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 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 rubber composition obtained by dry-mixing a natural rubber wet master batch yielded by mixing at least a natural rubber latex and a carbon-black-containing slurry solution with each other in a liquid phase and drying the resultant mixture, a dry rubber made mainly of a polybutadiene rubber, and an oil, wherein when the total amount of rubber components in the rubber composition is regarded as 100 parts by mass, the natural rubber is contained in an amount of 50 parts or more by mass, and the polybutadiene rubber is contained in an amount of 20 to 50 parts by mass, and the oil has a pour point of −10 C or lower, and an aniline point of 90 C or higher, and the blend amount of the oil is from 15 to 40 parts by mass for 100 parts by mass of the rubber components.
Abstract:
A method of producing a coagulated latex composite. A coagulating mixture of a first elastomer latex and a particulate filler slurry is flowed along a conduit, and a second elastomer latex is introduced into the flow of the coagulating mixture.
Abstract:
A rubber composition for a run-flat tire comprises from 20 to 100 parts by weight of a reinforcing filler per 100 parts by weight of a diene rubber containing from 10 to 80 wt. % of butadiene rubber and from 10 to 40 wt. % of natural rubber; wherein the reinforcing filler contains at least 50 wt. % of carbon black; a mode diameter Dst in a mass distribution curve of a Stokes diameter of aggregates of the carbon black is at least 145 nm; a nitrogen adsorption specific surface area N2SA is from 45 to 70 m2/g; and a ratio N2SA/IA of the nitrogen adsorption specific surface area N2SA to an iodine adsorption IA (units: mg/g) is from 1.00 to 1.40.
Abstract:
The resin composition according to the present invention contains a polyacetal resin having a specific molecular weight distribution, a specific carbon black, and an alkaline metal wherein the contents of the carbon black and the alkaline metal are in specific ranges. The molded article according to the present invention contains the resin composition.
Abstract:
Problem: To provide a rubber composition for use in tire treads by which rubber hardness, elastic modulus and rubber strength in the high-temperature state can be enhanced to or beyond conventional levels while dry grip performance is maintained.Means of Solution: A rubber composition in which from 80 to 150 parts by weight of carbon black having a nitrogen adsorption specific surface area of from 200 to 400 m2/g is compounded per 100 parts by weight of styrene-butadiene rubber including from 60% to 100% by weight of solution-polymerized styrene-butadiene rubber S-SBR1 and from 40% to 0% by weight of solution-polymerized styrene-butadiene rubber S-SBR2 so as to result in a total of 100% by weight, the styrene quantity of the S-SBR1 being from 30% to 38% by weight, the vinyl quantity of the S-SBR1 being from 60% to 80% by weight, the glass transition temperature of the S-SBR1 being from −20° C. to −5° C., the weight-average molecular weight of the S-SBR1 being from 1,000,000 to 1,800,000, the glass transition temperature of the S-SBR2 being not less than −30° C. and less than −20° C., and the weight-average molecular weight of the S-SBR2 being from 1,000,000 to 1,800,000.
Abstract:
A composition formed by compounding from 55 to 75 parts by mass of a carbon black (1) having a nitrogen adsorption surface area of at least 35 m2/g and less than 50 m2/g and from 5 to 20 parts by mass of a carbon black (2) having a nitrogen adsorption surface area of at least 50 m2/g and at most 95 m2/g with 100 parts by mass of a rubber component including from 30 to 70 mass % of butadiene rubber having a cis-1,4 bond content of at least 97% and a Mooney viscosity (ML1+4) of at least 45 at 100° C., a ratio (T-cp)/(ML1+4) of the viscosity of a 5 mass % toluene solution at 25° C. (T-cp) [cps] to the Mooney viscosity being at least 2.0, and from 30 to 70 mass % of other diene rubbers; the total of the carbon blacks (1) and (2) being from 60 to 95 parts by mass.
Abstract:
The calcium carbonate filler for a resin is provided in which a volatile component such as water present in a surface of calcium carbonate is likely to be degassed even when the filler is incorporated into and kneaded with a resin having high processing temperature at a high concentration, and foaming or the like can be suppressed. In particular, the calcium carbonate filler is useful in optical fields that require reflectivity and light resistance.The calcium carbonate filler for a resin has a content rate of particles having a particle diameter of 0.26 μm or less is 30% or less in a number particle size distribution diameter measured from an electron micrograph, and satisfies the following expressions (a) Dms5/Dmv5≦3.0, (b) 1.0≦Sw≦10.0 (m2/g) and (c) Dma≦5.0 (% by volume): Dms5: a 5% diameter (μm) accumulated from a small particle side in a volume particle size distribution measured with a laser diffraction particle size distribution measurement device; Dmv5: a 5% diameter (μm) accumulated from a small particle side in a number particle size distribution in a particle diameter measured with an electron microscope; Sw: a BET specific surface area (m2/g); and Dma: a content rate (% by volume) of particles having a particle diameter of 3 μm or more in a volume particle size distribution measured with a laser diffraction particle size distribution measurement device.
Abstract:
A composition of matter is provided, including anhydrite calcium sulfate whiskers having a mean aspect ratio of at least 30. Another composition of matter is provided, including alpha-derived anhydrite calcium sulfate whiskers. Yet another composition of matter is provided, including fine alpha particle-derived anhydrite calcium sulfate whiskers.