Abstract:
Provided are a rubber composition improving wet-grip performance and its temperature dependence while ensuring good fuel economy, and a pneumatic tire including the composition. The composition includes, per 100% by mass of a rubber component: 5-55% by mass of an aromatic vinyl compound/conjugated diene compound copolymer (A) having an aromatic vinyl compound content of at least 5% by mass but less than 15% by mass and a vinyl bond content in a conjugated diene compound moiety of 10-70 mol %; and 5-75% by mass of an aromatic vinyl compound/conjugated diene compound copolymer (B) having an aromatic vinyl compound content of at least 15% by mass but less than 30% by mass and a vinyl bond content in a conjugated diene compound moiety of 10-70 mol %, and also includes, per 100 parts by mass of the rubber component, 10-150 parts by mass of a silica having a N2SA of 40-400 m2/g.
Abstract:
Provided are magnesium oxide particles which are good in dispersibility in a resin or rubber, can function sufficiently as an acid acceptor or scorch retarder, and do not lower, even after combined with a resin or rubber, material properties thereof; a resin composition; a rubber composition; and a shaped body. The magnesium oxide particles satisfying the following (A) to (C): (A) an average particle size is 5 μm or less; (B) a BET specific surface area is 20 m2/g or more and 200 m2/g or less; and (C) a screen residue by a sieve opening of 45 μm is 0.1% by weight or less.
Abstract:
Provided is a pneumatic tire having an excellent finished bonding surface between the tread and its adjacent wing or sidewall while ensuring properties required for tires, such as wet grip performance, abrasion resistance, and resistance to degradation over time. Included is a pneumatic tire including a tread and a wing or sidewall adjacent to the tread, wherein the tread is formed from a tread rubber composition that has an amount of aluminum hydroxide having an average particle size of 0.69 μm or smaller and a N2SA of 10-50 m2/g of 1-60 parts by mass, and a net sulfur content derived from crosslinking agents of 0.56-1.25 parts by mass, each per 100 parts by mass of the rubber component, the wing or sidewall is formed from a wing or sidewall rubber composition that has a net sulfur content derived from crosslinking agents of 1.3-2.5 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the rubber component, and the net sulfur contents derived from crosslinking agents in the tread rubber composition and the wing or sidewall rubber composition satisfy a specific relationship.
Abstract:
A method of producing an elastomer composite. The method includes A) combining a first fluid comprising elastomer latex with a second fluid comprising particulate filler; B) causing the elastomer latex to coagulate, thereby forming masterbatch crumb; C) bringing the masterbatch crumb to a water content of about 1 weight percent to about 20 weight percent, thereby forming a de-watered coagulum; D) removing water from the de-watered coagulum by subjecting the dewatered coagulum to mechanical energy, thereby causing the dewatered coagulum to heat as a result of friction, while allowing the dewatered coagulum to achieve a temperature of about 130° C. to about 190° C., wherein water content is reduced to about 0.5% to about 3% and wherein substantially all of the decrease in water content is accomplished by evaporation, thereby producing a masticated masterbatch; and E) subjecting the masticated masterbatch to at least an additional 0.3 MJ/kg of mechanical energy while further reducing the water content.
Abstract:
An object of the present invention is to provide a rubber composition which can prevent mold contamination while maintaining abrasion resistance and wet grip performance, and a tire which has a tread composed of the rubber composition. The rubber composition of the present invention comprises a predetermined amount of at least one selected from the group consisting of stearic acid, a metal salt of saturated fatty acid and a specific mold release agent, a specific resin, silica and a silane coupling agent, based on a diene rubber component, where an amount of an unreacted silane coupling agent in the rubber composition before vulcanization is within a predetermined range.
Abstract:
A fluororubber composition comprising 100 parts by weight of a peroxide-crosslinkable tetrafluoroethylene-vinylidene fluoride-hexafluoropropene ternary copolymer rubber having a fluorine content of 64 wt. % or more, (A) 5 to 90 parts by weight of carbon black having a specific surface area of 5 to 20 m2/g, (B) 5 to 40 parts by weight of a fine bituminous powder, (C) at least one of 1 to 20 parts by weight of hydrophilicity-imparted talc and/or 1 to 30 parts by weight of hydrophilicity-imparted clay, and (D) 0.5 to 6 parts by weight of an organic peroxide; the fluororubber composition being used as a molding material for fuel oil sealing materials to be in contact with fuel oil. The fluororubber composition provides a sealing materials having excellent metal corrosion resistance, without compounding an acid acceptor comprising a metal oxide.
Abstract:
A low-density polyethylene nanocomposite comprising 5 weight percent or more of at least one nanoscale filler selected from the group consisting of montmorillonite clay, silica and zinc oxide. Changes in weatherability of the three low-density polyethylene nanocomposites based on the nanoscale fillers are determined. A surface area of the nanoscale filler in the nanocomposites is from 10 m2/g to 50 m2/g.
Abstract:
Provided are a rubber composition that gives a vulcanizate superior in heat resistance and a vulcanizate and a molded article thereof. A rubber composition, comprising a rubber component consisting of a chloroprene rubber: 50 to 90 mass % and an elastomer: 10 to 50 mass % in a total amount of 100 parts by mass, a zinc powder having an arithmetic mean particle diameter, as determined by the method specified by JIS Z8901, of 3 to 10 μm in an amount of 3 to 20 parts by mass, and a magnesium oxide having a BET specific surface area, as determined by the one-point method specified by JIS Z8830, of 20 to 150 m2/g in an amount of 4 to 16 parts by mass. A vulcanizate and a molded article obtained by molding and vulcanization of the rubber composition.
Abstract:
A low-density polyethylene nanocomposite comprising 5 weight percent or more of at least one nanoscale filler selected from the group consisting of montmorillonite clay, silica and zinc oxide. Changes in weatherability of the three low-density polyethylene nanocomposites based on the nanoscale fillers are determined. A surface area of the nanoscale filler in the nanocomposites is from 10 m2/g to 50 m2/g.
Abstract:
A composition comprises (i) an elastomer, (ii) from 1 to 5 volume % of fibrous pulp, the pulp having a specific surface area of from 7 to 11 sq.m./g and the fiber having a fiber length of from 0.5 to 1.1 mm, a tensile modulus of from 2.5 to 130 GPa, and a tensile strength of from 1 to 3 GPa, and (iii) from 5 to 14 volume % of yield-strain promoter in the form of fibers, needles, powder or platelets, wherein the composition has a yield strain of at least 70%, an elongation at break of at least 200%, and a yield stress of at least 4 MPa.