Rubber, 3. Synthetic

Desmond Threadingham

Desmond Threadingham

Bayer AG, Leverkusen, Germany

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Werner Obrecht

Werner Obrecht

Bayer AG, Leverkusen, Germany

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Jean-Pierre Lambert

Jean-Pierre Lambert

Bayer Polymères, La Wantzenau, France

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Michael Happ

Michael Happ

Bayer AG, Dormagen, Germany

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Christiane Oppenheimer-Stix

Christiane Oppenheimer-Stix

Bayer AG, Dormagen, Germany

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John Dunn

John Dunn

J. R. Consulting, Sarnia, Ontario, Canada

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Ralf Krüger

Ralf Krüger

Bayer AG, Leverkusen, Germany

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Heinz-Dieter Brandt

Heinz-Dieter Brandt

Bayer AG, Dormagen, Germany

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Wolfgang Nentwig

Wolfgang Nentwig

Bayer AG, Dormagen, Germany

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Nicola Rooney

Nicola Rooney

Bayer Inc, Sarnia, Ontario, Canada

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Ronald T. LaFlair

Ronald T. LaFlair

Bayer Inc, Sarnia, Ontario, Canada

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Ute U. Wolf

Ute U. Wolf

Bayer AG, Dormagen, Germany

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John Duffy

John Duffy

Bayer Inc, Sarnia, Ontario, Canada

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Judit E. Puskas

Judit E. Puskas

University of Western Ontario, Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, London, Ontario, Canada

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G. J. Wilson

G. J. Wilson

Bayer Inc, Sarnia, Ontario, Canada

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Hermann Meisenheimer

Hermann Meisenheimer

Bayer AG, Leverkusen, Germany

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Roland Steiger

Roland Steiger

Bayer AG, Dormagen, Germany

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André Marbach

André Marbach

Elf Atochem, Paris La Defense, France

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Klaus M. Diedrich

Klaus M. Diedrich

Creannova Spezialchemie GmbH, Marl, Germany

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Jürgen Ackermann

Jürgen Ackermann

Bayer AG, Leverkusen, Germany

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Dieter Wrobel

Dieter Wrobel

Bayer AG, Leverkusen, Germany

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Uwe Hoffmann

Uwe Hoffmann

Budenheim, Germany

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Hans Dieter Thomas

Hans Dieter Thomas

Bayer AG, Leverkusen, Germany

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Rüdiger Engehausen

Rüdiger Engehausen

Bayer AG, Dormagen, Germany

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Stephen D. Pask

Stephen D. Pask

Bayer AG, Dormagen, Germany

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Hartmuth Buding

Hartmuth Buding

Bayer AG, Dormagen, Germany

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Andreas Ostrowicki

Andreas Ostrowicki

Polysar Rubber Corporation, Sarnia, Ontario, Canada

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Bernd Stollfuss

Bernd Stollfuss

Bayer AG, Dormagen, Germany

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Gabor Kaszas

Gabor Kaszas

Bayer Inc, Sarnia, Ontario, Canada

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Mark Drewitt

Mark Drewitt

Bayer Inc, Sarnia, Ontario, Canada

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Stephan Glander

Stephan Glander

Bayer Inc, Sarnia, Ontario, Canada

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Wolfgang Wieder

Wolfgang Wieder

Bayer AG, Leverkusen, Germany

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Gerhard Wachholz

Gerhard Wachholz

Bayer AG, Leverkusen, Germany

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First published: 15 January 2004
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Abstract

The article contains sections titled:

1.

Introduction

1.1.

Market and Areas of Application

1.2.

Nomenclature and Classification

1.3.

Properties

1.4.

Production

1.5.

Producers

2.

Emulsion Rubbers

2.1.

Emulsion Styrene - Butadiene Rubber (E-SBR)

2.1.1.

Properties, Grades, and Application

2.1.2.

Basic Chemistry and Production Processes

2.1.3.

Producers and Production Capacities

2.2.

Chloroprene Rubber (CR)

2.2.1.

Properties, Grades, and Applications

2.2.2.

Basic Chemistry and Production Processes

2.2.3.

Producers and Production Capacities

2.3.

Nitrile Rubber (NBR)

2.3.1.

Properties, Grades, and Applications

2.3.2.

Basic Chemistry and Production Processes

2.3.3.

Producers and Production Capacities

2.4.

Emulsion Polybutadiene (E-BR)

2.4.1.

Properties and Applications

2.4.2.

Basic Chemistry and Production Processes

2.4.3.

Producers and Production Capacities

2.5.

Acrylate Rubber (ACM)

2.5.1.

Properties, Grades, and Applications

2.5.2.

Basic Chemistry and Production Processes

2.5.3.

Producers and Production Capacities

2.6.

Fluororubbers

2.6.1.

Chemical Composition and Properties

2.6.2.

Vulcanization

2.6.3.

Production Processes

2.6.4.

Producers, Production, Capacities, and Markets

3.

Solution Rubbers

3.1.

Synthesis by Anionic Polymerization

3.1.1.

Solution 1,3-Butadiene - Styrene Rubber (S-SBR) and Styrene - Isoprene - Butadiene Rubber (S-SIBR)

3.1.1.1.

Properties, Grades, and Applications

3.1.1.2.

Basic Chemistry and Production Processes

3.1.1.3.

Producers and Production Capacities

3.1.2.

Lithium - Butadiene (Li-BR) and Lithium - Isoprene (Li-IR) Rubber

3.1.2.1.

Properties, Grades, and Applications

3.1.2.2.

Basic Chemistry and Production Processes

3.1.2.3.

Producers and Production Capacities

3.2.

Synthesis by Ziegler - Natta Polymerization

3.2.1.

Polybutadiene and Polyisoprene Rubber

3.2.1.1.

Properties, Grades, and Applications

3.2.1.2.

Basic Chemistry and Production Processes

3.2.1.3.

Producers and Production Capacities

3.2.2.

Ethylene - Propene Elastomers (EPM, EPDM)

3.2.2.1.

Properties, Grades, and Applications

3.2.2.2.

Basic Chemistry and Production Processes

3.2.2.3.

Producers and Production Capacities

3.3.

Synthesis of Butyl Rubber by Cationic Polymerization

3.3.1.

Properties, Grades, and Applications

3.3.1.1.

Properties

3.3.1.2.

Grades

3.3.1.3.

Specialty Rubbers

3.3.1.4.

Applications

3.3.2.

Basic Chemistry and Production Processes

3.3.2.1.

Basic Chemistry

3.3.2.2.

Industrial Production

3.3.3.

Producers and Production Capacities

3.3.4.

Storage and Transportation

3.3.5.

Legal Aspects

3.3.6.

Toxicology and Occupational Health

4.

Synthesis by Radical and Other Mechanisms

4.1.

EVM and Ethylene Copolymers

4.1.1.

Properties, Grades, and Applications

4.1.2.

Basic Chemistry and Production Processes

4.1.3.

Producers and Production Capacities

4.1.4.

Toxicology

4.2.

Epoxide Rubbers (CO, ECO, GECO, GPO)

4.2.1.

Properties, Grades, and Applications

4.2.2.

Basic Chemistry and Production Processes

4.2.3.

Producers and Production Capacities

4.3.

Polynorbornene

4.3.1.

Production of 2-Norbornene Monomer

4.3.2.

Polymerization

4.3.3.

Properties

4.3.3.1.

Properties of Pure Polymer

4.3.3.2.

Properties of Polynorbornene Rubbers (PNR)

4.3.4.

Processing of PNR

4.3.5.

Uses

4.3.6.

Economic Aspects

4.3.7.

Toxicology

4.4.

Polyoctenamers

4.4.1.

Production of Cyclooctene

4.4.2.

Polymerization

4.4.3.

Properties

4.4.4.

Vulcanization, Processing, and Applications

4.4.5.

Economic Aspects

4.4.6.

Toxicology

5.

Synthesis by Polyaddition, Polycondensation, and Other Mechanisms

5.1.

Silicone Rubber

5.1.1.

Properties, Grades, and Applications

5.1.2.

Production Process and Basic Chemistry

5.1.3.

Producers and Markets

5.2.

Polyurethane Rubber

5.3.

Thiokol Rubber

5.3.1.

Properties, Grades, and Applications

5.3.1.1.

History

5.3.1.2.

Grades

5.3.1.3.

Mechanical Properties, Cross-Linking, and Applications

5.3.2.

Basic Chemistry and Production Processes

5.3.3.

Producers and Production Capacities

6.

Synthesis by Polymer Modification

6.1.

Halobutyl Rubber

6.1.1.

Introduction

6.1.2.

Properties, Grades, and Applications

6.1.3.

Basic Chemistry and Production Process

6.1.3.1.

Basic Chemistry

6.1.3.2.

Production

6.1.4.

Chemical Analysis

6.1.5.

Storage and Transportation

6.1.6.

Legal Aspects

6.1.7.

Producers and Production Capacities

6.1.8.

Toxicology and Occupational Health

6.1.9.

New Commercial Development

6.2.

Chloropolyethylene and Chlorosulfonyl Polyethylene

6.2.1.

Chloropolyethylene

6.2.1.1.

Properties, Grades, and Applications

6.2.1.2.

Basic Chemistry and Production Processes

6.2.2.

Chlorosulfonyl Polyethylene

6.2.2.1.

Properties, Grades, and Applications

6.2.2.2.

Basic Chemistry and Production Processes

6.2.3.

Producers and Production Capacities

6.3.

Hydrogenated Nitrile Rubber

6.3.1.

Properties, Grades, and Applications

6.3.2.

Basic Chemistry and Production Processes

6.3.3.

Producers and Production Capacities

6.4.

Polyphosphazenes

6.4.1.

Properties, Grades, and Applications

6.4.1.1.

Properties

6.4.1.2.

Commercial Grades and Applications

6.4.2.

Basic Chemistry and Production Processes

6.4.3.

Producers and Markets

7.

Thermoplastic Elastomers

7.1.

Introduction

7.1.1.

Definition

7.1.2.

Global Market

7.2.

PVC Blends

7.3.

Thermoplastic Polyurethanes

7.4.

Styrene Block Copolymers

7.5.

Thermoplastic Polyolefins

7.6.

Copolyesters

7.7.

Copolyether- and Copolyetheresteramides

8.

Evaluation of the Present Situation and Remarks on Future Trends

8.1.

Market, Producers, and Capacities

8.1.1.

Market

8.1.2.

Producers, Capacities and Capacity Utilization

8.2.

Market Requirements and Impact on Development of Synthetic Rubber

8.2.1.

Tires and Tire Rubber

8.3.

Production Processes

8.4.

Ecological and Health Aspects

8.4.1.

Introduction

8.4.2.

Health Aspects

8.4.2.1.

Raw Materials

8.4.2.2.

Processing

8.4.2.3.

Use

8.4.3.

Environment

8.4.3.1.

Recycling

8.4.4.

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