Institute of Synthetic Rubber Producers

M. J. Rhoad, Proceedings ofithe 15th Annual Meeting International Institute of Synthetic Rubber Producers, Inc., Kyoto, Japan, 1974 Pubberlnd. (Eondon) 9(12), 68 (1975) Pubber Plast. News, 14 (fan. 23, 1978). 

Worldwide Jihher Statistics International Institute of Synthetic Rubber Producers, Inc., 1994. 

Table 11.14 Production of natural and synthetic rubbers 1983-1992 ( 000 tonnes) (International Institute of Synthetic Rubber Producers)...

Source International Institute of Synthetic Rubber Producers. 

Macaluso, M., Delzell, E., Sanders, M. Larson, R. (1997) Historical Estimation of Exposure to Butadiene and Styrene among Synthetic Rubber Workers (Progress Report, 10/196-8/18/97), University of Alabama at Birmingham report submitted to the International Institute of Synthetic Rubber Producers... 

Chloroprene production can be equated approximately to the amount of polymer produced. World production of dry polychloroprene was 135 thousand tonnes in 1960, 254 thousand tonnes in 1970, 314 thousand tonnes in 1980 and 321 thousand tonnes in 1989 (Stewart, 1993). World polychloroprene capacity in 1983 was reported to be (thousand tonnes) United States, 213 Germany, 60 France, 40 United Kingdom, 30 Japan, 85 and centrally plarmed economy countries, 220 (Kleinschmidt, 1986). Current capacities are reported to be (thousand tonnes) United States, 163 Germany, 60 France, 40 United Kingdom, 33 Japan, 88 central Europe and the Commonwealth of Independent States, 40 and People s Republic of China, 20 (International Institute of Synthetic Rubber Producers, 1997). 

C. F. Ruebensaal, The Rubber Industry Statistical Report." International Institute of Synthetic Rubber Producers, Inc., New York, 1977. 

A final quantitative example is that of determining the % ethylene in ethylene-propylene copolymers (EPM). The International Institute of Synthetic Rubber Producers (IIRP) Technical/Operating Committee and the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) cooperated to produce an updated standard method [56]. They also produced a set of standards with the ethylene content established by 13C NMR. Those standards were utilised by Parker and Waddell to study the photoacoustic determination of % ethylene [57]. Three of the four infrared band ratios specified by ASTM were measured, 1378/1462, 1378/722, and 1156/722. The fourth one, 1156/4255, was not used since it involves measurements in the near-IR region. Baselines were drawn by the valley-to-valley technique as illustrated in Figure 2.11. 

The International Institute of Synthetic Rubber Producers (IISRP, Houston, Texas, USA) is an international non-profit association of synthetic rubber producers with 41 corporate members domiciled in 20 countries. IISRP represents 95% of the world supplies of synthetic rubber. 

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