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Silicone rubber compositions

Assignee: Shin-Etsu Chemical Co Ltd
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Filing: 1994-06-29
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Granted: 1996-05-28
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Expires: 2014-06-29
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Abstract

Abstract A rubber compound comprising (A) an organopolysiloxane having at least two alkenyl groups in a molecule and (B) reinforcing silica powder is blended with (C) silicone elastomer particles obtained by reacting an organohydrogenpolysiloxane with a vinyl group-containing organopolysiloxane such that the molar ratio of 3BOND SiH group to -CH=CH2 group ranges from 1.2 to 5 and (D) a platinum catalyst to form a silicone rubber composition which cures into a product having high rubber strength despite the inclusion of silicone elastomer particles. The composition finds typical use as silicone rubber parts in copying machines.

Inventors

  • 👤 Satao Hirabayashi
  • 👤 Yoshinori Inokuchi
  • 👤 Tsutomu Nakamura

Bibliographic Details

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CPC Classifications
C; C08; C08L; C08L83/00; C08L83/04; C08G; C08G77/00; C08G77/04; C08G77/12; C08G77/20; C08G77/70

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 17
Claim 1
Independent Claim 139 words
A silicone rubber composition comprising (A) 100 parts by weight of an organopolysiloxane of the following compositional formula: R.sub.n.sup.1 SiO.sub.(4-n)/2 ( 1) wherein R 1 is independently selected from monovalent substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbon groups and letter n is a positive number in the range of from 1.98 to 2.02, having at least two aliphatic unsaturated groups in a molecule, (B) about 5 to about 70 parts by weight of reinforcing silica powder having a specific surface area of at least 50 m 2 /g, (C) about 5 to about 200 parts by weight of silicone elastomer particles obtained by reacting an organohydrogenpolysiloxane with a vinyl group-containing organopolysiloxane such that the molar ratio of .tbd.SiH group to --CH═CH 2 group ranges from 1.2 to 5, and (D) a platinum series catalyst optionally in admixture with an organic peroxide catalyst.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 139 words
A silicone rubber composition comprising (A) 100 parts by weight of an organopolysiloxane of the following compositional formula: R.sub.n.sup.1 SiO.sub.(4-n)/2 ( 1) wherein R 1 is independently selected from monovalent substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbon groups and letter n is a positive number in the range of from 1.98 to 2.02, having at least two aliphatic unsaturated groups in a molecule, (B) about 5 to about 70 parts by weight of reinforcing silica powder having a specific surface area of at least 50 m 2 /g, (C) about 5 to about 200 parts by weight of silicone elastomer particles obtained by reacting an organohydrogenpolysiloxane with a vinyl group-containing organopolysiloxane such that the molar ratio of .tbd.SiH group to --CH═CH 2 group ranges from 1.2 to 5, and (D) a platinum series catalyst optionally in admixture with an organic peroxide catalyst.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 38 words
The composition of claim 1 wherein said silicone elastomer particles are obtained by reacting an organohydrogenpolysiloxane with a vinyl group-containing organopolysiloxane such that the molar ratio of .tbd.SiH group to --CH═CH 2 group ranges from 1.5 to 3.5.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 22 words
The composition of claim 1 wherein said silicone elastomer particles have a mean particle size of about 0.1 to about 250 μm.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 38 words
The composition of claim 1 wherein said platinum series catalyst (D) is present in such an amount to give about 1 to 2,000 parts by weight of elemental platinum per million parts by weight of the organopolysiloxane (A).
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 15 words
The composition of claim 1, wherein the silicone elastomer particles are spherical silicone elastomer particles.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 31 words
The composition of claim 5, wherein said spherical silicone elastomer particles are obtained by emulsion polymerization of the organohydrogenpolysiloxane and the vinyl group-containing organopolysiloxane in the presence of a platinum catalyst.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 23 words
The composition of claim 5, wherein said spherical silicone elastomer particles have a mean particle size of about 0.1 to about 250 μm.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 25 words
The composition of claim 1, wherein, in component (A), R 1 is a substituted or unsubstituted monovalent hydrocarbon group of 1 to 10 carbon atoms.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 28 words
The composition of claim 8, wherein, in component (A), R 1 is an alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl, phenyl or tolyl group, optionally substituted by halogen atoms or cyano groups.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 25 words
The composition of claim 1, wherein the reinforcing silica powder, (B), has a specific surface area of about 100 to about 300 m 2 /g.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim 84 words
The composition of claim 1, wherein the vinyl group-containing organopolysiloxane used to obtain the silicone elastomer particles is of the following formula (2): ##STR2## wherein R 2 and R 3 are the same or different substituted or unsubstituted monovalent hydrocarbon groups and n is a positive integer of 1 to 1000; and, the organohydrogenpolysiloxane used to obtain the silicone elastomer particles has at least two hydrogen atoms bonded to silicon atoms in a molecule and has a degree of polymerization of at most 300.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim 35 words
The composition of claim 11, wherein, in the organopolysiloxane of formula (2), R 2 and R 3 are independently an alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl, phenyl or tolyl group, optionally substituted by halogen atoms or cyano groups.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim 32 words
The composition of claim 1, wherein the silicone elastomer particles (C) are present in an amount of 10 to 150 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the organopolysiloxane (A).
Claim 15
Dependent Claim 20 words
The composition of claim 1, wherein component (D) contains a platinum series catalyst in admixture with an organic peroxide catalyst.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim 21 words
The composition of claim 14, which contains no organohydrogenpolysiloxane component, other than that used to prepare the silicone elastomer particles, (C).
Claim 17
Dependent Claim 30 words
The composition of claim 14, wherein the organic peroxide is present in an amount of 0.1 to 5 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the organopolysiloxane (A).

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