Rubber compound for tire tread and method for the preparation thereof
US7470743B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 19, 2005 |
| Grant date | Dec 30, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 19, 2025 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC08K3/36
- WIPO fieldMacromolecular chemistry, polymers
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A crosslinkable or crosslinked rubber composition is described which includes a diene elastomer having a mass content of cyclic vinyl units of greater than 15%, and which may be used to form a tire tread. Also described is a tire tread and a tire incorporating the tread. The composition contains a linear or branched diene elastomer derived from at least one conjugated diene, and a reinforcing filler. The elastomer has cyclic vinyl units according to a mass content of greater than or equal to 15% and a number-average molecular weight of from 30,000 to 350,000 g/mol. The elastomer may be obtained by anionic polymerization of one or more monomers including a conjugated diene in an inert hydrocarbon solvent with a catalytic system including an organolithium initiator and a polar agent with several heteroatoms. The reaction may be performed batchwise where the polar agent:initiator molar ratio is greater than 8, or continuously where the polar agent:initiator molar ratio is greater than or equal to 3.
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