Moisture Cured, One Component, Reactive Polyurethane Adhesives

FTIR spectroscopy is a powerful technique for studying the effects of polymer formulation and process factors on surface chemistry, component compatibility, and morphology; all of which relate to end-use performance characteristics like adhesion and mechanical properties.

Many businesses are transforming their product safety and chemical compliance strategies from reactive to proactive, achieving measurable improvements in supply chain continuity, speed to market, brand protection and customer satisfaction. The smartest companies are going a step further—establishing a chemical policy that brings rapid advances in environmental science, human health and technology, the expanding availability of decision making data and the integration of supply chain governance and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) together in a comprehensive, manageable plan.

Susan Lovasic is the Global Regulatory Affairs Manager - Tyvek® Protective Apparel for DuPont Protection Solutions and is located in Richmond, Virginia. Ms. Lovasic received her B.S. degree in Chemical Engineering from the Pennsylvania State University and has worked for DuPont since 1984 in both research and marketing capacities across a variety of businesses, including Stainmaster® and Antron® nylon carpet fibers, Kevlar® and Nomex® aramid fibers, and Tyvek® and Tychem® chemical protective garments. Since 1996, Ms. Lovasic’s research efforts have focused on protective apparel applications to help protect wearers against chemical, biological, thermal, and fire hazards. She has led research to assess the critical properties of protective apparel ranging from assessment of comfort and durability properties to instrumented thermal mannequin fire and electric arc flash testing and hazardous chemical barrier testing.

The management of hazardous waste in China is becoming a more and more important topic as the central government has been putting a lot of effort in the regulation on the hazardous chemicals and the improvement of the environmental quality. The latest version of the Inventory of Hazardous Wastes was published in March 2016. The new version became effective on Aug 1st 2016 and included significant changes compared to its predecessor, the 2008 version. However, industry has encountered some problems relating to the implementation of the Inventory. So ChemLinked invited Ms. Amy Tu to give our readers a comprehensive introduction to the management of hazardous waste in China.