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A rubber composition

Assignee: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co Ltd
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Filing: 1988-11-15
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2008-11-15
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Abstract

Abstract The polymeric ingredient of the inventive-rubber composi­tion is an acrylic polymer modified with a mercapto-containing or­ganopolysiloxane by the emulsion polymerization of an acrylic monomer in an aqueous emulsion of the organopolysiloxane. Cha­racteristically, the acrylic monomer is copolymerized with another monomer having an active halogen atom or an epoxy group. By virtue of this unique formulation of the rubbery polymer, the in­ventive rubber composition prepared by compounding the rubbery polymer with a reinforcing filler and a curing agent can be vulcan­ized to give a vulcanizate having excellent mechanical properties, heat resistance, oil resistance and cold resistance as a combination of the features of silicone rubbers and acrylic rubbers.

Inventors

  • 👤 Kunio Itoh
  • 👤 Motoo Fukushima
  • 👤 Tsutomu Nakamura
  • 👤 Hiroyuki Ohata
  • 👤 Harukazu Okuda

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction EP
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-08 12:55
CPC Classifications
C; C08; C08L; C08L83/00; C08L83/10; C08F; C08F283/00; C08F283/12; C08F283/122; C08K; C08K13/00; C08K13/02; C08L51/00; C08L51/08; C08L51/085

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim 227 words
A rubber composition which comprises, in admixture: (a) 100 parts by weight of an organopolysiloxane-modified acrylic copolymer, which is obtained by a process including the steps of (1) emulsifying an organopolysiloxane represented by the average unit formula R a SiO (4-a)/2 , in which R is a substituted or unsubstituted monovalent hydrocar­bon group, from 0.0025 to 10% by moles of the groups denoted by R in a molecule being each a monovalent hydrocarbon group substi­tuted with a mercapto group, and the subscript a is a positive num­ber in the range from 1.98 to 2.02, in a aqueous medium to pre­pare an aqueous emulsion of the organopolysiloxane, (2) adding an acrylic monomer and a second monomer having an active halogen atom or an epoxy group in a molecule and co­polymerizable with the acrylic monomer in an amount in the range from 0.1 to 10% by moles based on the acrylic monomer to the aqueous emulsion of the organopolysiloxane, (3) adding a radical polymerization initiator to the aqueous emulsion, and (4) agitating the aqueous emulsion of the organopolysilox­ane containing the acrylic monomer, second monomer and radical polymerization initiator to effect copolymerization of the mono­mers; (b) from 10 to 200 parts by weight of a reinforcing filler having a specific surface area of at least 30 m²/g; and (c) from 0.1 to 10 parts by weight of a crosslinking agent.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 227 words
A rubber composition which comprises, in admixture: (a) 100 parts by weight of an organopolysiloxane-modified acrylic copolymer, which is obtained by a process including the steps of (1) emulsifying an organopolysiloxane represented by the average unit formula R a SiO (4-a)/2 , in which R is a substituted or unsubstituted monovalent hydrocar­bon group, from 0.0025 to 10% by moles of the groups denoted by R in a molecule being each a monovalent hydrocarbon group substi­tuted with a mercapto group, and the subscript a is a positive num­ber in the range from 1.98 to 2.02, in a aqueous medium to pre­pare an aqueous emulsion of the organopolysiloxane, (2) adding an acrylic monomer and a second monomer having an active halogen atom or an epoxy group in a molecule and co­polymerizable with the acrylic monomer in an amount in the range from 0.1 to 10% by moles based on the acrylic monomer to the aqueous emulsion of the organopolysiloxane, (3) adding a radical polymerization initiator to the aqueous emulsion, and (4) agitating the aqueous emulsion of the organopolysilox­ane containing the acrylic monomer, second monomer and radical polymerization initiator to effect copolymerization of the mono­mers; (b) from 10 to 200 parts by weight of a reinforcing filler having a specific surface area of at least 30 m²/g; and (c) from 0.1 to 10 parts by weight of a crosslinking agent.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 24 words
The rubber composition as claimed in claim 1 wherein the or­ganopolysiloxane-modified acrylic polymer contains from 10 to 90% by weight of the organopolysiloxane moiety.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 25 words
The rubber composition as claimed in claim 1 wherein the second monomer copolymerizable with the acrylic monomer is a monomer having an active halogen atom.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 26 words
The rubber composition as claimed in claim 3 wherein the second monomer copolymerizable with the acrylic monomer and having an active halogen atom is vinyl chloroacetate.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 18 words
The rubber composition as claimed in claim 3 wherein the crosslinking agent is a di- or trithiol-s-triazine compound.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 18 words
The rubber composition as claimed in claim 1 wherein the reinforcing filler is a finely divided silica filler.

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