High Performance Fillers 2007
Fillers are playing an increasingly important role in polymer applications, a trend that will increase with the rise in the cost of oil and hence polymer feedstocks. Increasingly though, fillers are seen as high performance additives, not just cost lowering diluents, and this is the focus of Rapra’s third 2-day international conference on high performance fillers.
SESSION 1: MARKETS AND TRENDS
Paper 1 The high performance fillers market and the position of precipitated calcium carbonate and silica
Prof Roger Rothon, Ecofillers and MMU, UK
Paper 2 Trends in tyre design and the impact on reinforcing fillers
David Schwarz, Smithers Scientific Services, Inc, USA
SESSION 2: FILLER INTERACTIONS AND COUPLING AGENTS
Paper 3 Controlling filler polymer interactions
Dr. Chris DeArmitt, BASF AG, Germany
Paper 4 Ethanol free mercapto silane coupling agents for high-performance, scorch-free rubber compounding
Edward Sadler, Momentive Performance Materials, UK
SESSION 3: SURFACE MODIFICATION OF FILLERS
Paper 5 Application specific surface treatments for calcium carbonate type fillers in high performance systems
John Schofield & Pat Sunderland, Noveon Division of Lubrizol, UK
Paper 6 Dispersion analysis and the influence of filler surface coating agents on dispersion
G C Lees, C M Liauw, S Lynch and S L Mills, School of Biology, Chemistry & Health Science, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK
SESSION 4: NANOFILLERS
Paper 7 The influence of selective physisorption on the rheology of PP/silica nano-composites
Dr. Sachin Jain, Global Polymer Research, BASF AG, Germany
Paper 8 Low friction polyamide masterbatches via polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes
Joseph D Lichtenhan, Bruce Fu & Paul Wheeler, Hybrid Plastics Inc, USA and Rahul Misra & Sarah E Morgan, Department of Polymer Science, University of Southern Mississippi, USA
Paper 9 Polypropylene based carbon nanotubes composites: structure and properties
Prof Giovanni Camino, Centro di Cultura per l’Ingegneria delle Materie Plastiche, Italy
Paper 10 Enhancing the performance of textile fibres with nano-fillers
Prof P.R. Hornsby, D C McConnell & A Lew, Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland
Paper 11 The effects of nanoclays in rubber nanocomposites
Franco Cataldo, Trelleborg Wheel Systems SpA, Italy
SESSION 5: SILICATES
Paper 12 Structure and properties of layered silicate pp nanocomposites: expectations and reality
Zita Dominkovics, János Móczó & Béla Pukánszky, Department of Plastics and Rubber Technology, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary
Paper 13 Interactions in layered silicates: investigation of an alternative modification route and flow micro-calorimetry/FTIR studies
C M Liauw, R Kato, R N Rothon, N S Allen, G C Lees & A N Wilkinson, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK
Paper 14 Innovative high strength glass microspheres for extruded and injection molded plastics
Karl Hendrikson, 3M Deutschland GmbH, Germany
SESSION 6: APPLICATIONS
Paper 15 Filled polypropylene in major appliances
Werner Posch, Borealis AG, Austria
Paper 16 Polymeric effect fillers for water and moisture management
David Normington, Ciba Specialty Chemicals, UK
Paper 17 Killer Fillers: fillers with antimicrobial effects
Kevin Breese, Electrolux Home Products Italy SpA, Italy
Paper 18 Use of siliceous minerals as process modifiers in polymer production
Julian Danvers, World Minerals, France
SESSION 7: CONDUCTIVE FILLERS
Paper 19 Electrically conductive polymer blends filled with low melting metal alloys
Prof Dr-Ing, Dr-Ing Eh Walter Michaeli & Dipl-Ing Tobias Pfefferkorn, IKV Institut fur Kunststoffverarbeitung, Germany
Paper 20 Mechanical and thermal properties of epoxy polymethyl methacrylate blends synthesized in supercritical carbon dioxide
M G H Zaidi, V P Singh, P L Sah, S Alam & R Singh, G B Pant University of Agriculture & Technology Pantnagar, India
SESSION 8: NATURAL FIBRE
Paper 21 A preliminary study on the properties of agave cantala natural fibre –polypropylene composites
M Maniruzzaman, S M Hafiz Uddin & M A Gufur, Islamic University, Kushtia, Bangladesh
Paper 1 The high performance fillers market and the position of precipitated calcium carbonate and silica
Prof Roger Rothon, Ecofillers and MMU, UK
Paper 2 Trends in tyre design and the impact on reinforcing fillers
David Schwarz, Smithers Scientific Services, Inc, USA
SESSION 2: FILLER INTERACTIONS AND COUPLING AGENTS
Paper 3 Controlling filler polymer interactions
Dr. Chris DeArmitt, BASF AG, Germany
Paper 4 Ethanol free mercapto silane coupling agents for high-performance, scorch-free rubber compounding
Edward Sadler, Momentive Performance Materials, UK
SESSION 3: SURFACE MODIFICATION OF FILLERS
Paper 5 Application specific surface treatments for calcium carbonate type fillers in high performance systems
John Schofield & Pat Sunderland, Noveon Division of Lubrizol, UK
Paper 6 Dispersion analysis and the influence of filler surface coating agents on dispersion
G C Lees, C M Liauw, S Lynch and S L Mills, School of Biology, Chemistry & Health Science, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK
SESSION 4: NANOFILLERS
Paper 7 The influence of selective physisorption on the rheology of PP/silica nano-composites
Dr. Sachin Jain, Global Polymer Research, BASF AG, Germany
Paper 8 Low friction polyamide masterbatches via polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxanes
Joseph D Lichtenhan, Bruce Fu & Paul Wheeler, Hybrid Plastics Inc, USA and Rahul Misra & Sarah E Morgan, Department of Polymer Science, University of Southern Mississippi, USA
Paper 9 Polypropylene based carbon nanotubes composites: structure and properties
Prof Giovanni Camino, Centro di Cultura per l’Ingegneria delle Materie Plastiche, Italy
Paper 10 Enhancing the performance of textile fibres with nano-fillers
Prof P.R. Hornsby, D C McConnell & A Lew, Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland
Paper 11 The effects of nanoclays in rubber nanocomposites
Franco Cataldo, Trelleborg Wheel Systems SpA, Italy
SESSION 5: SILICATES
Paper 12 Structure and properties of layered silicate pp nanocomposites: expectations and reality
Zita Dominkovics, János Móczó & Béla Pukánszky, Department of Plastics and Rubber Technology, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary
Paper 13 Interactions in layered silicates: investigation of an alternative modification route and flow micro-calorimetry/FTIR studies
C M Liauw, R Kato, R N Rothon, N S Allen, G C Lees & A N Wilkinson, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK
Paper 14 Innovative high strength glass microspheres for extruded and injection molded plastics
Karl Hendrikson, 3M Deutschland GmbH, Germany
SESSION 6: APPLICATIONS
Paper 15 Filled polypropylene in major appliances
Werner Posch, Borealis AG, Austria
Paper 16 Polymeric effect fillers for water and moisture management
David Normington, Ciba Specialty Chemicals, UK
Paper 17 Killer Fillers: fillers with antimicrobial effects
Kevin Breese, Electrolux Home Products Italy SpA, Italy
Paper 18 Use of siliceous minerals as process modifiers in polymer production
Julian Danvers, World Minerals, France
SESSION 7: CONDUCTIVE FILLERS
Paper 19 Electrically conductive polymer blends filled with low melting metal alloys
Prof Dr-Ing, Dr-Ing Eh Walter Michaeli & Dipl-Ing Tobias Pfefferkorn, IKV Institut fur Kunststoffverarbeitung, Germany
Paper 20 Mechanical and thermal properties of epoxy polymethyl methacrylate blends synthesized in supercritical carbon dioxide
M G H Zaidi, V P Singh, P L Sah, S Alam & R Singh, G B Pant University of Agriculture & Technology Pantnagar, India
SESSION 8: NATURAL FIBRE
Paper 21 A preliminary study on the properties of agave cantala natural fibre –polypropylene composites
M Maniruzzaman, S M Hafiz Uddin & M A Gufur, Islamic University, Kushtia, Bangladesh