Mengchen Ba

Graduating from Carnegie Mellon University, majoring in materials science, Mengchen Ba has an MBA degree from Shandong University. Ba has worked at Ecombine since 2014 and is now manager of the R&D department.

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Presentation

Comparison of different liquid phase mixing approaches

This study conducts a comparative analysis of the performance of three mixing approaches under an identical formulation comprising multiple elastomers: traditional dry mixing (reference), single-step liquid phase mixing (Process A) and multistep liquid phase mixing (Process B). In contrast to traditional dry mixing, the liquid phase mixing compounds exhibit reduced hysteresis; furthermore, regarding tensile strength among the three processes, Process B demonstrates enhancements of 16% and 4% over dry mixing and Process A, respectively. When evaluating elongation at break, Process B shows a 17% improvement relative to the dry mixing process, while remaining comparable to Process A.