Evonik and the NMSP

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Evonik and the NMSP

• Shaun F. Clancy, Ph. D.
• April 3, 2008

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Summary

• Support EPAs Nanoscale Materials Stewardship
  Program

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Who is Evonik Industries?

• gt14 Billion 43,000 People gt100 countries 8
  Business Units
• Specialty Chemicals account for 6 Business Units
  (formerly Degussa)
• In North America gt 3 Billion 4,000 people 57
  locations
• Inorganic Materials Business Unit Silicon
  Dioxide, Titanium Dioxide, Zirconium Oxide,
  Aluminum Oxide, Cerium Oxide, Carbon Black, RD
  materials
• Member of ACC Nanotechnology Panel
• Member of SOCMA Nanotechnology SME Coalition
• Member of NanoBusiness Alliance EHS Leadership
  Council
• Member of the Business and Industry Advisory
  Committee (BIAC) to the OECD
• Active internationally through ISO, OECD, Cefic,
  ICCA among others

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Nano before Nano was cool!
Particle size between 4 and 20 millimicron

• Manufacturer of a Variety of High Surface Area
  Materials
• Silica, alumina, titania, zirconia, ceria, and
  hydrophobic grades
• Used in rheology, reinforcement, abrasion
• The term nano is at the Nexus of Regular
  Chemistry, Regulatory Chemistry and Rhetorical
  Chemistry
• First entry in Oxford English Dictionary for
  Nano is 1947 after commercialization of AEROSIL

Farbe Lacke April 1949
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Fundamentals of Particle Formation in Flame
Pyrolysis (Klaessig 2007)
Flame Hydrolysis of Silicon Tetrachloride to
Silicic Acid
Aggregation
Nucleation
Agglomeration
Coalescence
SiCl4
Surface Growth Evaporation
H2O
HCl
Aggregation represents fusing or
sintering including coalescence into a larger
particle
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Not a Nanoscale Material?
100 nm
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What is Evonik doing?

• We are participating in the NMSP
• We will provide information though our
  participation in the Basic Program
• We are working with peer companies through
  industry groups
• We will be providing data through the NMSP that
  will inform EPA about what is really in the
  marketplace
• Showing that some materials thought to be
  nanoscale are not
• Learning from other participants
• Demonstrating good Product Stewardship
• Supporting other voluntary EPA programs such as
  HPV, SPP/Montebello and ChAMP

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Why should you participate in the NMSP?

• Help inform EPA about what is really in the
  marketplace
• Learn from other participants
• Its easy! Send in what you have to participate
  in the Basic Program
• Its secure. CBI can be protected
• Demonstrate good Product Stewardship
• Provide evidence that voluntary programs work.
• Participation can be used in your companys
  marketing efforts
• Help show what information may not be needed by
  regulators
• Transparency, transparency, transparency!

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If we dont participate in NMSP?

• EPA will not be able to quickly access
  information needed to support existing or develop
  new science and fact-based programs.
• Provide evidence that voluntary programs dont
  work and that regulatory programs are needed.
• Public confidence in nanotechnology could erode
• Marketing nano-enabled products could become more
  difficult
• EPA can ultimately get the same information using
  authorities under TSCA Sections 4, 5 and 8 but
  these processes are more expensive, time
  consuming and burdensome.

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Summary

• Support EPAs
• Nanoscale Materials Stewardship Program!
• Questions?
• Shaun.Clancy_at_evonik.com
• 1 973 541 8047

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