Abstract:
A conductive thermoplastic elastomer composition including a continuous phase and first and second uncontinuous phases. The continuous phase and the first and second uncontinuous phases form a sea-island structure; and the first and second uncontinuous phases independently forming island structures. In this structure, the continuous phase contains a composition (A) which is a mixture of a thermoplastic elastomer and a thermoplastic resin; the first continuous phase contains a rubber component (B) containing at least one of diene rubber and ethylene-propylene-diene rubber; and the second continuous phase contains an ethylene oxide-propylene oxide-allyl glycidyl ether copolymer containing an anion-containing salt having a fluoro group and a sulfonyl group (component (C)).
Abstract:
A rubber composition for a tire improving friction performance on ice and a pneumatic tire comprising the same are provided. A rubber composition for a tire comprising 0.5 to 20 parts by weight of a nonmetallic fiber having an average fiber diameter of 1 to 100 μm and an average fiber length of 0.1 to 5 mm, and 0.5 to 30 parts by weight of a filler having at least 2 projections and an average length of the projections of at least 10 μm based on 100 parts by weight of a diene rubber, and a pneumatic tire comprising the same.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a conductive elastomer material from which a molded material having good conductivity and excellent bending resistance can be obtained. This conductive elastomer material is capable of reducing variations in in-plane electrical resistively of sheet-like molded articles. Specifically disclosed is a conductive elastomer material which is characterized by being obtained by dispersing carbon nanotubes into a base component which is composed only of a thermoplastic elastomer. The conductive elastomer material is also characterized in that the carbon nanotubes have a diameter of 30-300 nm and an aspect ratio of 10-1000, and 0.01-10 parts by mass of the carbon nanotubes are blended per 100 parts by mass of the base component.
Abstract:
A pneumatic tire having extremely excellent performance on ice and a rubber composition for a tire tread capable of preparing the same are provided. A rubber composition for a tire tread comprising 0.5 to 15 parts by weight of a nonmetallic fiber having an average fiber diameter of 1 to 100 μm and an average length of 0.1 to 5 mm and 0.5 to 30 parts by weight of a powder of eggshell based on 100 parts by weight of a diene rubber, and a pneumatic tire comprising the same.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a pneumatic tire that achieves, without degrading the steering stability, the reduction in road noise due to tire vibration when a vehicle drives on a rough road surface. The present pneumatic tire is characterized in that a tread portion is formed by at least two layers consisting of cap rubber on a road-contact surface side and base rubber on a side adjacent to a belt layer, that hollow particles having a mean particle diameter of at most 500 &mgr;m are mixed in a volume ratio of 2% to 40% into the base rubber, and that a thickness of the base rubber is made to be at least 1.0 mm.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a rubber composition for a tire, which results in both excellent fuel economy and high wet grip performance as well as good abrasion resistance; and a pneumatic tire formed from the rubber composition. The present invention relates to a rubber composition for a tire, the rubber composition containing a modified styrene butadiene rubber formed using a specific nitrogen-containing compound as a monomer, silica, and a specific amount of a diene rubber gel.
Abstract:
A rubber component containing at least one of diene rubber and ethylene-propylene-diene rubber is dynamically crosslinked. Thereby the rubber component is dispersed in a mixture of a thermoplastic elastomer and a thermoplastic resin. An ethylene oxide-propylene oxide-allyl glycidyl ether and an anion-containing salt having fluoro groups and sulfonyl groups are added to the elastomer composition to obtain a conductive dynamically crosslinked thermoplastic elastomer composition. A mixture of the obtained conductive dynamically crosslinked thermoplastic elastomer composition and a micro-capsule composed of a polymer, having acrylic groups, which forms an outer shell thereof is molded to obtain a conductive roller having Shore A hardness specified in JIS K6253 not more than 40 measured at 23° C.
Abstract:
A rubber component containing at least one of diene rubber and ethylene-propylene-diene rubber is dynamically crosslinked. Thereby the rubber component is dispersed in a mixture of a thermoplastic elastomer and a thermoplastic resin. An ethylene oxide-propylene oxide-allyl glycidyl ether and an anion-containing salt having fluoro groups and sulfonyl groups are added to the elastomer composition to obtain a conductive dynamically crosslinked thermoplastic elastomer composition. A mixture of the obtained conductive dynamically crosslinked thermoplastic elastomer composition and a micro-capsule composed of a polymer, having acrylic groups, which forms an outer shell thereof is molded to obtain a conductive roller having Shore A hardness specified in JIS K6253 not more than 40 measured at 23° C.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a rubber composition for a tire which can achieve both high levels of fuel economy and abrasion resistance, as well as excellent wet grip performance; and a pneumatic tire produced using the rubber composition. The rubber composition for a tire includes a rubber component that includes 5% by mass or more of a modified styrene butadiene rubber containing a constitutional unit derived from a specific nitrogen-containing compound in a main chain, based on 100% by mass of the rubber component; silica; and a compound represented by the following formula (I): R20—S—S-A-S—S—R21 (I) wherein A represents a C2 to C10 alkylene group, and R20 and R21 are the same as or different from each other, each representing a monovalent organic group that contains a nitrogen atom.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a conductive elastomer material from which a molded material having good conductivity and excellent bending resistance can be obtained. This conductive elastomer material is capable of reducing variations in in-plane electrical resistively of sheet-like molded articles. Specifically disclosed is a conductive elastomer material which is characterized by being obtained by dispersing carbon nanotubes into a base component which is composed only of a thermoplastic elastomer. The conductive elastomer material is also characterized in that the carbon nanotubes have a diameter of 30-300 nm and an aspect ratio of 10-1000, and 0.01-10 parts by mass of the carbon nanotubes are blended per 100 parts by mass of the base component.