Sustainable Materials for Rubber and Allied Industries

by Anil K. Bhowmick, Rabindra Mukhopadhyay, Jagannath Chanda, Barun Kumar Samui, Riya Koley

Overview

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 unique book highlights these developments in the science and technology of sustainable materials in the rubber and allied industries and covers both rubber materials and the ingredients necessary to make a product and also legislation and regulations pertaining to these.

KEY FEATURES

• Offers expert perspectives from both industry and academia
• Addresses real‑world problems and offers solutions
• Provides up‑to‑date literature on sustainable materials in these industries
• Discusses natural and synthetic rubbers and their sustainable monomers and thermoplastic elastomers
• Details sustainable fillers, curing agents and activators, antidegradants, resins, process aids, etc.
• Deals with sustainable textiles and steel for reinforcement
• Covers rubber recycling as well as regulations and legislation

This book is aimed at engineers, scientists, and researchers in materials science, chemistry, and related fields who are seeking to provide a sustainable alternative for this crucial industry.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781032795133
Publisher:	CRC Press
Publication date:	09/29/2025
Pages:	708
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Anil K. Bhowmick is currently a Research Professor at the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Houston, USA. He was a former Professor of Eminence, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur, and former Head of Rubber Technology Centre and Dean of Postgraduate Studies and Dean (Sponsored Research and Industrial Consultancy), IIT Kharagpur, India. He is the Founder Director of the Indian Institute of Technology, Patna.

Rabindra Mukhopadhyay is the Director and Chief Executive of Hari Shankar Singhania Elastomer and Tyre Research Institute (HASETRI); Director (Research and Development), JK Tyre and Industries Ltd; President, Indian Rubber Materials Research Institute (IRMRI); and Chairman of the Indian Rubber Institute (IRI).

Jagannath Chanda is a Senior Research Scientist at Hari Shankar Singhania Elastomer and Tyre Research Institute (HASETRI), Mysore, India. He earned a BTech in polymer science and technology at the University of Calcutta, an MTech in polymer science and engineering at IIT Delhi, and a PhD at the Leibnitz Institute of Polymer Research, Dresden, Germany.

Barun Kumar Samui is the Principal Scientist of Hari Shankar Singhania Elastomer and Tyre Research Institute (HASETRI), Mysore, India. He has over 30 years of industrial experience, and he is a Fellow of the Institution of Engineers (India) and a member of the Indian Rubber Institute (IRI).

Riya Koley is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Chemical Engineering Department at Polytechnique Montréal, Canada. She earned a PhD at the Rubber Technology Centre, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur. With industrial experience at Machino Polymers Limited, Gurgaon, and prior work as a project officer on the MHRD‑funded Uchhatar Avishkar Yojana‑HPN project, she has a strong background in academia and industry.

Table of Contents

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.