Presented by: Fabien DEBAUD, Laurent KEROMNES, Alfredo DEFRANCISCI, Joseph M. BRENNAN, and Leonard H. PALYS* *Speaker

Presented at the Fall 170th Technical Meeting of the Rubber Division, American Chemical Society
Cincinnati, OH
October 10-12, 2006
ISSN: 1547-1977

Table Of Contents Abstract Introduction Experimental Results and Discussion Compounding and Crosslinking AEM [POLY(ETHYLENE-CO-METHYL ACRYLATE)] Benefits of DC40P-SP2 and F40P-SP2 for Curing AEM Compunding and Crosslinking CPE for Cable Jacket Insultion Benefits of F40P-SP2 and MBM to Cure CPE cable jacket COMPOUNDING AND CROSSLINKING EPDM Benefits of DC40P-SP2 for Curing EPDM Benefits of F40M-SP and F40P-SP2 for Curing EPDM Compounding and Crosslinking  EVA & EOM, Polyethylene Copolymers Benefits of F40P-SP2 for Curing EVA & EOM shoe sole Compounding and Crosslinking  HNBR Benefits of DC40P-SP2 for Curing HNBR Benefits of F40P-SP2 for Curing HNBR Summary and Conclusions Acknowledgements Tables and Figures Table 1: Crosslinking Vamac with DC40P-SP2 and F40P-SP2 Table 2: Mixing Vamac with DC40P-SP2 or F40P-SP2 gives ~3-fold longer Scorch Time Figure 1: ts2 Scorch Time @130°-145°C: Vamac DHC using DC40P-SP2 or F40P-SP2 Table 3: Crosslinking CPE with F40P-SP2 and Coagents for Cable Jacket Table 5: Curing EPDM with DC40P-SP2 at 177°C: 50% Increase in ts2 Table 6: Mixing EPDM with DC40P-SP2 at 138°C: 204% increase in ts2 Figure 4: Effect of DC40M-SP and DC40P-SP2 when Curing Vistalon 2504 EPDM Figure 5: Benefits of DC40P-SP2 when Compounding EPDM Table 7: Curing EPDM with F40P-SP2 at 177°C: 43% Increase in ts2 Figure 6: One-minute Rheograph of F40P-SP2 at 177°C: 43% Longer ts2 Figure 7: Complete Rheographs of F40KE, F40M-SP and F40P-SP2 at 177°C Table 8: Mixing EPDM with F40P-SP2 at 138°C: 202% Increase in ts1 Figure 8: Scorch Time Rheographs of F40KE, F40M-SP and F40P-SP2 at 138°C Table 9: Mixing and Curing an EVA-EOM Shoe Sole Compound with F40P-SP2 Table 10: Mixing and Curing a Zetpol ® 2010 HNBR with DC40P-SP2 Table 11: Mixing and Curing a Zetpol ® 2010 HNBR with F40P-SP2 Figure 9: DuPont Spider Mold Flow Test on a Therban ® C 3446 HNBR @177°C Other Figures Not Mentioned Table 4: Vistalon 2504 Injection Molded Brake Cup Formulation Figure 2: Effect of F40P-SP2 and Coagent on CPE tc90 Cure Time (Minutes) Figure 3: Effect of F40P-SP2 and Coagent on CPE tc90 Cure Time (Minutes)

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