Abstract: A tire tread rubber composition includes: diene rubber containing three kinds of rubber (E-SBR, modified S-SBR, and natural rubber (NR)) in a total amount of 80% by weight or more; and a filler in an amount of 100 to 140 parts by weight based on 100 parts by weight of the diene rubber, the filler containing 70% by weight or more of silica, wherein the diene rubber contains 10 to 25% by weight of the natural rubber, the weight ratio of the three kinds of rubber (E-SBR:modified S-SBR:NR) is 1 to 2:2.5 to 4:1, the styrene content of the E-SBR and the modified S-SBR is 35 to 40% by weight, and the difference between the glass transition temperature of the E-SBR and the glass transition temperature of the modified S-SBR is 10° C. or lower.

Abstract: A rubber composition for the manufacture of tires, based on a blend of at least one diene elastomer chosen from natural rubber and synthetic polyisoprene and of one or more diene elastomers chosen from the group consisting of polybutadienes, butadiene copolymers and isoprene copolymers, on one or more reinforcing fillers and on a vulcanization system, the said vulcanization system comprising one or more thiazoline compounds of formula:

Abstract: A curable composition includes components: a) at least one ethylene-propylene-(nonconjugated diene) terpolymer; b) at least one ethylene-propylene copolymer; c) at least one bis(halomethyl)triazine crosslinker; and d) at least one tackifier. A weight ratio of component a) to component b) is in a range of from 15:85 to 85:15. A pressure-sensitive adhesive includes an at least partially crosslinked reaction product of the curable composition. Adhesive articles including the pressure-sensitive adhesive are disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention provides a tire rubber composition which improves in fuel economy, processability, adhesion, and rubber strength in a balanced manner, and a pneumatic tire. The tire rubber composition includes: a rubber component; a plasticizer (a); and at least one of a resin and a plasticizer (b), the resin being at least one selected from the group consisting of aromatic petroleum resins, terpenic resins, and rosin resins. The plasticizer (a) has a glass transition point of ?50° C. or lower. The resin and the plasticizer (b) each have a glass transition point of ?40° C. to 20° C. The tire rubber composition includes, for each 100 parts by mass of the rubber component, 1 to 30 parts by mass of the plasticizer (a) and 1 to 30 parts by mass in total of the at least one of the resin and the plasticizer (b).

Abstract: The invention provides for the use of dry building materials comprising one or more polymers in the form of water-redispersible powders, and optionally mineral binders, optionally fillers and optionally additives, for the surface treatment of cementitious substrates that are as yet not fully set.

Abstract: The present invention provides a rubber composition for a winter tire which improves in performance on ice and snow, wet grip performance, and abrasion resistance in a balanced manner, and also has favorable proccessability; and a winter tire including a tread produced using the rubber composition. The present invention relates to a rubber composition for a winter tire which contains predetermined amounts of natural rubber, butadiene rubber, aromatic oil, silica, and carbon black, and also contains a specific silane coupling agent that includes a linking unit A represented by the following formula (1) and a linking unit B represented by the following formula (2) and has a predetermined content of the linking unit B.

Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus for processing a rubber. The apparatus is equipped with an enclosed kneading chamber; a charging port for charging a material into the kneading chamber; a stirring rotor for stirring the material in the kneading chamber; a control section for automatically controlling the rotational speed of the stirring rotor; and a temperature sensor for detecting an interior temperature of the kneading chamber and outputting the detected information regarding the interior temperature to the control section. The control section automatically controls the rotational speed by a PID control configured to attempt to match the actual temperature with the target temperature until expiration of a control time being set in a state where the material containing a rubber component exists in the kneading chamber, based on the information regarding the actual temperature and information regarding a target temperature being set.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a block copolymer solid in which microphase-separated structures are formed with good productivity. The present invention provides a method for producing a block copolymer solid in which a microphase-separated structure is formed, or an alloy, blend or composite solid containing a block copolymer in which a microphase-separated structure is formed, which comprises the following steps (1) to (3): (1) immersing a block copolymer solid or an alloy, blend or composite solid containing a block copolymer in a solvent in which each component is insoluble; (2) putting the solid obtained in (1) above in a pressure-resistant container; and (3) irradiating the solid or the solvent in (2) above with microwave.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of a silica having a BET specific surface of at least 60 m2/g for increasing the rigidity of a thermoplastic polymeric material while maintaining i.e. improving its impact resistance. The silica used is of the type obtained according to a method involving the drying of a silica suspension obtained by reacting a silicate with an acidulant according to the following successive steps: (i) forming an aqueous starter having a pH between 2 and 5; (ii) simultaneously adding silicate and the acidulant while keeping the pH between 2 and 5; (iii) continuing with only the addition of silicate until a pH between 7 and 10 has been reached; (iv) simultaneously adding silicate and acidulant while keeping the pH of the reaction medium between 7 and 10, and; (v) continuing with only the addition of the acidulant until a pH value lower than 6 has been obtained. The invention also relates to the materials obtained within this scope.

Abstract: Elastomer compositions comprising uncured elastomer and reclaimed elastomer are described. In one embodiment, the compositions comprise reclaimed elastomer material (micronized rubber powder) of broad particle size distribution, which is less expensive than traditional reclaimed elastomer material with narrow particle size distribution. Further, compositions comprising reclaimed elastomer materials with broad particle size distribution perform comparably to those comprising reclaimed elastomer materials with narrow particle size distribution. In other embodiments, the compositions comprise both vulcanized and devulcanized elastomer materials. Advantageously, by using a combination of vulcanized and devulcanized material, it is possible to incorporate a greater percentage by weight of reclaimed material in to an elastomer composition, thus providing additional cost savings while maintaining high levels of mechanical properties.

Abstract: A recycled elastomeric composition that can include a natural rubber, a synthetic elastomeric polymer, or combinations thereof is described herein. The synthetic elastomeric polymer can include butadiene and styrene. The recycled elastomeric composition can also include a compatibilized silica with a coupling agent, a crumb rubber, a carbon black, a filler, and an extender oil. Articles comprising the recycled elastomeric composition can include: floor mats, tires, belts, rollers, footwear, wire or cable jacketing, roof edging, tubulars, and marine impact bumpers.

Abstract: An object of the present invention to provide a rubber composition for sidewall and a tire having sidewall using thereof as well as a rubber composition for clinch and a tire having clinch using thereof that adjust scorch time and suppress surface bloom, reduce rolling resistance, can obtain sufficient rigidity as sidewall and clinch, and can improve elongation at break and durability. The present invention relates to a rubber composition for sidewall and a rubber composition for clinch including specific amount of an alkylphenol-sulfur chloride condensate indicated by the formula (B1): and specific filler, based on a rubber component including specific amount of a natural rubber and/or an isoprene rubber and a butadiene rubber and/or an epoxidized natural rubber, and a tire having sidewall using thereof and clinch using thereof.

Abstract: A rubber composition, in particular intended for the manufacture of tires, based on at least a predominant elastomer, chosen from the group consisting of butyl rubbers, essentially unsaturated diene elastomers, essentially saturated diene elastomers and the mixtures of these elastomers, and a reinforcing filler, characterized in that the composition also comprises graphite and a functionalized or nonfunctionalized polyisobutylene oil, having a molecular weight of between 200 g/mol and 40 000 g/mol, present in a proportion of between 2 and 50 phe.

Abstract: A power transmission belt is provided with a peroxide-cured, polybutadiene-based elastomeric composition. The elastomeric composition includes 100 parts of a rubber derived from 50 to 100 parts by weight of polybutadiene rubber; 0 to 50 parts by weight of at least one other rubber; about 1 to about 20 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of total rubber (phr) of a type I coagent; about 1 to about 20 phr of a type II coagent; and about 0.1 to about 10 phr of a peroxide curing agent.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an adhesive composition comprising a mixture of multi-block copolymers, in particular, an adhesive composition comprising a block copolymer represented by Formula 1, a hydrocarbon adhesive resin and a plasticizer. The adhesive composition according to the present invention can be easily processed due to its low melting point and shows improved adhesive properties such as loop tack, 180° peel strength and holding power.

Abstract: Disclosed are a vibration isolating rubber composition that balances a low dynamic-to-static modulus with high durability, and a vibration isolating rubber that is formed by curing said rubber composition. The vibration isolating rubber composition is characterized by including a diene rubber, and a carbon black and a silica as fillers, and in that the mixing ratio of the carbon black (a) and the silica (b) is (a)/(b)=80/20 to 20/80 (weight ratio).

Abstract: A particulate-filled rubber composition contains at least one silane-reactive particulate filler and a mixture of at least one blocked mercaptosilane coupling agent possessing two thioacyl groups and at least one blocked mercaptosilane possessing a single thioacyl group.

Abstract: The present invention provides to a rubber composition for a breaker topping including 15 to 50 parts by weight of carbon black and 5 to 50 parts by weight of silica based on 100 parts by weight of a rubber component (provided that a butadiene rubber containing 1,2-syndiotactic polybutadiene crystals is not included) including 10 to 45% by weight of a modified butadiene rubber and/or a modified styrene-butadiene rubber and 55 to 90% by weight of a natural rubber and/or an isoprene rubber for the purpose of improving low fuel cost while keeping rigidity, elongation at break and peel strength at high level.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a rubber composition having high breaking strength, excellent in bead durability without the generation of rubber cracking during mounting and demounting of the rim, and excellent in fuel efficiency. The present invention relates a rubber composition for a chafer comprising: (A) a diene rubber comprising (A1) 10 to 60% by mass of a butadiene rubber containing 2.5 to 20% by mass of a 1,2-syndiotactic polybutadiene crystal, (A2) 5 to 50% by mass of a tin-modified butadiene rubber polymerized with a lithium initiator and having 50 to 3000 ppm content of tin atoms, 5 to 50% by mass of vinyl bond amount and a molecular weight distribution of at most 2.0, and (A3) 20 to 75% by mass of a diene rubber other than the butadiene rubber (A1) and the tin-modified butadiene rubber (A2); and (B) 5 to 30 parts by mass of silica (B) based on 100 parts by mass of the diene rubber components, wherein elongation at break of the rubber composition for a chafer is at least 280%.

Abstract: The invention relates to the use of butyl ionomers or partially halogenated butyl ionomers in reducing a population of and/or preventing accumulation of organisms. The organisms may be bacteria, algae, fungi, mollusca or arthropoda. The invention also relates to coatings for shaped articles comprising the butyl ionomers.

Abstract: A method of producing a coagulated latex composite. A coagulating mixture of a first elastomer latex and a particulate filler slurry is flowed along a conduit, and a second elastomer latex is introduced into the flow of the coagulating mixture.

Abstract: A wet mix elastomer composite comprising carbon black dispersed in an elastomer including a blend of a natural rubber and styrene-butadiene rubber. When the wet mix elastomer composite is processed with CTV Method 1, the vulcanized wet mix elastomer composite exhibits a resistivity that A) has a natural logarithm satisfying the equation ln(resistivity)??0.1(loading)+x, where x is 14, or B) is at least 2.9 times greater than the resistivity of a vulcanized dry mix elastomer composite having the same composition and prepared using Comparative CTV Method 1.

Abstract: The invention relates to a silica reinforced rubber composition comprised of low Tg polybutadiene, particularly high cis 1,4-polybutadiene or high trans 1,4-polybutadiene with or without functional groups, and high Tg styrene/butadiene elastomers, particularly functionalized styrene/butadiene, elastomers, together with high Tg liquid unsaturated conjugated diene-based polymer, particularly styrene/butadiene polymer, which can also be functionalized, and high glass transition or softening point temperature (Tm or Tg) resins, particularly high Tg styrene/alpha methylstyrene resin. The invention relates to a tire having a tread comprised of such rubber composition.

Abstract: The present invention provides a polar group-containing copolymer which can provide a rubber composition and a winter tire achieving the abrasion resistance, performance on ice, and handling stability on dry roads in a balanced manner. The present invention relates to a polar group-containing copolymer obtainable by copolymerizing a conjugated diene compound and a polar group-containing vinyl compound, wherein the polar group-containing vinyl compound is a compound that has a polymerizable unsaturated bond and a polar group, wherein any one of carbon atoms forming the polymerizable unsaturated bond and a carbon atom linked to the polar group are connected to each other via at least one carbon atom, and wherein a cis content of the double bond portion of the conjugated diene compound in the polar group-containing copolymer is 80 mol % or more.

Abstract: Crosslinked polyolefin blends, methods for their production, and articles made of the same are provided. In at least one specific embodiment, the polyolefin blends comprise a first polymer formed in a first reactor and a second polymer formed in a second reactor. The first and second polymers, as well as the resulting blend, may comprise units derived from propylene, ethylene, and a diene. The blended composition can then be compounded with one or more coagents, antioxidants, UV sensitizers, and/or other additives and crosslinked, preferably by exposure to UV radiation and/or energetic photons. The crosslinked polymers are particularly useful for making fibers, films, and nonwovens.

Abstract: A microphase-separated structure comprising a block copolymer, which contains at least a block chain A consisting of a monomer A as a repeating unit and a block chain B consisting of a monomer B as a repeating unit, and a solvent, wherein the solvent has a temperature zone 1 where the block chain A and the block chain B are soluble and a temperature zone 2 where the block chain A is insoluble but the block chain B is soluble, and a structural period thereof varies by changing temperature between the temperature zone 1 and the temperature zone 2.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a chafer using a rubber composition for a chafer comprising: (A) a diene rubber comprising (A1) 10 to 60% by mass of a butadiene rubber containing 2.5 to 20% by mass of a 1,2-syndiotactic polybutadiene crystal, (A2) 5 to 50% by mass of a tin-modified butadiene rubber polymerized with a lithium initiator and having 50 to 3000 ppm content of tin atoms, 5 to 50% by mass of vinyl bond amount and a molecular weight distribution of at most 2.0, and (A3) 20 to 75% by mass of a diene rubber other than the butadiene rubber (A1) and the tin-modified butadiene rubber (A2); and (B) 5 to 30 parts by mass of silica; and (C) 30 to 55 parts by mass of carbon black based on 100 parts by mass of the diene rubber components.

Abstract: The invention provides a topping rubber composition for canvas chafer which provides good rim chafing resistance, durability and sheeting processability, and less heat build-up, and a pneumatic tire using the composition. The composition contains a rubber component including at least one selected from: (a) BR containing 2.5-20% by mass of 1,2-syndiotactic polybutadiene crystals, (b) BR having a cis content of 90% by mass or more, and (c) tin-modified BR that is obtained by polymerization with a lithium initiator, and has a tin-atom content of 50-3000 ppm, a vinyl-bond content of 5-50% by mass, and a molecular weight distribution of 2 or less; and carbon black having N2SA of 65-130 m2/g, wherein the total amount of the (a)-(c) is 40-90% by mass per 100% by mass of the rubber component, and the amount of the carbon black is 50-75 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the rubber component.

Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a rubber composition for a tire which can improve the performance on snow and ice, abrasion resistance and tensile strength in a well-balanced manner. The present invention also aims to provide a method for producing the rubber composition and a studless tire having a cap tread produced from the rubber composition. The rubber composition for a tire is obtainable by mixing a rubber component containing natural rubber and butadiene rubber with silica at a temperature of 70 to 130° C. to form a mixture, and keeping the mixture at a temperature of 150 to 200° C.

Abstract: A process for forming a tire component, the process comprising the steps of introducing a vulcanizable polymer, a curative, a first carbon black characterized by an iodine adsorption number, per ASTM D1510, that is greater than 60 g/kg, and a second carbon black characterized by an iodine adsorption number, per ASTM D1510, that is less than 60 g/kg to form a vulcanizable composition, fabricating a tire component from the vulcanizable composition, and curing the tire component.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a crosslinkable rubber composition, the use thereof, the rubber grains formed therefrom, and a method for preparing and injection molding the rubber grains. The crosslinkable rubber composition includes at least a styrene butadiene copolymer, a softener for rubber, a flow modifier and a peroxide vulcanizing agent. The crosslinkable rubber composition is suitable for being made into rubber products. It can be made into rubber grains that will not crosslink below a temperature of 80° C. The rubber grains are formed through internal mixing, open mixing and pelleting extrusion. The rubber composition and the rubber grains of the present invention can be formed directly by injection molding and kept at room temperature over a long period of time.

Abstract: The invention relates to rubber mixtures containing silane and having possibly functionalized diene rubbers and microgels, to a method for the production thereof, and to the use thereof to produce wet slipping resistant and low-rolling resistance motor vehicle tire treads having high abrasion resistance.

Abstract: A tire inner liner having a rubber composition based on at least one butyl rubber, a reinforcing filler, graphite and a plasticizing system. The plasticizing system comprises a hydrocarbon plasticizing resin, the glass transition temperature Tg of which is above 20° C. and the softening point of which is below 170° C. A process for producing such a composition for a tire inner liner comprises incorporating into a diene elastomer, in a mixer: a reinforcing filler, graphite, and a plasticizing system, by thermomechanically mixing all the ingredients, one or more times, until a maximum temperature between 110° C. and 190° C. is reached; cooling the mixture down to a temperature below 100° C.; then incorporating a crosslinking system; and mixing everything until a maximum temperature below 110° C. is reached.

Abstract: The invention relates to processes for the production of microgel-containing rubber mixtures, to rubber mixtures obtainable by the processes, to processes for the production of vulcanizates, and also to vulcanizates after the vulcanization process, in particular in the form of tires, parts of tires, or industrial rubber items.

Abstract: A propylene-based resin composition for a pipe member, and a pipe member and multi-layered pipe member formed using that the same, which is comprised of (a) 65 to 90 parts by mass of a propylene resin homopolymer, (b) 10 to 25 parts by mass of talc having an average particle size of 1 to 10 ?m and (c) 1 to 10 parts by mass of at least one kind of a rubber component selected from an ethylene-propylene-based rubber, an ethylene-butene-based rubber, a styrene-butadiene-based rubber and a styrene-isoprene-based rubber as main components, wherein the MFR of a melt-kneaded mixture obtained by melt kneading these components (a) to (c) is from 0.01 to 2.00 g/10 minutes.

Abstract: A nano-particle composition including a poly(alkenylbenzene) core and a poly (conjugated diene) or a poly(alkylene) surface layer is provided. The nano-particles have a mean average diameter less than about 100 nm. The nano-particles can be modified via, for example, hydrogenation or functionalization. The nano-particles can advantageously be incorporated into rubbers, elastomers, and thermoplastics.

Abstract: The invention relates to a novel method of preparing silicas and to highly-structured silicas having the following characteristics: a specific surface area CTAB (SCTAB) of between 40 and 525 m2g/g; a specific surface area BET (SBET) of between 45 and 550 m2g; an object size distribution width Ld ((d84?D16)/d50), which is measured by XDC particle size analysis after deagglomeration with ultrasound, of at least 0.91; and a pore-size distribution such that ratio V(d5?d50)/V(d5?d100) is at least 0.66. The invention also relates to the use of said silicas as polymer reinforcing fillers.

Abstract: A functionalized polymer includes a polymer chain and a terminal group linked to the chain through a functionality that contains one or more urethane groups. The functionalized polymer can be provided by reacting a nucleophile with a polymer having terminal iso(thio)cyanate functionality which, in turn, can be provided by reacting a terminally active polymer with a polyiso(thio)cyanate. Even polymers that contain substantial amounts of styrene mer can be used in the described process.

Abstract: An essentially halogen-free, plasticizer-free thermoplastic elastomer compound is disclosed. The compound has from 10-80 weight percent of a hydrogenated styrene butadiene copolymer having a styrene content of less than 20 weight percent; from 20-90 weight percent of a polyolefin; and less than about 3 weight percent of antioxidant. The compound is capable of being solvent bonded or welded to another thermoplastic material using cyclohexanone alone or with methyl ethyl ketone. The compound is especially useful as medical tubing connected to other parts of medical equipment. The bond strength of the compound to the other thermoplastic material is properly determined only after multiple days of bonding.

Abstract: The invention relates to rubber nanocomposites particularly suitable for innerliners and other tire applications. The uncured nanocomposite comprises an elastomer, tackifier and nanoclay.

Abstract: A conjugated diene polymer rubber is provided that includes component (A) and component (B) below, component (A) having a content, with the total amount of component (A) and component (B) as 100% by weight, of from 5% to 90% by weight, and component (B) having a content of from 95% to 10% by weight, Component (A): a conjugated diene polymer rubber component modified with a carbonyl group- and substituted amino group-containing compound Component (B): a conjugated diene polymer rubber component modified with a compound represented by formula (IIa) below (R21O)mSi(R22A)nR234-m-n??(IIa) wherein m denotes a number from 1 to 3, n denotes a number from 1 to 3, m+n is from 2 to 4, R21 and R23 denote a hydrocarbyl group, R22 denotes a hydrocarbylene group, A denotes a substituted amino group or an optionally substituted hydrocarbyloxy group, when there are a plurality of R21s the plurality of R21s may be identical to or different from each other, when there are a plurality of R22s the plurality of R22s may be i

Abstract: A mixture of a high molecular weight EPDM rubber with a low molecular weight (liquid) EPDM rubber provides a highly useful laser-ablatable flexographic printing plate precursor formulation. This formulation is sensitive to infrared radiation by the incorporation of an IR absorbing compound such as a carbon black. The inclusion of the liquid EPDM rubber avoids the need for plasticizers such as process oils during manufacturing, and provides improved image sensitivity, print quality, and run length. Both flexographic printing plates and printing sleeves can be made using the mixture of EPDM rubbers.

Abstract: The present invention aims to provide a tire rubber composition that achieves a good balance of grip performance (especially, wet grip performance), abrasion resistance, cut and chip resistance, low rolling resistance, and kneadability, and a pneumatic tire using the same. The composition comprise: a rubber component including a styrene-butadiene rubber modified by a compound of formula (1): and a non-modified styrene-butadiene rubber; a filler including silica, the filler being in an amount of 80 parts by mass or less per 100 parts by mass of the rubber component; and sulfur in an amount of 0.5-1.5 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the rubber component, the modified styrene-butadiene rubber having a bound styrene content of 20-40% by mass and a vinyl content of 30-65% by mass, and the non-modified styrene-butadiene rubber having a bound styrene content of 25-45% by mass and a vinyl content of 10-50% by mass.

Abstract: The present invention provides a rubber composition for a studless tire, which can achieve sufficient abrasion resistance, performance on ice and snow, and wet grip performance in a balanced manner, and a studless tire having a tread produced from the above composition. The rubber composition for a studless tire contains a rubber component including natural rubber and butadiene rubber; aromatic oil; silica; and carbon black, wherein the total amount of the natural rubber and the butadiene rubber is 30% by mass or more based on 100% by mass of the rubber component, the amount of the aromatic oil is 12-85 parts by mass and the amount of the silica is 12-85 parts by mass, per 100 parts by mass of the rubber component, and the proportion of the silica is 45% by mass or more based on 100% by mass of the total of the silica and the carbon black.

Abstract: The invention disclosed herein relates to an improved process for making elastomeric polyisoprene articles. In particular, the process of the invention is a system which produces synthetic polyisoprene articles exhibiting tensile strength properties similar to that of solvent-based processes using natural rubber latex. The process comprises an accelerator composition at the pre-cure stage comprising a dithiocarbamate, a thiazole and a guanidine compound. In a preferred embodiment, the accelerator composition comprises zinc diethyldithiocarbamate (ZDEC), zinc 2-mercaptobenzothiazole (ZMBT) and diphenyl guanidine (DPG), in conjunction with a stabilizer, such as sodium caseinate. The invention also includes an elastomeric polyisoprene product made by the process, such as a surgeon's glove.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a rubber composition which not only realizes sufficiently low heat generation properties but also exhibits more excellent crack growth resistance than the conventional rubber composition. The rubber composition contains in 100 mass % of rubber components thereof: 20-80 mass % of natural rubber in which the total nitrogen content in natural rubber latex is in the range of 0.1 mass % to 0.4 mass % (exclusive of 0.1 mass % and inclusive of 0.4 mass %); and butadiene-based polymer having cis content of 90% or higher.

Abstract: This invention provides a rubber composition being excellent in the workability during production and the heat resistance and high in the storage elastic modulus (G?) and small in the loss tangent (tan ?), which is formed by compounding 1-60 parts by mass of a low-molecular weight conjugated diene-based polymer (B) having a weight average molecular weight as measured through a gel permeation chromatography and converted to polystyrene of 10,000-200,000 and a vinyl bond content in a conjugated diene compound portion of not less than 40% based on 100 parts by mass of a rubber component (A) comprised of at least one selected from the group consisting of natural rubber, polyisoprene rubber, styrene-butadiene copolymer rubber, polybutadiene rubber and isobutylene isoprene rubber, wherein the rubber component (A) comprises natural rubber and/or polyisoprene rubber and a proportion of styrene units in total of the low-molecular weight conjugated diene-based polymer (B) is less than 5% by mass.

Abstract: A synthetic-rubber-based composition that consists of a low-molecular-weight rubber selected from polybutadiene comprising about 75% to about 92% cis-1,4 units, sulfur, a vulcanization accelerator, and an active filler wherein the sulfur, accelerator, and active filler are each present in the form of powder having a particular particle-size range. Additionally, this composition may be used to form coatings and rubber concretes.

Abstract: A rubber composition for a tire tread comprising (A) 100 parts by weight of a rubber component containing (a) 50 to 95 parts by weight of a diene-based rubber containing 50 to 100% by weight of an aromatic vinyl-conjugated diene copolymer rubber and (b) 5 to 50 parts by weight of a conjugated diene-based rubber gel having a toluene swelling index Qi of 16 to 70 and (B) 3 to 40 parts by weight, based upon 100 parts by weight of the total rubber component, of a copolymer resin of an aromatic vinyl and dipentene and/or pinene having a softening point of 100 to 150° C. and a high performance tire using the above rubber composition are disclosed.

Abstract: The present invention relates vulcanisable guanidine-free mixtures containing ethylene acrylate (AEM), polyacrylate (ACM) and/or hydrogenated acrylonitrile (HNBR)-based rubbers compounds having an improved scorch resistance, to vulcanisates, prepared by cross-linking this vulcanisable mixtures and their use in automotive, oil-field and/or off-shore applications.