1st Edition

Sustainable Materials for Rubber and Allied Industries

700 Pages 317 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

700 Pages 317 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

Traditional rubber products contain rubber and multiple additives. Unfortunately, many of these materials are obtained from fossil fuel sources, resulting in environmental hazards, overuse of dwindling reserves, and reliance on a volatile petroleum market price. The need for the use of more sustainable materials in the rubber industry is clear, and advances are being made towards this goal. This... Read more

1. Sustainability, Sustainable Development, Sustainable Growth, and Circularity

2. Natural Rubber as Sustainable Material

3. Rubbers from New Sustainable Monomers

4. Synthetic Rubbers and the Need for Sustainability

5. Particulate and Biomass‑Derived Fillers for Rubbers

6. Short Fibre‑Based Fillers for Rubbers

7. Reinforcing Materials (Textile and Steel) – Drive towards Sustainability

8. Curatives, Protective Agents, and Miscellaneous Ingredients

9. Resins

10. Processing Aids

11. Thermoplastic Elastomers and Thermoplastic Vulcanizates

12. Recycling of Rubber Products

13. Devulcanization of Rubber

14. Legislations and Regulations

Biography

Anil K. Bhowmick is a Research Professor in the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Houston, USA. He was a former Professor of Eminence, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur. Professor Bhowmick has been working on sustainable materials and rubber technology for the last 45 years, and his outstanding work has been recognized in the form of awards by several societies all over the world.

Rabindra Mukhopadhyay is the Director and Chief Executive of Hari Shankar Singhania Elastomer and Tyre Research Institute (HASETRI), Mysuru, India. He has been working in the area of elastomers and tires for more than 45 years and has a distinguished professional career in the rubber industry.

Jagannath Chanda is a Senior Research Scientist at Hari Shankar Singhania Elastomer and Tyre Research Institute (HASETRI), Mysuru, India. He earned a PhD in polymer chemistry at the Leibnitz Institute of Polymer Research, Dresden, Germany, and he is currently active in sustainability research.

Barun Kumar Samui is the Principal Scientist of Hari Shankar Singhania Elastomer and Tyre Research Institute (HASETRI), Mysuru, India. He has over 30 years of industrial experience in the area of rubber composites and reinforcing materials.

Riya Koley earned a PhD in sustainable materials at the Rubber Technology Centre, IIT Kharagpur. She is currently a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Chemical Engineering Department at Polytechnique Montréal, Canada.