High Performance Fillers 2007

High Performance Fillers 2007

Author: Rapra Conference Proceedings
ISBN 978-1-84735-013-8 

$180.00
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