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Rubber composition for tire tread

US4908401A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateDec 21, 1988
Grant dateMar 13, 1990
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Expiry dateDec 21, 2008

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY02T10/86
  • WIPO fieldMacromolecular chemistry, polymers
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A rubber composition comprising 40 to 100 parts by weight of carbon black per 100 parts by weight of a rubber component, PA0 (a) the rubber composition being characterized in that the rubber component contains, in 100 parts by weight thereof, at least 20 parts by weight of a block copolymer prepared by solution polymerization and comprising one unit of butadiene rubber portion and one unit of random-copolymerized styrene-butadiene rubber portion, the butadiene rubber portion having a vinyl content of 15 to 50%, the styrene-butadiene rubber portion having a vinyl content of 20 to 70% and a styrene content of 30 to 60%, the block copolymer having in its entirety a vinyl content of 15 to 60% and a styrene content of 5 to 30% at least 40% of the copolymer being coupled with a tin compound so that the coupled copolymer has a butadiene rubber terminal, the coupled copolymer having only a single Tg at a temperature of up to -60.degree. C., PA1 0 to 80 parts by weight of natural rubber, synthetic polyisoprene rubber, synthetic polybutadiene rubber, synthetic styrene-butadiene rubber, modified products of thers rubbers, or mixtures thereof; PA0 (b) the rubber composition being further chara…

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