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• Polymers toughened with novel elastomeric structures.(TECHNOLOGY UPDATE)

  - 2005-11-01

  Researchers at Pennsylvania State University are embedding microspheres of polyolefin ethylene-based elastomers into polymer matrices in order to create plastics with improved flexural strength and impact resistance. Potential applications for plastics that incorporate the elastomers include automobile bumpers that deform and recover rather...

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• Technical sessions

  - 2003-03-01

  MONDAY MORNING May 5 SESSION M1 Color and Appearance Color and Appearance Moderator: Bob Trinklein - Teknor Color (8:00 AM) Keynote Speaker Evolution of Color Quantification Harold, Richard #1272 (9:00AM) Pigments for Food Packaging - A Regulatory Journey Jackson, Donna -...

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• Technical sessions

  - 2002-03-01

  Monday Morning, May 6 SESSION M1 Color and Appearance Moderator: Tracy Phillips PolyOne Corporation #989 (9:30 AM) Injection Molding and Color: A Basic Look at Design, Processing & Troubleshooting Angel, Greg - PolyOne Corporation #929 (10:00 AM) Modern Analytical Methods for Solvent...

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• Technical sessions

  - 2002-03-01

  SESSION M44 Applied Rheology Experimental and Numerical Flow Modeling Moderators: Christopher C. White - NIST and S. G. Hatzikiriakos -University of British Columbia #768 (2.00 PM) Full Field Stress and Velocity Measurements for Polymer Melts in Extrusion Dies Gough, T.; Spares, R.; Martyn, M. T. and...

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• Technical sessions

  - 2002-03-01

  SESSION T42 Plastics Environmental Physical Property Enhancement of Recycled Polymers Moderator: Dennis Denton Denton Plastics Inc. #101 (2:00 PM) Photodegradation of Polystyrene Young, Eric - Nigeria Society of Polymer Engineers #705 (2:30 PM) Effect of Multiple Processing Cycles on Post-Consumer Plastics Recycled via Solid-State...

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• Pennsylvania State University

  - 2001-07-01

  Michael McCullogh, Pennsylvania State University at Erie, was awarded the Plastic Molders Foundation Scholarship from the Society of the Plastics Industry.

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