摘要:
A rubber composition suitable for tire treads having well-balanced excellent steering stability in cornering, wet skid characteristic, ice skid characteristic and rolling characteristic, and an excellent processability, which comprises a rubber component containing a block copolymer consisting essentially of a block A and a block B, obtained by conducting polymerization of an aromatic vinyl compound and a conjugated diene compound in a hydrocarbon solvent in the presence of an organolithium initiator and modifying with a coupling agent, and satisfying the following conditions (A) to (E);
(A) the block A having a content of an aromatic vinyl compound of 5 to 20 % by weight and a content of 1,2-bonds in the conjugated diene component of 25 to 55 % by weight, (B) the block B having a content of an aromatic vinyl compound of 35 to 60 % by weight and a content of 1,2-bonds in the conjugated diene component of 20 to 70 % by weight, (C) the content of the block A in the block copolymer being from 20 to 80 % by weight, (D) the average content of the aromatic vinyl compound in the block copolymer being from 20 to 40 % by weight and the average content of 1,2-bonds in the conjugated diene component of the block copolymer being from 20 to 60 % by weight, and (E) at least 40 % by weight of the polymer chains of the block copolymer being a branched polymer formed by modification with a trifunctional or tetrafunctional coupling agent.
摘要:
A rubber composition containing an isoprene homopolymer or copolymer having a glass transition temperature of not less than -50°C. and a Mooney viscosity of 20 to 120. The composition can provide a cured rubber having a high wet road gripping force and a small dynamic heat generating characteristic, and is very suitable for use in tires of automobiles.
摘要:
An elastomeric copolymer of an aromatic vinyl compound and butadiene prepared by a solution polymerization method, which has a glass transition temperature of not less than -50°C and contains polymer chains modified with a trifunctional or tetrafunctional coupling agent, and which contains not less than 3 % by weight to less than 23 % by weight, based on the whole polymer chains, of polymer chains having a molecular weight of at least 5 times a molecular weight corresponding to a peak appearing on the low molecular weight side of a high performance liquid chromatogram of the elastomeric copolymer. The elastomer- ic copolymer has an excellent processability and shows a low rolling resistance and a high wet grip characteristic when used as a rubber component in tires.
摘要:
A rubber composition having improved rolling resistance and wet grip characteristics with improved processability, abrasion resistance and durability which contains as a rubber component a mixture of a high molecular weight styrene-butadiene rubber having a specific microstructure and a low molecular weight styrene-butadiene and/or butadiene rubber having a specific microstructure. The composition is particularly suitable for use in tread of tires.
摘要:
The present invention provides an elastomer composition which possesses well-balanced low rolling resistance and high wet grip properties. The elastomer composition comprises a styrene-butadiene rubber wherein not more than 18 percent of said rubber is that having an extension of molecular chain of not more than 3,500A; said molecular chain being measured by gel permeation chromatography and calculated in terms of standard polystyrene.