EPDM rubber
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EPDM rubber is a type of synthetic rubber that is used in many applications.
An EPDM rubber roof
A roll of EPDM flashing with fleece on the back, used for waterproofing roofs
Charles Goodyear Medal
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The Charles Goodyear Medal is the highest honor conferred by the American Chemical Society, Rubber Division. Established in 1941, the award is named after Charles Goodyear, the discoverer of vulcaniza
Oxidative ageing was an early challenge in the rubber industry. Carroll C. Davis, William C. Geer, Sidney M. Cadwell and Herbert A. Winkelmann all made important contributions to testing and compounding strategies for ageing.
Sheet of synthetic rubber coming off the rolling mill at the plant of Goodrich (1941). Important contributions to synthetic rubbers came from many Goodyear medalists: David Spence, Ira Williams, Joseph C. Patrick, William J. Sparks, Robert M. Thomas, Frederick W. Stavely, Arnold M. Collins, Otto Bayer, Earl L. Warrick, James D. D'Ianni, Samuel E. Horne, Jr., and Roderic Quirk
The use of Carbon black and silica as fillers for rubber was pioneered by George Oenslager, William B. Wiegand, Joseph C. Krejci, Siegfried Wolff, and Jean-Baptiste Donnet.
Goodyear medalists have contributed to many non-tire applications of rubber technology, including: John T. Blake, Joseph C. Patrick, Edward A. Murphy, Earl L. Warrick, Joseph P. Kennedy, C. Michael Roland, Judit Puskas.