Pittsburgh hosts Rubber Division.

The Rubber Division of the American Chemical Society will hold its Fall 168th Technical Meeting, Rubber Executive Summit and Rubber Expo '05 November 1-4 at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh, PA.

Symposia will include: Elastomers for under-the-hood applications; Health, environmental and safety challenges in the rubber industry and rubber recycling; New commercial developments; Polyurethanes; Tire reinforcement materials; Engineering design of rubber components; and Advances in rubber processing and testing equipment. A business colloquium will be held on "Globalization and outsourcing trends--impact on U.S. rubber industry." The Paul Flory Colloquium on "Modeling and simulation will be presented, along with several contributed papers sessions.

An estimated 350 rubber industry suppliers of raw materials, machinery, equipment, testing instruments and rubber products will exhibit at Rubber Expo '05. Show hours are 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. on Tuesday and Wednesday, November 1-2, and until 4 p.m. on Thursday, November 3.

The Exhibitors Reception will take place Tuesday, November 1, from 5-6:30 p.m. at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center. The 25-Year-Club Luncheon will be held on Wednesday, November 2. On Thursday, November 3, at 11 a.m., the Rubber Division's Business and Awards Meeting will be held.

The Rubber Executive Summit, Solutions for Surviving Today's Business Environment, is a business-focused programming track which is being offered for the first time by the Rubber Division at Rubber Expo '05.

The first day of the program is targeted at decision makers, managers and principals within the industry. It begins with a keynote address by Al Frink, assistant secretary for Manufacturing and Services, U.S. Department of Commerce, and a town hall meeting with a captive Washington audience. The next presentation, "The North Amer-ican automotive battleground: Winning strategies for suppliers," will be given by Glenn Mercer, McKinsey & Co. It will be followed by a high-powered presentation on "Innovative thinking: High performance teams," led by Jonathan Vehar, New & improved.

The second day is filled with business seminars addressing the dual interests of business managers and modern day managing chemists and technicians who need industry specific training on issues impacting the rubber industry.

Wednesday morning's session on "Economic outlook and issues facing today's rubber manufacturer," will include the following presentations: "An economic outlook for the industry," Robert Fry, DuPont Performance Polymers; "The China experience," Steve Nieto, Excel Polymers; "The America experience," Shaun Xu, Lianda; "State of the automotive industry from the supplier's perspective," Neil DeKoker, Original Equipment Suppliers Association; and "Product counterfeiting," Thomas Moga, Butzel Long.

Wednesday afternoon's session on "Regulatory updates and implications for the robber industry," will include the following presentations: "TSCA/ PMN filler treatments," Richard Jourdenais, Technology Sciences Group; "Regulatory issues surrounding silane treatments of mineral fillers," Mark Mayes, Experien Health Sciences; "Regulatory issues affecting the rubber industry," Kevin Ott, RMA; and "IMDS review and issues update," Claudia Duranceau, Ford Motor.

Advance registration for the Rubber Executive Summit costs $225 for Rubber Division members and $380 for non-members. On-site registration will cost $325 for members and $480 for non-members. Student and emeritus registration costs $30.

"Compounding, mixing, curing and testing of rubber," a course designed for technicians, chemists, and sales and marketing individuals working in the rubber industry, will be held Monday and Tuesday, October 31 and November 1.

Presentations will include an introduction to polymer science; NR, SBR and polybutadiene rubber; introduction to compounding; mixing; carbon black; vulcanization; specialty elastomers; tack and adhesion; physical testing of elastomer procedures and significance; plus group discussion and problem solving sessions.

Lecturers will include Krishna C. Baranwal, Howard L. Stephens, John Byers, Michael Fath, Charles Rader, Gary Hamed and John Sommer. The registration fee for this course is $495 for Rubber Division members and $595 for non-members.

"Introduction to rubber technology" is a one-day course being offered to technicians in training, non-technical people, and sales, marketing and management personnel working in the rubber industry, to be held on Tuesday, November 1.

During this one-day course, participants will learn what polymers are; how rubber is different from plastic; how recipes for rubber compounds are created and why: what is involved in mixing, processing and vulcanizing rubber; and details on testing, specifying and quality control of rubber products.

The course lecturer will be R.J. DelVecchio of Technical Consulting Services. The registration fee is $395 for Rubber Division members and $495 for non-members.

On Tuesday and Wednesday, November 1-2, a course will be held on "Testing of rubber: Selecting, performing and interpreting ASTM rubber test methods."

This two-day course will review the most commonly used rubber test procedures in the industry today. It will discuss the nature of tests, why the tests are performed, interpretation and how this information can be used to improve rubber fabrication.

This course covers all the major physical and chemical tests, as well as various standard practices. It is said to be aimed at rubber technologists, rubber chemists, compounders, process engineers, laboratory technicians, supervisors and managers, quality assurance managers and engineers, shop foremen, technical salespeople, rubber producers and users, or anyone with the need to understand these commonly used ASTM methods.

Lecturers will include Peter C. Surette, Sr., of Focused Solutions and John S. Dick of Alpha Technologies. The registration fee is $985 for Rubber Division members and $1,200 for non-members.

An educational course on "Are your developments protected? Intellectual property basics for engineers, scientists and R&D managers," will take place on Wednesday, November 2. An introduction to the basics of intellectual property and review of IP issues that arise for engineers, scientists and research and development managers will include tips for addressing these issues.

This seminar is geared toward addressing concerns of engineers and scientsts who develop products, processes and/or information, and research and development managers who oversee and work with such developments.

Lecturers will include Ed Kennedy and Karen Butera of Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs. Registration costs $100 for Rubber Division members and $200 for non-members.

Further information on the Fall 168th Technical Meeting, Rubber Executive Summit, Rubber Expo '05 and the various educational courses is available from the Rubber Division [phone].

The technical program for the Fall 168th Technical Meeting of the Rubber Division, ACS, is as follows (speaker's name is italicized):

Tuesday, November 1--Session A Symposium--Elastomers for under-the-hood applications

Lionel A. Cho-Young, Lanxess, and Vipin M. Kothari, Therm-O-Link, co-chairs.

(1) Therban XT for improving aging resistance of natural rubber products. Rani Joseph, Cochin University of Science & Technology, India.

(2) Blends of HXNBR and low viscosity HNBR for automotive applications. Richard J. Pazur and Ezio C. Campomizzi, Lanxess, Canada.

(3) Long term fuel aging of low temperature types of fluoroelastomers. Ronald D. Stevens, DuPont Performance Elastomers LLC.

(4) Effect of power steering (PS) fluid type on the performance of radial lip seals. Gabriel Osanaiye, TRW Automotive.

(5) High temperature performing antioxidant for crosslinked elastomers. Mouhcine Kanouni, Ciba Specialty Chemicals.

Tuesday, November 2--Session B/

Part 1 Business Colloquium--Globalization and outsourcing trends--impact on U.S. rubber industry

Thomas Abraham, American Engineering, and Abraham Pannikottu, Akron Rubber Development Laboratory, co-chairs.

(I) Globalization in the rubber industry: Who is driving this bus, where is it going and how do I get a good seat? Bill Hyde, Chemical Market Associates.

(II) Alternative oil in tires. Jeurgen Trimbach, Klaus Dahleke GmbH, Germany.

(III) Zinc oxide review and market characteristics. Carl N. Caputo and James W. Campbell, American Chemet.

(IV) Indian rubber industry and its potential. Manu M. Patel, Apar Industries Ltd., India.

Tuesday, November 1--Session B/ Part 2

Symposium--Health, environment and safety challenges in the rubber industry and rubber recycling Marvin J. Myhre, Canadian Rubber

Testing & Development Ltd., and William Klingensmith, Akron Consulting, co-chairs.

(7) The impact of advances in tire technology on tire processing and recycling. Michael Blumenthal, Rubber Manufacturers Association.

(8) Review and the latest update of n-nitrosamines in the rubber industry: The regulated, potentially regulated and compounding to eliminate nitrosamine formation. Leo C. Goss, Jr., Steven F. Monthey and Hans-Martin Issel, Rhein Chemie.

(9) Reusing and recycling the end-of-life tires. Maria Eugenia Martinez, Rubber Resources B.V., Maastricht, The Netherlands.

Tuesday, November 1--Session C Symposium--New commercial developments Constantine William Tsimpris, Du-Pont Advanced Fibers Systems, chairman.

(10) The effect of rotor type and antidegradant on the mixing efficiency of various grades of carbon black in natural rubber. Fred Ignatz-Hoover and Byron H. To, Flexsys America L.P. and Richard Jorkasky, Kobelco Stewart Bolling.

(11) OneSlab: A new concept to improve quality. John Douglas and Timothy J. Higgins, Rhein Chemie.

(12) Recent advances in nitrile rubber production at Lanxess. Phil Magill, Peter West and Alexander Marshall, Lanxess, Canada.

(13) Multifunctional acrylates as anti-reversion agents in sulfur cured systems. Steven K. Henning and Scott A. Shapot, Sartomer.

(14) SP and CST technologies--a new generation of cost saving curatives in rubber processing--part 2. Leonard H. Palys, Arnaud Prebe, Laurent Keromnes and Alfredo De-Francisci, Arkema.

(15) New metal surface treatment for improved elastomer molding. Douglas King, Laurent Lefebvre and Klaus Kammerer, DuPont, and Eric Renggli, Vickers S.A., Switzerland.

(16) Traceability and scrap reduction in extruded rubber products. Dean Marlin and Kurt Olyarnik, Pannier.

(17) HPC-3: A new coating for extreme protection from hydrocarbon fluids. James R. Halladay, Lord.

(17A) Fluoroelastomers for extrusion of thin walled veneers and tubing for fuel hose applications. Christopher S. Grant, Ronald D. Stevens, Stephen Bowers and Phan Tang, DuPont Performance Elastomers.

Tuesday, November 1--Session A Paul Flory Colloquium--Modeling and simulation

Wayne L. Mattice, University of Akron, chair.

(V) Simulation of mesophase behavior in polymer networks and block copolymers. Fernando A. Escobedo, Cornell University.

(VI) Monte Carlo simulations of networks of helical polymers. Gustavo A. Carri, University of Akron.

(VII) Network models for protein structures: Comparison with polymer networks, Ivet Bahar, University of Pittsburgh.

(VIII) Atomistic simulation of gas diffusion and solubility in a highly permeable fluoroelastomer: Poly[bis (trifluoroethoxy)phosphazene]. J.R. Fried and N. Hu, University of Cincinnati.

(IX) Designing compliant substrates to regulate the motion of polymeric microcapsules. Anna C. Balazs, Alexander Alexeev and Rolf Verberg, University of Pittsburgh.

(X) Coarse grain molecular dynamics simulations of the formation and deformation of polymer nanocomposites. Barry L. Farmer and Hendrik Heinz, Wright Patterson Air Force Base.

(XI) Simulation of amorphous polymers filled with impenetrable or permeable particles. Wayne L. Mattice, University of Akron.

Tuesday, November 1--Session B Symposium--Health, environmental and safety challenges in the rubber industry and rubber recycling

Marvin J. Myhre, Canadian Rubber Testing & Development Ltd., and William Kingensmith, Akron Consulting, co-chairs.

(18) Application of NR based latex reclaim: The link between structure and properties. Wilma Dierkes, V.V. Rajah and J.W.M. Noordermeer, Twente University, The Netherlands; and Rani Joseph, Cochin University of Science & Technology, India.

(19) Nonisothermal vulcanization of devulcanized GRT with reversion type behavior. A.I. Isayev and Brijesh Sujan, University of Akron.

(20) YRC-reclaim (devulcanization) vs. regrind. Bruce O. Bowers, TRC Industries.

(21) Investigations on blending, reinforcement and curing in NR/BR/ EPDM compounds for tire sidewall applications. K. Sahakaro and J.W.M. Noordermeer, Twente University, and N. Naskar, Indian Association of the Cultivation of Science, India; and R.N. Datta, Teijin Twaron BV, The Netherlands.

(22) Continuous ultrasound devulcanization: Comparison of synthetic isoprene and natural rubbers. Ximei Sun and A.I. Isayev, University of Akron.

(23) Effect of recycled rubber material on physico-mechanical properties of natural rubber based tire tread cap compound. Rabindra Mukhopadhyay, HASETRI, India.

(24) Changes in state legislation and policy programs and their impact upon the ground rubber industries in the United States and Canada. Michael Blumenthal, Rubber Manufacturers Association.

Tuesday, November 1--Session C Symposium--Polyurethanes

Andrew L. Tisler, Cytec Industries, chair.

(25) Materials characterization in the design of castable polyurethane parts. Richard Palinkas, Chemtura.

(26) The application of diene-based TPUs in rubber compounding. Steven K. Henning and Herbert Chao, Sartomer.

(27) Adhesives for bonding castable polyurethanes-to-metal for industrial molded goods. Jeffrey D. Means, Lord.

(28) Technological developments in polyurethane processing machinery. Theron Sherman and Julie Stout, Linden Industries.

(29) Polyurethanes to be modified with micromorph--a polymeric additive displaying interesting features in widespread applications. Thomas Frueh, Torsten Ziser and Cedric Boivin, Rhein Chemic Rheinau GmbH, Germany.

(30) New advances in millable urethanes. Thomas L. Jablonowski and Curt Reichel, TSE Industries.

(31) High performance polyurethane elastomers. Zhenya Zhu, Ronald O. Rosenberg, Vince J. Gajewski, George H. Nybakken and Mark P Ferrandino, Crompton.

Wednesday, November 2--Session A Symposium--Elastomers for under-the-hood applications

Lionel A. Cho-Young, Lanxess, and Vipin M. Kothari, Therm-O-Link, co-chairs.

(32) Quick test for state of cure in AEM polymers. Edward McBride, DuPont.

(33) New concept of co-agents for scorch delay and property improvement in peroxide vulcanization. M.M. Alvarez Grima, A.G. Talma, Rabin N. Datta and J.W.M. Noordermeer, University of Twente, The Netherlands.

(34) Enhancing compound properties and aging resistance by using low viscosity HNBR. Ezio C. Campomizzi, Richard J. Pazur and Lorenzo P. Ferrari, Lanxess, Canada.

(35) Long term 150[degrees]C stress relaxation resistance of GLT-S fiuoroelastomer. Ronald D. Stevens, DuPont Performance Elastomers LLC.

(36) Thermal characterization on the interaction of silane adhesives and dihydroxy vulcanized fluoroelastomers. Michael B. Sands and Vijay Subramanian, Federal Mogul, and Guangzhao Mao, Wayne State University.

(37) Levapren: Ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer for automotive sealing application. Susmita Bhattacharjee, Lanxess, Germany.

Wednesday, November 2--Session B Symposium--Tire reinforcement materials

Syed K. Mowdood, consultant, and Alessandro Usa, Pirelli Pneumatici S.p.A., co-chairs.

(38) Three-dimensional morphology of carbon black in NR vulcanizates as revealed by 3D-TEM and dielectric measurements. Atsushi Kato and Junichi Shimanuki, Nissan Arc Ltd.; Shinzo Kohjiya, Kyoto University; and Yuko Ikeda, Kyoto Institute of Technology , Japan.

(39) FTIR study of degradation of carbon black filled natural rubber. T. Waldek Zerda and R. Rich, Texas Christian University, and L. Nikiel, Sid Richardson Carbon.

(40) The evolution of reinforcement in black-filled natural rubber, part 1. G.R. Hamed, A.A. Al-Sheneper and H. Cho, University of Akron.

(41) The evolution of reinforcement in black-filled natural rubber, part 2. G.R. Hamed, H. Cho and A.A. A1-Sheneper, University of Akron.

(42) Characterization of multiwall carbon nanotube/natural rubber nano-composite. Sung Hun Ryu and A.M. Shamugharaj, Kyung Hee University, Korea.

(43) Nanoscale rubber reinforcement. Lloyd A. Goettler, University of Akron, and Faisal Alyamani, consultant.

(43A) Designing modern process promoters to maximize the performance of silica reinforcement in tires. Steven F. Monthey and Hans-Martin Issel, Rhein Chemie.

Wednesday, November 2--Session C Symposium--Engineering design of rubber components

Mark R. Gurvich, United Technologies Research Center, and W.V. Mars, Cooper Tire & Rubber, co-chairs.

(45) Numerical simulation of tire traction on various road conditions. Yukio Nakajima, Bridgestone, Japan.

(46) On challenges in structural analysis of rubber components: Frictional contact. Mark R. Gurvich, United Technologies Research Center.

(47) Statistical theory of stresses in rubber-like materials. Nicolae Mazilu, John L. Turner and James D. Ulmer, Bridgestone/Firestone North American Tire LLC.

(48) Dynamic properties of filled rubber in uniaxial and biaxial stress configurations--experimental data and FE simulated results. H.R. Ahmadi, J. Kingston and A.H. Muhr, Tun Abdul Razak Research Center, U.K.

(49) Small indentations of rubber blocks: Effects of indenter shape, block dimensions and pre-compression. Alan N. Gent, University of Akron, and Oon Hock Yeoh, Lord.

Wednesday, November 2--Session A Contributed papers

Bob Kerr, Milliken & Co., moderator.

(50) The use of a tetra-alkyl thiuram disulfide with an activator for improved rolling resistance of a natural rubber tread formulation. Peter K. Greene and Joseph F. Stieber, Chemtura.

(51) Heat and mass transfer in drying of natural rubber foam. Nattapong Nithi-Uthai, Prince of Songkla University, Thailand.

(52) Resistance of natural rubber on the environment. Orasa Patarapaibooichai and Saifon Keawsom, Prince of Songkla University, Thailand.

(53) Effects of inert carriers on liquid polymer dispersion performance. Dale C. Miller and Charles Henry, Polychem Dispersions.

(54) Preparation and characterization of radiopaque natural rubber. Rani Joseph and V.S. Nisha, Cochin University of Science and Technology, India.

(55) Effect of cure system on electrospun butyl rubber nonwoven mats. Dan Murphy, Poonsub Threepopnatkul and Joey L. Mead, University of Massachusetts Lowell, and Walter Zukas, U.S. Army Natick Soldier Center.

Wednesday, November 2--Session B Symposium--Tire reinforcement materials

Syed K. Mowdood, consultant, and Alessandro Susa, Pirelli Pneumatici S.p.A., co-chairs.

(56) Influence of mechanical, electrical and permeability with degree of exfoliation in rubber nanocomposite blends. Bhavjit Ghumman, Zhenghong Tao, Jun Seok Lee, Carol M.F. Barry and Joey L. Mead, University of Massachusetts Lowell, and JoAnn Ratto Ross, U.S. Army Natick Soldier Center.

(57) Unconventional silica--a new way to optimize the performance of high value materials. Gerd Schmaucks, Bernd Friede, Jan Olaf Roszinski and Anders Sorhuus, Elkem ASA, Norway; and H. Geisler and J. Hamann, Deutsches Institut fur Kautachuktechnologie e.V., Germany.

(58) Advances in tire innerliner materials technology. M. Brendan Rodgers, Robert N. Webb, Weiqing Weng and Andy H. Tsou, ExxonMobil Chemical.

(59) Micro--and macro-computational models for tire reinforcement materials. Ramana M. Pidaparti, Virginia Commonwealth University.

(60) Mechanistic study on the role of para-aramid short fibers in rubber to brass adhesion. R.N. Datta, Teijin Twaron BV, The Netherlands.

(61) Fiber structure and mechanical properties of electrospun butyl rubber with different carbon black types. Poonsub Threepopnatkul, Dan Murphy, Joey L. Mead and Walter Zukas, University of Massachusetts Lowell.

(62) Suitability of low iodine HAF black for tire carcass. D. Mahapatra, B. Arun and V. Taneja, Hi-Tech Carbon, India.

Wednesday, November 2--Session C Symposium--Engineering design of rubber components

Mark R. Gurvich, United Technologies Research Center, and W.V. Mars, Cooper Tire & Rubber, co-chairs.

(63) Modern fatigue testing for commercial rubber applications. Donald G. Young, consultant.

(64) The correlation of fatigue crack growth rates in rubber subjected to multiaxial loading using continuum mechanical parameters. W.V. Mars, Cooper Tire & Rubber, and A. Fatemi, University of Toledo.

(65) Engineering design of elastomeric components. K.L. Reifsnider, X. Huang, Matthew Feshler and R. Solasi, University of Connecticut.

(66) Multiscale observation of elastomer in order to explain mechanical behavior and damage mechanism by x-ray computed tomography. Claude Bathias, ITMA/CNAM, France.

(67) Experimental determination of fatigue crack growth behavior and surface strain distribution of faint waist pure shear specimens with different crack tip radii. Christian Feichter, Polymer Competence Center Leoben GmbH, Austria; and Zoltan Major and Reinhold W. Lang, University of Leoben, Austria.

(68) Fatigue life of engineering components. Blake Matthies and Edward R. Terrill, Akron Rubber Development Laboratory.

Thursday, November 3--Session A Symposium--Advances in rubber processing and testing equipment

John S. Dick, Alpha Technologies U.S., L.P., chair.

(69) Production and properties of Yulex--the natural solution to latex allergy. Katrina Cornish, Jali Williams, Julie L. Hall and Raymond G. McCoy, III, Yulex.

(70) The evaluation of injection molding capability for FKM. Mitsuhiro Otani, Daikin Industries Ltd., Japan; James Jacks, Daikin America; Motoko Osawa, Sanyu USA; and Yukihiko Hasegawa, Sanyu Industries Ltd., Japan.

(71) Injection molding problems-olving with the rubber process analyzer and a new ASTM method. Gary Veselica, Hillsdale Tool & Mfg.

(72) Measurement of scorch and cure properties using a controlled stress curemeter. Henry A. Pawlowski and John S. Dick, Alpha Technologies U.S., L.P.

(73) The effect of silica dispersion on physical properties. John B. Putman and Matthew C. Putman, Tech Pro.

Thursday, November 3--Session B Contributed papers

Arnis U. Paeglis, DuPont Performance Elastomers LLC, moderator.

(75) Strain-induced crystallization in unvulcanized natural rubber by in-situ synchrotron x-ray study. Shigeyuki Toki, Igors Sics and Benjamin S. Hsiao, State University of New York at Stony Brook; Sereeurt Amnuayporrsri, Nagaoka University of Technology, Japan; and Seiichi Kawahara, Nagaoka University of Technology, Japan.

(76) Swelling behavior of carbon black-filled elastomer thin films in supercritical carbon dioxide. Tadanori Koga, Mayu Si and Miriam Rafailovich, State University of New York at Stony Brook, and Sushil Satija, NIST Center for Neutron Research.

(77) The effect of gas phase polymerized EPDM particle size and structure on crystallinity. Robert T. Johnston and Morris S. Edmondson, Dow Chemical, and Bruce T. Nakata and S.G. James, DuPont Performance Elastomers LLC.

(78) Oil absorption kinetics of gas phase polymerized EPDM particles. Robert T. Johnston and S.G. James, DuPont Performance Elastomers.

(79) HRTGA and DMA analytical tools providing formulation performance definitions for today's application needs. Henry C. Ashton and Lynn McIntyre, Excel Polymers.

(80) High performance thermoplastic vulcanizate made by a novel hydrogenated styrenic block copolymer/ polypropylene blends. Eiji Nakamura, Kuraray America, and Kenji Shachi, Kuraray Ltd., Japan.

Thursday, November 3--Session C Symposium--Engineering design of rubber components

Mark R. Gurvich, United Technologies Research Center, and W.V. Mars, Cooper Tire & Rubber, co-chairs.

(81) Virtual testing of the performance of sealing elements in wellhead isolation tool. X. Allan Zhong and Gero Testa, Halliburton.

(82) Life extension of an engine rubber mount by combining measurement, testing and numerical analysis. Matthias Meise, Walter Meindl and Helmut Dannbauer, Magna Steyr Engineering.

(83) Nonlinear hyperelastic analysis of a rubber boot case study. Andrzej M. Kolinski and Andrew Haber, Industries, Canada; and Douglas Gagne, MSC Software.

(84) Fluorocarbon elastomeric coat ings: A new approach to oil and fuel protection. James R. Halladay, Lord.

(85) Effect of preheat temperature on the location of the minimum state of cure in a molded component. Russell L. Warley, Penn State Erie, The Behrend College.

(86) Development of tunable vibration absorbers using magnetorheological elastomers. Paris R. von Lockette and Jennifer Kadlowec, Rowan University, and Jeong-Hoi Koo, Miami University.

Thursday, November 3--Session A Symposium--Advances in rubber processing and testing equipment John S. Dick, Alpha Technologies, chair.

(87) Batch viscosity using ASTM D6204 processability test on RPA 2000. John Olson, Gates.

(88) Considerations and comparison for compression set vs. compression stress relaxation (CSR). Paul Tuckner, Dyneon LLC.

(89) Pharmaceutical drug closure resealability modeling using a rubber process analyzer. Cathy J. Innes, Hospira.

(90) Practical application of the RPA for use in FFKM processing. Mercy Varghese and James Hughes, Greene, Tweed & Co.

(91) Physical testing procedure of extruded products with complex geometries. Matthew C. Putman and John B. Putman, Tech Pro, and Julie A. Orlando, University of Akron.

(92) Two in one--a modern universal flexometer (according to Goodrich) and a dynamic mechanic thermal spectrometer (DMTS)--heat build-up and viscoelastic data with one test equipment. Horst Deckmann, Gabo Qualimeter Testanlagen GmbH, Germany.

Thursday, November 3--Session B Contributed papers Mark A. Petras, ChemRep, moderator.

(93) Judgement of state of cure of a tire by differential scanning calorimeter. Arup K. Chandra, Tapas Mandal Bijan, Kumar Roy and P.K. Mohamed, Apollo Tyres Ltd., India.

(94) Xanthate accelerators in the vulcanization of isobutylene based elastomers. Nitin Tambe, M. Brendan Rodgers, Scott C. Solis, W.H. Waddell and B.B. Sharma, ExxonMobil Chemical.

(95) Non-carcinogenic tire extender oil providing good dynamic performance. Marika Joona, Nynas USA.

(96) Advance tackifiers for rubber compounding. Timothy Barach and Scott Howard, Schenectady International.

(97) Innovative resins for rubber-to-metal adhesion. Scott Howard and Timothy Barach, Schenectady International.

(98) Rubber-to-metal adhesives designed to address unique bonding challenges. Thad Plascynski and David Kistner, Rohm and Haas.

(99) Analytical methods used to determine failure modes in rubber-to-metal bonded parts. Michaeleen L. Pacholski, Rohm and Haas.

Thursday, November 3--Session C Contributed papers M. Brendan Rodgers, ExxonMobil Chemical, moderator

(100) On the carbon black network junction model interpretation for the Payne effect. George B. Ouyang, Cooper Tire and Rubber.

(101) Modeling the equilibrium compressed void volume of carbon black. George Joyce and William M. Henry, Columbian Chemicals.

(102) Graphite in rubber compounds--new opportunities with graphite products in the development of rubber compounds. Thomas M. Gruenberger and Nicolas Probst, Timcal Belgium SA, Belgium

(104) A new concept of silica, named Dungjy, providing exceptionally powerful reinforcement for rubber compounds. Gon Seo and Shinyoung Kaang, Chonnam National University, Korea; and Chang Seok Ryu and Dong Hee Lee, Msseltek, Korea.

(105) Effect of sawdust loading on physical property in latex compounding. Orasa Patarapaiboolchai and Vijittra Pandum, Prince of Songkla University, Thailand.