Rader and Vare receive ASTM Service Award. (People in the News).Dr. Charles Rader, retired marketing technical service principal from Advanced Elastomer elastomer (ĭlăs`təmər), substance having to some extent the elastic properties of natural rubber. The term is sometimes used technically to distinguish synthetic rubbers and rubberlike plastics from natural rubber. Systems, L.P., and Alek Vare, president of Alek Vare, Inc., were named 2002 recipients of the ASTM ASTM abbr. American Society for Testing and Materials Committee D11 Distinguished Service Award. Committee D11 on rubber presents the award to recognize an individual's exceptional service to D11 or contributions to the rubber industry in the areas of rubber compounding and rubber testing. Rader's career spanned 40 years with Monsanto and AES, beginning as a research chemist (jargon) chemist - (Cambridge) Someone who wastes computer time on number crunching when you'd far rather the computer were working out anagrams of your name or printing Snoopy calendars or running life patterns. May or may not refer to someone who actually studies chemistry. and ending as a globally recognized authority on thermoplastic elastomers Thermoplastic elastomers (TPE), sometimes referred to as thermoplastic rubbers, are a class of copolymers or a physical mix of polymers (usually a plastic and a rubber) which consist of materials with both thermoplastic and elastomeric properties. . During his career, Rader concentrated on rubber corn pounding, testing evaluation and physical organic chemistry Physical organic chemistry is the study of the interrelationships between structure and reactivity in organic molecules.[1] It can be seen as the study of organic chemistry using tools of physical chemistry such as chemical equilibrium, chemical kinetics, . Vare is a graduate of Kent State University with a B.S. in chemistry. He has been in the rubber industry since 1962 when he started working for B.F. Good rich. President of his own firm since November 2001, Vare's career concentration has been on material development for the rubber industry. |
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