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Tire rubber composition

Assignee: Toyo Tire Corp
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Filing: 1984-07-20
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Granted: 1985-10-29
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Expires: 2004-07-20
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Abstract

Abstract A rubber tire composition, comprising: from 20 to 150 parts by weight of carbon black incorporated in 100 parts by weight of rubber; at least 30 parts by weight of said rubber being a star type solution polymerized random styrene-butadiene copolymer rubber comprising 10% to 20% by weight of styrene units and the balance of butadiene units; said styrene units having at least 40% by weight of the single isolated styrene units which are separated from each other and 5% by weight or less of the styrene units in the form of long chain blocks each consisting of 8 or more styrene units bound to each other, based on the entire weight of said styrene units in the copolymer; said butadiene units having 35% to 50% by mole of butadiene units in the form of 1,2-vinyl structure based on the entire mole of said butadiene units in the copolymer; said styrene-butadiene copolymer rubber having the ratio (Mw/Mn) of 1.2 to 3.5, wherein Mw and Mn represent the weight average and number average molecular weights, respectively; and said styrene-butadiene copolymer rubber having a coupling efficiency of 40% or more; and said carbon black being a furnace carbon black having (1) a specific surface area (N 2 SA) in the range of 75 to 105 as measured by nitrogen adsorption technique, (2) the difference between said N 2 SA value and the measured iodine adsorption value (IA) being at least 15 (i.e., N 2 SA-IA≧15) and (3) the difference between said N 2 SA value and the measured specific surface area (CTAB) as determined by the cetyltrimethylammonium bromide adsorption technique being not greater than 5 (i.e., N 2 SA-CTAB≦5); said furnace carbon black also having a dibutyl phthalate adsorption value (24M4 DBP) of not greater than 110 (ml/100 g) and a tinting strength (Tint) of 90 to 110, provided that the difference (ΔTint) between the measured Tint and the calculated Tint of the furnace carbon black is not greater than -3 [i.e., (measured Tint)-(calculated Tint)≦-3].

Inventors

  • 👤 Satoshi Iwama
  • 👤 Mitsuaki Hashiyama

Bibliographic Details

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CPC Classifications
C; C08; C08L; C08L7/00; B; B60; B60C; B60C1/00; B60C1/0016; C08L53/00; C08L53/02; C08L9/00; C08L9/06; C08K; C08K3/00; C08K3/02; C08K3/04; Y; Y02; Y02T; Y02T10/00; Y02T10/80; Y02T10/86

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 5
Claim 1
Independent Claim 364 words
A rubber tire composition, comprising: from 20-150 parts by weight of carbon black incorporated in 100 parts by weight of rubber; said rubber comprising at least 30 parts by weight of a star type solution polymerized, random styrene-butadiene copolymer rubber and no more than 70 parts by weight of at least one other diene rubber, said random styrene-butadiene copolymer rubber comprising 10% to 20% by weight of styrene units and the balance of butadiene units; said styrene units having at least 40% by weight of the single isolated styrene units which are separated from each other and 5% by weight or less of the styrene units in the form of long chain blocks each consisting of 8 or more styrene units bound to each other, based on the entire weight of said styrene units in the copolymer; said butadiene units having 35% to 50% by mole of butadiene units in the form of 1,2-vinyl structure based on the entire mole of said butadiene units in the copolymer; said styrene-butadiene copolymer rubber having the ratio (Mw/Mn) of 1.2 to 3.5, wherein Mw and Mn represent the weight average and number average molecular weights, respectively; and said styrene-butadiene copolymer rubber having a coupling efficiency of 40% or more; and said carbon black being a furnace carbon black having (1) a specific surface area (N 2 SA) in the range of 75 to 105 as measured by nitrogen adsorption technique, (2) the difference between said N 2 SA value and the measured iodine adsorption value (IA) being at least 15, as represented by the formula N 2 SA-IA≧15, and (3) the difference between said N 2 SA value and the measured specific surface area (CTAB) as determined by the cetyltrimethylammonium bromide adsorption technique being not greater than 5, as represented by the formula N 2 SA-CTAB≦5; said furnace carbon black also having a dibutyl phthalate adsorption value (24M4 DBP) of not greater than 110 (ml/100 g) and a tinting strength (Tint) of 90 to 110, provided that the difference (Δ Tint) between the measured Tint and the calculated Tint of the furnace carbon black is not greater than -3, as represented by the formula (measured Tint)-(calculated Tint)≦-3.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 364 words
A rubber tire composition, comprising: from 20-150 parts by weight of carbon black incorporated in 100 parts by weight of rubber; said rubber comprising at least 30 parts by weight of a star type solution polymerized, random styrene-butadiene copolymer rubber and no more than 70 parts by weight of at least one other diene rubber, said random styrene-butadiene copolymer rubber comprising 10% to 20% by weight of styrene units and the balance of butadiene units; said styrene units having at least 40% by weight of the single isolated styrene units which are separated from each other and 5% by weight or less of the styrene units in the form of long chain blocks each consisting of 8 or more styrene units bound to each other, based on the entire weight of said styrene units in the copolymer; said butadiene units having 35% to 50% by mole of butadiene units in the form of 1,2-vinyl structure based on the entire mole of said butadiene units in the copolymer; said styrene-butadiene copolymer rubber having the ratio (Mw/Mn) of 1.2 to 3.5, wherein Mw and Mn represent the weight average and number average molecular weights, respectively; and said styrene-butadiene copolymer rubber having a coupling efficiency of 40% or more; and said carbon black being a furnace carbon black having (1) a specific surface area (N 2 SA) in the range of 75 to 105 as measured by nitrogen adsorption technique, (2) the difference between said N 2 SA value and the measured iodine adsorption value (IA) being at least 15, as represented by the formula N 2 SA-IA≧15, and (3) the difference between said N 2 SA value and the measured specific surface area (CTAB) as determined by the cetyltrimethylammonium bromide adsorption technique being not greater than 5, as represented by the formula N 2 SA-CTAB≦5; said furnace carbon black also having a dibutyl phthalate adsorption value (24M4 DBP) of not greater than 110 (ml/100 g) and a tinting strength (Tint) of 90 to 110, provided that the difference (Δ Tint) between the measured Tint and the calculated Tint of the furnace carbon black is not greater than -3, as represented by the formula (measured Tint)-(calculated Tint)≦-3.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 19 words
The composition of claim 1, wherein said star type solution polymerized styrene-butadiene copolymer rubber is coupled with tin tetrachloride.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 36 words
The composition of claim 1, which further comprises at least one additive selected from the group consisting of a vulcanizing agent, a vulcanization acceleration aid, a vulcanization accelerator, an anti-oxidant, a softening agent and a filler.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 20 words
The composition of claim 1, wherein said composition further contains 70 parts by weight or less of other diene rubber.

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