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Rubber composition for use in tire tread comprising a rubber component, carbon black and process oil

US4791178A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 27, 1987
Grant dateDec 13, 1988
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Expiry dateOct 27, 2007

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S152/905
  • WIPO fieldMacromolecular chemistry, polymers
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A rubber composition for use in tire is disclosed which contains at least 30% by weight, relative to the entire rubber component, of a conjugated diene-monovinyl aromatic hydrocarbon copolymer which uses an organic lithium compound as an initiator. A percentage of vinyl bonds in conjugated diene units in the copolymer molecules is from 50 to 95% and the content of the monovinyl aromatic hydrocarbon units is from 10 to 50% by weight. As physical properties of the vulcanized rubber of the rubber composition, aromatic hydrocarbon copolymer, 200% tensile modulus is from 5 to 50 kgf/cm.sup.2 and a temperture integrated value of a loss tangent, ##EQU1## is from 16 to 56. The tread rubber composition is suitable for a tread of high performance tires, and is excellent in fracture strength, thermal resistance, wear resistance, and road gripping property.

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