Abstract:
This invention provides a rubber composition highly balancing flexibility at a low temperature and a low rolling resistance, which is formed by compounding a low-molecular weight conjugated diene-based polymer (B) having at least one functional group, an aromatic vinyl compound content of less than 5% by mass and a weight average molecular weight as measured without terminating by modification through a gel permeation chromatography and converted to polystyrene of not less than 2,000 but less than 150,000 and a filler (C) into a high-molecular weight rubber component (A) having a weight average molecular weight as measured without terminating by modification through a gel permeation chromatography and converted to polystyrene of not less than 150,000.
Abstract:
This invention provides a rubber composition highly balancing flexibility at a low temperature and a low rolling resistance, which is formed by compounding a low-molecular weight conjugated diene-based polymer (B) having at least one functional group, an aromatic vinyl compound content of less than 5% by mass and a weight average molecular weight as measured without terminating by modification through a gel permeation chromatography and converted to polystyrene of not less than 2,000 but less than 150,000 and a filler (C) into a high-molecular weight rubber component (A) having a weight average molecular weight as measured without terminating by modification through a gel permeation chromatography and converted to polystyrene of not less than 150,000.
Abstract:
This invention provides a rubber composition being excellent in the workability during production and the heat resistance and high in the storage elastic modulus (G′) and small in the loss tangent (tan δ), which is formed by compounding 1-60 parts by mass of a low-molecular weight conjugated diene-based polymer (B) having a weight average molecular weight as measured through a gel permeation chromatography and converted to polystyrene of 10,000-200,000 and a vinyl bond content in a conjugated diene compound portion of not less than 40% based on 100 parts by mass of a rubber component (A) comprised of at least one selected from the group consisting of natural rubber, polyisoprene rubber, styrene-butadiene copolymer rubber, polybutadiene rubber and isobutylene isoprene rubber, wherein the rubber component (A) comprises natural rubber and/or polyisoprene rubber and a proportion of styrene units in total of the low-molecular weight conjugated diene-based polymer (B) is less than 5% by mass.
Abstract:
This invention provides a rubber composition being excellent in the workability during production and the heat resistance and high in the storage elastic modulus (G′) and small in the loss tangent (tan δ), which is formed by compounding 1-60 parts by mass of a low-molecular weight conjugated diene-based polymer (B) having a weight average molecular weight as measured through a gel permeation chromatography and converted to polystyrene of 10,000-200,000 and a vinyl bond content in a conjugated diene compound portion of not less than 40% based on 100 parts by mass of a rubber component (A) comprised of at least one selected from the group consisting of natural rubber, polyisoprene rubber, styrene-butadiene copolymer rubber, polybutadiene rubber and isobutylene isoprene rubber, wherein the rubber component (A) comprises natural rubber and/or polyisoprene rubber and a proportion of styrene units in total of the low-molecular weight conjugated diene-based polymer (B) is less than 5% by mass.
Abstract:
A process for simply and inexpensively producing a conjugated diene polymer with a narrow molecular weight distribution and a high cis-bond content at a low cost is provided. The process comprises a polymerization step, wherein a conjugated diene polymer having a cis-1,4-bond content of 98.5 mass % or more and a ratio (Mw/Mn) of the weight average molecular weight (Mw) to the number average molecular weight (Mn) measured by gel permeation chromatography of 2.5 or less is obtained by carrying out a polymerization reaction in conjugated diene compounds using a catalyst composition containing a rare earth element-containing compound or a reaction product of the rare earth element-containing compound with a Lewis base, an aluminoxane and/or organoaluminum compound, and an iodine-containing compound.
Abstract:
A process for producing a modified polymer that exhibits low rolling resistance, excellent mechanical properties (e.g., tensile strength), high wet-skid resistance, and excellent wear resistance when vulcanized, a modified polymer obtained by the process, and a rubber composition containing the same. The process includes subjecting an alkali metal active end of a conjugated diene polymer to a modification reaction with an alkoxysilane compound, the conjugated diene polymer being produced by subjecting a diene monomer or a diene monomer and a monomer other than the diene monomer to anionic polymerization in a hydrocarbon solvent using an alkali metal initiator, and subjecting the resulting product to a condensation reaction in the presence of a condensation accelerator that includes a compound of at least one element among the elements of the groups 4A (excluding Ti), 2B, 3B, and 5B of the periodic table.
Abstract:
A method for preparing a functionalized polymer comprising the steps of preparing a polymer by polymerizing conjugated diene monomer with a lanthanide-based catalyst, wherein the lanthanide-based catalyst comprises (a) a lanthanide compound, (b) an alkylating agent, and (c) a source of halogen, and reacting the pseudo-living polymer with at least one amide-containing functionalizing agent.
Abstract:
A rubber composition comprising as a rubber component a specified styrene-butadiene copolymer (A) and a styrene-isoprene copolymer of a specified hydrogenation ratio (B) wherein a bound styrene content of the copolymer (B) is larger by a given value than a bound styrene content of the copolymer (A) is good in the wear resistance and fracture property and further excellent in the wet-skid resistance and dry gripping property.
Abstract:
A catalyst composition that is the combination of or the reaction product of ingredients comprising (a) an lanthanide compound, (b) an alkylating agent, (c) a nickel-containing compound, and optionally (d) a halogen-containing compound, with the proviso that the halogen-containing compound must be present where none of the lanthanide compound, the alkylating agent, and the nickel-containing compound contain a labile halogen atom.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a run-flat tire employing a rubber composition capable of improving processability without reducing the durability during run-flat traveling. More specifically, the present invention relates to a run-flat tire comprising a bead filler 7 and a pair of side-reinforcing rubber layers 8. At least one of the bead filler 7 and the side-reinforcing rubber layer 8 employs a rubber composition obtained by adding 3 to 10 parts by mass of sulfur and 0.1 to 30 parts by mass of a low-molecular-weight conjugated diene-based polymer (B) having a weight average molecular weight in the range of 2,000 to 10,000, to 100 parts by mass of a rubber component (A) containing at least a natural rubber or polyisoprene rubber and having a weight average molecular weight in the range of 150,000 to 2,000,000.