Abstract:
The present invention provides a pneumatic tire having well-improved rubber tensile strength and abrasion resistance. The present invention relates to a pneumatic tire formed from a rubber composition, the rubber composition containing: a hydrogenated copolymer obtained by copolymerization of an aromatic vinyl compound and a conjugated diene compound, the hydrogenated copolymer having a degree of hydrogenation of the conjugated diene units of 75 mol % or more; a fine particle silica having a CTAB specific surface area of 160 m2/g or more and a BET specific surface area of 170 m2/g or more; and carbon black, the rubber composition containing, per 100% by mass of the rubber component, 75% by mass or more of the hydrogenated copolymer, the rubber composition containing, relative to 100 parts by mass of the rubber component, 3 parts by mass or more of the carbon black.
Abstract:
A masterbatch composition of elastomer and from 20 to 100 parts per hundred parts elastomer of fibrous micropulp wherein the micropulp has fibers with a volume weighted average fiber length of from 20 to 200 micrometers as measured by laser diffraction, a relative specific surface area of from 30 to 600 square meter per gram as measured by nuclear magnetic resonance and the fibers selected from the group consisting of aromatic polyamide, aromatic copolyamide, polyacrylonitrile and polyazole.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to crumbles comprising at least one calcium carbonate-containing material, a process for the preparation of the crumbles, an article comprising the crumbles as well as an use of the crumbles in paper making, paper coating, food, plastic, preferably films, more preferably blown films or breathable films, fibres, polyvinyl chloride, plastisols, thermosetting polymers, more preferably thermosetting unsaturated polyesters or thermosetting unsaturated polyurethanes, agricultural, paint, coatings, adhesives, sealants, pharmaceuticals, agricultural, construction and/or cosmetic applications.
Abstract:
Copper oxide particles having particular starting size and surface area characteristics can be processed by heat and milling to achieve sizes and particle size distributions that give the copper oxide properties as an infrared reflective pigment without addition of other metals or oxides.
Abstract:
Thermally produced graphenic carbon particles for use as absorptive pigments are disclosed. The pigments may be used in coatings and bulk articles to provide favorable absorbance characteristics at various wavelengths including visible and infrared regions.
Abstract:
A studded tire includes stud pins embedded in a road contact surface of a tread portion 1; the rubber composition forming the tread portion containing at least one of natural rubber, styrene-butadiene rubber, and butadiene rubber, from 5 to 50 parts by weight of carbon black and from 5 to 70 parts by weight of silica per 100 parts by weight of the diene rubber; a nitrogen adsorption specific surface area of the carbon black being from 50 to 120 m2/g; a CTAB specific surface area of the silica being from 80 to 190 m2/g; a rubber hardness of the rubber composition being not greater than 60; and a product of a stress at the time of 400% elongation and a bottom surface area of a flange portion on a bottom side of the stud pins being not less than 400 MPa·mm2 and not greater than 850 MPa·mm2.
Abstract:
A rubber composition that can achieve both low heat generation performance and conductivity is provided. The rubber composition is obtained by dry mixing a wet masterbatch containing diene rubber and carbon black A having a nitrogen adsorption specific surface area (N2SA) of from 70 to 120 m2/g with carbon black B having a nitrogen adsorption specific surface area (N2SA) smaller than that of the carbon black A. The ratio of the carbon black B to the total carbon black in the rubber composition is from 15 to 48 mass %.
Abstract:
An object of the present invention is to provide an HNBR composition and an HNBR crosslinked body excellent in abrasion resistance and pressure resistance. The object is achieved by an HNBR composition containing 3 to 20 parts by weight of carbon fibers or wollastonite as a hard filler per 100 parts by weight of a hydrogenated nitrile rubber and containing 72 to 87 parts by weight of a carbon black having an average particle diameter of 40 to 50 nm, an iodine adsorption of 35 to 49 g/kg, and a DBP oil absorption of 100 to 160 ml/100 g, as well as an HNBR crosslinked body acquired by crosslinking the HNBR composition.
Abstract:
Provided are a rubber composition that can achieve a balanced improvement in wet grip performance, abrasion resistance, and abrasion appearance after abrasion, and a pneumatic tire including a tread formed from the rubber composition. Included is a rubber composition containing: a rubber component including a diene rubber; an inorganic filler having a BET of 10-120 m2/g, formed of a compound of formula below, magnesium sulfate, or silicon carbide; and a fine particle carbon black having a BET of 151 m2/g or more and/or a low-temperature plasticizer having a freezing point of −10° C. or lower, the rubber composition containing, per 100 parts by mass of the rubber component, 1-70 parts by mass of the inorganic filler, 5-140 parts by mass of the fine particle carbon black, and 1-30 parts by mass of the low-temperature plasticizer, the combined amount of the filler and the carbon black being 50-190 parts by mass, mM.xSiOy.zH2O wherein M represents at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Al, Mg, Ti, Ca, and Zr, or an oxide or hydroxide of the metal; m represents an integer of 1-5; x represents an integer of 0 to 10; y represents an integer of 2-5; and z represents an integer of 0-10.
Abstract:
Precipitated silica having a BET specific surface area in the range of from 35-700 m2/g, a CTAB specific surface area in the range of from 30 to 400 m2/g, and a content of polycarboxylic acid and/or carboxylate groups, expressed as total carbon content, of at least 0.15 wt %