso, Katsumi Tokumoto, Yutaka Tamano and Hiroyutd Yoshimura, Tosoh; Furnishings--"Flame resistant barriers for home furnishings," Alan Handermann, Basofil Fibers; Automotive reduced VOC--"Nonfugitive gelling and blowing catalysts to improve cure in emission-free HR molded systems," Katsumi Tokumoto, Hiroyuki Yoshimura, Yutaka Tamano, Takahiro Masuda, Yoshihiro Takahashi, Kenneth Gay and Roger Van Maris, Tosoh; Footwear--"Improved abrasion resistance of polyurethane footwear," Drago Todoroski and Steven Hicks, BASF; Blowing agents--"Release and attenuation Loss of signal power in a transmission. Attenuation The reduction in level of a transmitted quantity as a function of a parameter, usually distance. It is applied mainly to acoustic or electromagnetic waves and is expressed as the ratio of power densities. of blowing agents in landfills," Peter Kjeldsen, Charlotte Scheutz and Anders Fredenslund, Technical University of Denmark The Technical University of Denmark (Danish: Danmarks Tekniske Universitet, DTU) was founded in 1829 as the 'College of Advanced Technology' (Danish: Den Polytekniske Læreanstalt). ; Appliance--"Novel products to reduce HFC-245fa concentration in rigid polyurethane foams," John Miller and Robert Hoffman, Air Products & Chemicals; Polyols and fundamentals--"Dendritic dendritic /den·drit·ic/ (den-drit´ik) 1. branched like a tree. 2. pertaining to or possessing dendrites. den·drit·ic adj. Relating to the dendrites of nerve cells. polymer polyols as load builders in HR PU foams," Anders Magnusson, Birger Midelf and Bo Haggman, Perstorp Specialty Chemicals AB; Automotive interior and RIM technology--"RIM PU skin production: Evaluation of a recent application," John Muto and Barry Pile, Cannon USA; and Piero Corradi, Cannon SpA. Poster award winners for the various categories included the following: CASE--"Effect of aromatic chain extenders on properties of soybean soybean, soya bean, or soy pea, leguminous plant (Glycine max, G. soja, or Soja max) of the family Leguminosae (pulse family), native to tropical and warm temperate regions of Asia, where it has been oil-based cast polyurethanes," Ivan Javni, Munjal Patel and Zoran Petrovic, Kansas Polymer Research Center; Flexible foam/automotive--"Measurement of the mechanical properties of viscoelastic Adj. 1. viscoelastic - having viscous as well as elastic properties natural philosophy, physics - the science of matter and energy and their interactions; "his favorite subject was physics" foams," Erland Hofmann, Format Messtechnik GmbH; and D. Jeffrey Gross, Little York Industries; Fundamentals/equipment--"Performance of a glass fiber reinforced PU-spray composite on an acrylic polymer," H. Plaumann, R. Gummaraju and C. Peeler, BASF; Rigid foam--"New polyurethane duromer in novel application as part of the foundation design for buildings in Mexico City," Suresh Panchal, Polioles S.A. de C.V. Further information on these paper awards and future meetings is available from the Alliance for the Polyurethanes Industry (703) 741-5656. |
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