 2004 — High-performance Additives for Top-Value Plastics
March 22-24, 2004
Clearwater Beach, Florida
CONFERENCE SESSIONS
Session 1: Fire Retardants and Plastics Flammability
Moderator: Charles Wilkie, Marquette University
Session 2: Advances in Stabilization Technology
Moderator: Sahar Al-Malaika, Aston University
Session 3: Specialty Additives, Impact Modifiers, and Functional Fillers
Moderator: Richard Clark, Luzenac America
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CONFERENCE AGENDA |
| Session 1: Fire Retardants and Plastics Flammability
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| Moderator: Charles Wilkie, Marquette University |
| "New Metal-Based Smoke Suppressants for Poly(Vinyl Chloride): Recent Progress"
W. H. Starnes, Jr. (speaker), R. D. Pike, A. H. Brown, J. T. Lee, T. B. Showalter, K. M. Taylor, and J. Zhang, College of William and Mary
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| "Borates as Fire Retardants in Halogen-Free Polymers"
Kelvin K. Shen, Borax/Luzenac
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| "Evaluation of Hydroxy Double Salts as Fire Retardant Additives"
Everson Kandare and Jeanne M. Hossenlopp (speaker), Marquette University
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| "Low Smoke Formulations for FR Resins"
Ronald L. Markezich, Occidental Chemical Corporation
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| "Real-Time Monitoring of Polymer Nanocomposite Composition During Extrusion Compounding"
Rick D. Davis (speaker), Jeffrey Gilman, Anthony Bur, Yu-Hsin Lee, Michael McBrearty, NIST
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"Improving the Performance of Fire Retardant Fillers in Thermoplastics"
Peter Hornsby* (speaker) and Ali Ahmadnia*, Paul Cusack^ and Matthew Cross^
*Brunel University, UK; ^TinTechnology Ltd, UK
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| "Stabilization of Flame Retardant High Temperature Resin Systems"
J.D. Innes, Fire Retardants Associates, Inc
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"Fire Retardant Flexible Polyurethane Foams"
J. Lefebvre* (speaker), B. Bastin^, R. Paleja^, M. Le Bras*, S. Duquesne*, R. Delobel°
*Laboratory PERF, ^Shell Chemical, °CREPIM
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"Reaction Mechanisms of Melamine-Based Flame Retardants"
N.J.J. Aelmans*, Dr. N. Kaprinidis^, R. Kierkels°, R. Steenbakkers°
*Ciba Specialty Chemicals, Switzerland, ^Ciba Specialty Chemicals, USA, °DSM Research
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"Organophosphorus Compounds as Halogen-Free Flame Retardants in Epoxies"
Manfred Doering* (speaker), Carsten Kollann*, Martin Ahlmann*, Michael Ciesielski*, Uwe Dittrich^, Bertold Just^, Holger Keller^, Doris Pospiech°, and Thorsten Hoffmann°
*Institute for Technical Chemistry, Research Center Karlsruhe, ^Schill+Seilacher Corporation, °Institute of Polymer Research Dresden, (Germany)
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| "Flame Retardancy of EVA/Nano Magnesium Hydroxide Hybrid"
Naoto Okubo (speaker), Hiroshi Okumura, Masayuki Okoshi, Hiroyuki Hamada, Division of Advanced Fibro-Science, Kyoto Institute of Technology (Japan)
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| Session 2: Advances in Stabilization Technology |
| Moderator: Sahar Al-Malaika, Aston University |
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"Stabilisation of Polyurethanes Against Ageing"
Hauke Malz (speaker), Markus Templin, Anja Bidermann, BASF Polyurethane Global Research Centre PU Specialties (Germany)
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| "Interaction of Additives in Polypropylene Compounds"
Johannes Wolfschwenger (speaker), Christian Paulik, Markus Gahleitner, Borealis GmbH (Austria)
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"Novel Stabilization Strategies for Packaging Materials"
B. Dejolier* (speaker), K. Keck-Antoine*, L. Demdoum^ and K. Pearson°, Great Lakes Chemical
*Applications Group Polymer Stabilisers, Herentals (Belgium), ^Commercialisation Manager Europe,
Herentals (Belgium), °Commercialisation Manager Americas, West Lafayette, IN
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| "Control of Ageing-Related Changes by Stabiliser Additives"
Sahar Al-Malaika, Aston University (England)
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| "Chance and Risk of Accelerated Weathering of Polymer Material"
Dieter Kockott, Atlas (Germany)
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| "Highly Predictive Accelerated Weathering of Engineering Thermoplastics"
James E. Pickett, GE Global Research
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| "UV Blocking Additive Combinations for Extended Service Time"
Reuven Shachar, Kafrit Industry (Israel)
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| "Stabilization Solutions for Thin Wall Injection Molding"
Jay Ghosh (speaker), David Horst and Peter Solera, Ciba Specialty Chemicals
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| Session 3: Specialty Additives, Impact Modifiers, and Functional Fillers |
| Moderator: Richard Clark, Luzenac America |
| "Functional Surface Treated Nano Silica in Polypropylene and PP Copolymers"
Damon Grabiec (speaker), Bob Nehring and Peter Xu, Nyacol Nano Technologies, Inc.
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| "New Advances in Additives for Polyesters"
Nobuo Miyatake, Kaneka Texas Corporation
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| "Overview of Selection Criteria of Process/Carrier Oils"
Mark Proudfoot, Renkert Oil
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| "Novel Low Viscosity Additive Impacts the Property Balance in TPO Compounds"
Brian Walther and Teresa Karjala, Dow Chemical
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| "A Novel Styrene-Maleic Anhydride Block Copolymer Compatibilizer"
Alfonso González (speaker), Enrique Saldívar, Elsa Fernández, Gladys Fuentes, Gregorio Zacahua, CID Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo Tecnológico, (México)
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| "Fillers in plastics application: How silanes make the difference"
Kerstin Weissenbach, Degussa Corporation
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