Jun 7, 2007 | Article
The tire industry is constantly facing more demanding challenges. In addition to the increasingly astringent safety and environmental requirements, new technical challenges arise. Efforts to further...
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Apr 11, 2007 | Article
Energy saving decreases pollution and fuel consumption, thus saving money and enhancing environment. Processing of industrial polymers consumes energy at each step as we can see on the following...
Mar 21, 2007 | Article
The crosslinking or curing consists in linking the independent macromolecules of a polymer to build a three-dimensional structure obtained by chemical or physical means. The following figure...
Mar 7, 2007 | Article
Some rubber families are intrinsically high-temperature resistant, but this feature can be partially controlled by a clever formulation with specific additives. As for all the polymers, additives...
Feb 21, 2007 | Article
Worldwide consumption of rubber is roughly 18-20 million tonnes of very diversified goods. Among them, tyres are the most known but many industrial parts require high resistance to immediate or...
Feb 7, 2007 | Article
Modern material based on polymers could be very complex. The polymer itself could be a blend or a copolymer, several additives for special material behaviour are added. Some of these additives could...
Feb 6, 2007 | Article
Not since the discovery of the silicon chip has there been this much excitement in the field of physics and material sciences. Innumerable universities have established nanocenters with many...
Feb 1, 2007 | Article
Carbon nanotubes are known for exhibiting unique mechanical, electrical and thermal properties, useful for a wide range of applications in polymers. Young modulus of 1000 GPa and tensile strength of...
Jan 24, 2007 | Article
As soon as the reason of a compensation claim has to be investigated, masterbatches or compounds are analysed with extensive efforts. The same is true for the deformulation of competition products...
Dec 13, 2006 | Article
Originally, the rubbers are independent macromolecular chains with poor characteristics and it's essential to enhance their properties by linking the chains to build a tough 3D network. The process...