Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a composition comprising: (A) from 40 wt % to 95 wt % of a thermoplastic polyolefin elastomer and (B) from 5 wt % to 60 wt % of a carbon fiber component. In certain embodiments, the composition of the present disclosure reaches a high level of stiffness while exhibiting a high level of toughness. Moreover, a decrease in gloss appearance and an improvement in resistance to abrasion are expected.

Abstract: The invention provides (meth)acrylic oligomers prepared from C1-C20 alkyl and C5-C20 cycloalkyl (meth)acrylates, wherein said oligomers have a Mn of about 300 g/mole to about 3,000 g/mole; a Mw of about 700 g/mole to about 6,000 g/mole; a Mz of about 900 g/mole to about 10,000 g/mole. The oligomers may have a Yellowness Index, according to ASTM E313 of less than 2. The oligomers of the invention are useful as tackifiers in adhesive compositions, but also are believed to be useful also in general polymer modification as plasticizers, leveling agents, viscosity reducers (i.e., rheology modifiers), and for increasing solids content in solvent-borne applications of all types with little detrimental impact on viscosity. The invention also provides adhesive compositions and laminate articles coated on at least one side with the adhesive compositions of the invention.

Abstract: Provided is a composition for a gas seal member that can form a gas seal member for a high-pressure hydrogen device that is capable of sufficiently inhibiting both swelling destruction and blister destruction. The composition for a gas seal member is a composition for a gas seal member used in a high-pressure hydrogen environment and contains an elastomer and fibrous carbon nanostructures. The fibrous carbon nanostructures are contained in a proportion of not less than 1 part by mass and not more than 10 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the elastomer. An area fraction S (%) of aggregates of the fibrous carbon nanostructures in a cross-section of the composition for a gas seal member and a volume percentage V (volume %) of the fibrous carbon nanostructures in the composition for a gas seal member satisfy a relationship 0?S/V?2.0.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides for an aqueous dispersion for use in coating applications. The aqueous dispersion includes an aqueous composition and a solid content of a melt blend product having an acid functionalized polypropylene base polymer, a polypropylene copolymer, an acid functionalized polypropylene wax and an acid functionalized polyolefin. The aqueous dispersion is included in a coating composition, where the coating composition includes the aqueous dispersion, a solvent, a crosslinker and a basic water composition having water and a base. The present disclosure also provides for a coated article having a substrate and a coating on the substrate, where the coating includes the coating composition of the present disclosure.

Abstract: A slurry composition for non-aqueous secondary battery functional layers contains non-conductive particles, a water-soluble polymer having an average degree of polymerization of 50 or more and 450 or less, a binder, and water.

Abstract: Disclosed are copolymers formed by copolymerization of: (1) one or more hydrofluoroolefin monomer(s) selected from the group consisting of hydrofluoroethylenes, hydrofluoropropenes, hydrofluorobutenes, hydrofluoropentenes and combinations of these, and preferably selected from 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, 1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, with said 1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene preferably comprising, consisting essentially of or consisting of trans-1,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene, and combinations of these, and (2) one or more chlorofluoroethylene monomers, preferably chlorotrifluoroethylene (“CTFE”) monomers, wherein the mole ratio of monomer (1) to monomer (2) is preferably from about 30:1 to about 1:30.

Abstract: A polymer composition is provided with a multi-modal molecular weight distribution of a halo-containing polymer. The halo-containing polymer is has multi-functional phosphine linkages at less than 10% of halo sites of the halo-containing polymer that were available before multi-functional phosphine linking. A process for producing a polymer composition having a multi-modal molecular weight distribution involves dispersing a multi-functional phosphine compound in a halo-containing polymer, the halo-containing polymer comprising a total number of available halo sites, and reacting the multi-functional phosphine compound with the halo-containing polymer at an elevated temperature to produce the polymer composition in which less than 10% of the total number of available halo sites are reacted with the phosphine compound to provide multi-functional phosphine linkages in the halo-containing compound.

Abstract: The present invention provides a modified polyolefin resin that can form a coating that exhibits excellent adhesion to a low-polarity base material, especially a poorly adherable polyolefin base material with no surface treatment even when being dried at low temperatures and has flexibility (bendability). Provided is a modified polyolefin resin that is a modified product of a polyolefin resin having a melting point (Tm) by a differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) of 60 to 165° C. with a modifier comprising the following (A): (A) a monomer mixture comprising Monomer Group (A-1) and Monomer Group (A-2) with a weight ratio of Monomer Group (A-1) to Monomer Group (A-2) ((A-1)/(A-2)) of 30/70 to 50/50.

Abstract: A cyclopentene ring-opening polymer having, at a polymer chain end, a structure where a polymer chain and a group containing an alkoxysilyl group are bonded through —NH— and having a weight average molecular weight of 100,000 to 1,000,000, wherein the structure is a structure represented by the following general formula (1): pCP—Y1-NH—Y2-Si(OR1)a(R2)3-a??(1) where, in the general formula (1), pCP represents a cyclopentene ring-opening polymer chain, Y1 represents a bivalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, each of R1 and R2 represents a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, Y2 represents a bivalent hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms in which —NH— may be interposed, and “a” is an integer of 1 to 3.

Abstract: A rubber composition based on a reinforcing filler and on an elastomeric matrix comprising a highly saturated diene elastomer, comprising units of the following categories A, B, C, D and E, or units of these same categories A, B, C, D and E comprising, for at least one of the categories B, C, D and E, a mixture of at least two different units of the same category which differ from one another through the nature of their side groups Ri: and where R1, R2, R3 and R4, which are identical or different, denote a hydrogen atom, a methyl radical or a phenyl radical which is substituted or unsubstituted in the ortho, meta or para position by a methyl radical; R5 denotes a hydrogen atom or a methyl radical; R6 denotes a methyl radical or a phenyl radical which is substituted or unsubstituted in the ortho, meta or para position by a methyl radical; m, n, o, p and q are numbers ranging from 0 to 100.

Abstract: Provided is a rubber composition for a tire containing a rubber component including 15 to 55 wt % of an end modified group-containing cycloolefin ring-opening polymer having a glass transition temperature of ?120 to ?90° C. and 45 to 85 wt % of an end modified group-containing solution polymerized conjugated diene polymer having a glass transition temperature of ?60 to ?10° C. and having an aromatic vinyl monomer unit content ratio of more than 30 wt % and 50 wt % or less, a silica, and a silane coupling agent including a monosulfide group and/or a thiol group, wherein the content of the silica with respect to 100 parts by weight of the rubber component is 30 to 200 parts by weight, and the content of the silane coupling agent including a monosulfide group and/or a thiol group with respect to 100 parts by weight of the silica is 0.3 to 20 parts by weight.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a heterogeneous Ziegler-Natta catalyst system to be used in the preparation of ultra-high molecular weight polymers (UHMWP). The system includes at least one procatalyst, at least one co-catalyst, at least one hydrocarbon medium and at least one external donor, wherein the ratio of elemental magnesium to elemental titanium to halide, in the procatalyst, is 1:1.3:3.7; the ratio of elemental aluminum, present in the co-catalyst to elemental titanium, present in the procatalyst, ranges between 6:1 and 12:1; and the ratio of elemental silicon, present in the external donor to elemental titanium, present in the procatalyst, ranges between 1:10 and 10:1. The present disclosure also provides a process for preparation of UHMWPE using the heterogeneous Ziegler-Natta catalyst system of the present disclosure.

Abstract: A nanoparticle includes a copolymer comprising a vinyl-aromatic monomer and a heterocyclic monomer. The copolymer is crosslinked with a multifunctional crosslinking agent polymerizable through an addition reaction. A nanoparticle and elastomer composition is disclosed. Several methods of mixing heterocyclic and non-heterocyclic monomer nanoparticles into an elastomer are also disclosed. These methods include mixing in a multi-elements static mixer and an intermeshing mixer with venting, among others.

Abstract: The use of a hot-melt adhesive as a protective element for objects is disclosed, wherein the hot-melt adhesive contains over 80 wt. % of at least one modified polyolefin copolymer produced from a high-molecular-weight polyolefin copolymer by thermomechanical degradation of the polymer under shear stress and/or heating, wherein the viscosity of the copolymer is reduced, and up to 20 wt. % of additives and auxiliary substances, wherein the adhesive has a softening point from 70 to 150° C.

Abstract: The invention provides a composition comprising at least one olefin multi-block interpolymer; at least one functionalized olefin-based polymer; and optionally at least one thermoplastic polyurethane. The invention also provides for articles prepared from the inventive compositions and for methods for making the same.

Abstract: Surface modified pigments, methods of their preparation, pigment dispersions containing the modified particles, and their application for electronic displays, color filters, liquid toners, inks, coatings, paints, cosmetics and plastics are provided.

Abstract: A stabilized assembly including a first liquid phase of non-spherical droplets in a second liquid phase, wherein the second liquid phase is immiscible with the first phase, and nanoparticle surfactants assembled at an interface of the non-spherical droplets and the second phase is disclosed. The nanoparticle surfactants include nanoparticles and end-functionalized polymers that can interact through ligand type interactions, and the first phase is stabilized by a disordered, jammed layer of nanoparticle surfactants. A method of preparing a stabilized assembly is also disclosed.

Abstract: Provided are a coating agent giving a coating film which has superior adhesion even to polyolefin resin base materials that have not been subjected to preliminary surface treatment and which has satisfactory adhesion even to high-polarity base materials; a decorative film having at least one layer formed from said coating agent; an article decorated with said decorative film. The coating agent includes an olefin polymer having a heat of fusion in the range of 0 to 50 J/g and having a weight average molecular weight (Mw) as measured by GPC of 1×104 to 1000×104, and a hydrocarbon-based synthetic oil having a 40° C. kinematic viscosity of 30 to 500,000 cSt.

Abstract: A quaternary ammonium salt detergent made from the reaction product of the reaction of: (a) polyalkene-substituted amine having at least one tertiary amino group; and (b) a quaternizing agent suitable for converting the tertiary amino group to a quaternary nitrogen and the use of such quaternary ammonium salt detergents in a fuel composition to reduce intake valve deposits.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a pattern formation method including coating a substrate or mask layer with a fine particle coating solution containing fine particles including a protective group having a close surface polarity and containing, on at least surfaces thereof, a material selected from the group consisting of Al, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Zn, Y, Zr, Sn, Mo, Ta, W, Au, Ag, Pd, Cu, Pt and oxides thereof, a viscosity modifier, and a solvent for adjusting mixing of the viscosity modifier and the fine particles having the protective group to form a fine particle layer on the substrate or mask layer.

Abstract: Provided is a method for producing an aqueous modified polyolefin dispersion composition that is industrially excellent, the method comprising the steps of preparing an aqueous modified polyolefin dispersion that does not contain a surfactant, and then mixing a specific surfactant, whereby foaming can be suppressed during the removal of the organic solvent, and the processing time can be significantly reduced. The method for producing an aqueous modified polyolefin dispersion composition comprises the steps (1) and (2): (1) step 1 of obtaining an aqueous modified polyolefin dispersion using a modified polyolefin, an organic solvent, a base compound, and water as starting materials; and (2) step 2 of mixing a surfactant with the aqueous modified polyolefin dispersion in an amount of 0.1 to 10 wt. % based on the weight of the modified polyolefin.

Abstract: An antibody purification method includes: bringing a solution that includes an antibody and has a pH of 3.0 or more and less than 5.6 into contact with a carrier that includes a 2,3-dihydroxypropyl group to adsorb the antibody on the carrier; and bringing the carrier that has been brought into contact with the solution, into contact with an eluent having a pH of 5.6 or more and less than 10 to elute the antibody from the carrier.

Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to an adhesion promoter composition comprising of a solvent and a functionalized olefin block copolymer, and articles with the adhesion promoter composition applied thereto. The adhesion promoter composition can be halogen-free.

Abstract: A laser-engraveable composition comprises one or more elastomeric rubbers including at least 10 parts of one or more CLCB EPDM elastomeric rubbers, based on parts per hundred of the total weight of elastomeric rubbers (phr). The laser-engraveable composition further comprises 2-30 phr of a near-infrared radiation absorber and either 1-80 phr of an inorganic, non-infrared radiation absorber filler, or a vulcanizing composition that comprises a mixture of at least two peroxides. One first peroxide has a t90 value of 1-6 minutes as measured at 160° C., and a second peroxide has a t90 value of 8-20 minutes as measured at 160° C. This laser-engraveable composition can be used to form various flexographic printing precursors that can be laser-engraved to provide relief images in flexographic printing plates, printing cylinders, or printing sleeves.

Abstract: The present invention is to provide a fiber reinforced polypropylene resin composition which has low shrinkage, excellent grain transferability, flaw resistance and moulded appearance, can provide a moulded article having a smooth and soft tactile sensation on the surface thereof without foaming and has high rigidity, high impact strength and high heat resistance, as well as a method for producing the same and a moulded article thereof. These are implemented by a fiber reinforced polypropylene resin composition containing a propylene-ethylene block copolymer which satisfies four requirements such as sequential polymerization with a metallocene catalyst, a specific fiber and optionally a specific modified polyolefin, a thermoplastic elastomer which satisfies two requirements such as MFR, a specific propylene polymer resin and a specific fatty acid amide.

Abstract: A reaction product and hot melt adhesive compositions that include the reaction product are disclosed. The reaction product includes the reaction product of a first polymer that includes at least one of polypropylene homopolymer and polypropylene-alpha-olefin copolymer, a first wax that includes at least one of polyethylene wax, Fischer Tropsch wax and paraffin wax, and a free radical initiator and has a viscosity of no greater than 12,000 centipoise at 177° C.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a flame retardant composition comprising sulfonated polyolefin and a SO2-scavenging material and/or a flame retardant material that is not a sulfonated polyolefin. Also disclosed is a flame-resistant composite comprising a host material in which is incorporated sulfonated polyolefin as a flame retardant composition. Further disclosed are methods for producing the flame retardant composition and flame-resistant composites.

Abstract: Styrenic (meth)acrylic oligomers that are prepared at lower temperature than conventional solid grade oligomers, or are hydrogenated, contain fewer terminal vinylic unsaturations, when compared to such conventional styrenic (meth)acrylic oligomers prepared by the customary high temperature processes. Styrenic (meth)acrylic oligomers that contain fewer terminal vinylic unsaturations demonstrate improved thermal stability and may provide improved resistance to UV weathering compared to the conventional and non-hydrogenated styrenic (meth)acrylic oligomers.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed towards coating compositions comprising from 20 to 85 percent of an aqueous dispersion based on a total weight of the coating composition, a basic water composition, and a crosslinker, wherein the aqueous dispersion comprises a melt blending product of (a) a base polymer comprising a polyolefin, (b) a polymeric performance improving agent (c) a polymeric stabilizing agent, and (d) a polymeric coupling agent.

Abstract: The invention relates to a low application temperature hot melt adhesive. More specifically, the low application temperature hot melt adhesive comprises olefin copolymers with an average Melt Index greater than 5 but less than about 35 g/10 minutes at 190° C. The adhesive is particularly useful in the construction of nonwoven articles.

Abstract: The present invention provides a rubber composition exhibiting good workability and suitable for use in an inner liner of a tire. Specifically, the present invention provides a rubber composition, comprising: a rubber component; an inorganic filler having an aspect ratio of 2 to 200; and optionally at least one of carbon black and a metal salt of aliphatic acid, wherein contents of the inorganic filler, the carbon black and the metal salt of aliphatic acid satisfy following formula (1): C?0.016×(A?0.5×B)?1.18 ??(1) In formula (1), “A” represents a content (parts by mass) of the inorganic filler with respect to 100 parts by mass of the rubber component, “B” represents a content (parts by mass) of the carbon black with respect to 100 parts by mass of the rubber component, and “C” represents a content (parts by mass) of the metal salt of aliphatic acid with respect to 100 parts by mass of the rubber component.

Abstract: The present invention relates to arborescent polymers and to a process for making same. In one embodiment, the present invention relates to arborescent polymers formed from at least one inimer and at least one isoolefin that have been end-functionalized with a polymer or copolymer having a low glass transition temperature (Tg), and to a process for making such arborescent polymers. In another embodiment, the present invention relates to arborescent polymers formed from at least one inimer and at least one isoolefin that have been end-functionalized with less than about 5 weight percent end blocks derived from a polymer or copolymer having a high glass transition temperature (Tg), and to a process for making such arborescent polymers.

Abstract: A reinforcing structure of an image display device includes reinforcement of an image display device by interposing a pressure-sensitive adhesive sheet having a tensile elastic modulus (JIS K-6251) at 23° C. of 0.2 MPa or more and 10 MPa or less in a gap between a first member and a second member provided in the image display device and disposed in opposed relation to each other so as to be in contact with the first member and the second member.

Abstract: A thermoset composite material that my used in the fabrication of structural components including railroad ties comprise a substantially homogeneous blend of an amount of vulcanized rubber particles including a predetermined ratio of different particles sizes, and a thermoset elastomeric binding agent added to the vulcanized rubber particles. The blend may comprise about 30% to about 97% by weight of the vulcanized rubber particles, and the blend is subjected to compression molding at a predetermined temperature and pressure for a resident time period forming the composite material. The ratio of different rubber particle sizes is selected so that the composite material has a desired density or is within a range of desired densities.

Abstract: A layer that is airtight to inflation gases is formed of a composition that includes at least: a halogenated elastomer having a content of greater than or equal to 70 parts by weight per hundred parts by weight of elastomer (phr); a reinforcing filler; and a crosslinking system based on a metal oxide. The crosslinking system contains less than 0.5 phr of sulphur and may be free of sulphur. More particularly, the crosslinking system contains less than 0.1 phr of sulphur.

Abstract: A rubber composition comprises a rubber component, sulfur and a sulfeneamide base vulcanization accelerator represented by the following Formula (I), and has an excellent adhesive property with metal such as a steel cord without bringing about problems such as deteriorating in the physical properties and blooming of rubber after vulcanization. (wherein R1 represents a branched alkyl group having 3 to 12 carbon atoms; R2 represents a linear alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms or a branched alkyl group having 3 to 10 carbon atoms; x represents an integer of 1 or 2, and n represents an integer of 0 or 1).

Abstract: The invention relates to a cured rubber composition, its preparation and a tire with a component of such rubber composition.

Abstract: The present invention relates to arborescent polymers and to a process for making same. In one embodiment, the present invention relates to arborescent polymers formed from at least one inimer and at least one isoolefin that have been end-functionalized with a polymer or copolymer having a low glass transition temperature (Tg), and to a process for making such arborescent polymers. In another embodiment, the present invention relates to arborescent polymers formed from at least one inimer and at least one isoolefin that have been end-functionalized with less than about 5 weight percent end blocks derived from a polymer or copolymer having a high glass transition temperature (Tg), and to a process for making such arborescent polymers.

Abstract: A method for preparing a bis(alkoxysilylorgano)dicarboxylate includes reacting a haloorganoalkoxysilane, a dimetal salt of a dicarboxyl functional compound, and a phase transfer catalyst. A quaternary iminium compound of a polyaza, polycycloalkene is useful as the phase transfer catalyst. The product may be a bis(alkoxysilylalkyl)fumarate, which is useful as a coupling agent in rubber compositions for tire applications.

Abstract: There is provided a novel material used for solar cells that can contribute to the improvement in maximum output of solar cells without using the conventional MPPT system. A film-forming material for forming a light-collecting film on a transparent electrode of a solar cell, including an aromatic group-containing organic polymer compound (A) and a cross-linker (B), wherein the film-forming material exhibits an index of refraction of 1.5 to 2.0 at a wavelength of 633 nm and a transmittance of 95% or more with respect to light having a wavelength of 400 nm, and a solar cell obtained by coating a cured film made from the film-forming material on a surface of a transparent electrode.

Abstract: Disclosure are films based on alkoxysilane-containing polyolefin resins with reduced melt strength, photovoltaic cell laminate structures and methods for their preparation. In the disclosed alkoxysilane-containing polyolefin resin films according to the invention, reduced melt strength is provided by, among other things, using optimized silane:initiator ratios and is shown to reduce detrimental film shrinkage and provide improved photovoltaic laminate structures.

Abstract: A process for preparing high melt strength propylene polymers is provided. The process comprises: blending base propylene polymers with 0.1 to 1% w/w of polyfunctional acrylate monomer, in the presence of 10 to 50 ppm organic peroxide and 0.2 to 20% w/w of an additive such as stabilizer, acid neutralizer, antioxidants or lubricants. The high strength modified propylene polymers obtained have 30 to 60% of increased melt strength than that of the base propylene polymers.

Abstract: The present invention provides a vulcanizable composition containing a specific hydrogenated nitrile rubber, at least one cross-linking agent and carbon nanotubes, a process for preparing such composition and the use thereof for preparing vulcanizates. Said vulcanizates exhibit excellent heat performance, oil resistance and mechanical strength.

Abstract: To provide a polyolefin polymer having a polar group represented by Formula (i) produced by modifying, with a high modification ratio, a double bond in a polymer having the double bond at one terminal, both terminals, or at the inside of a polymer chain thereof that is obtained by a known method; a method for producing the polyolefin polymer; and a water dispersion material and a mold release agent composition each containing the polyolefin polymer, wherein, PO, A, B, D, E, d, e, M, i, j, and n are defined as in the application.

Abstract: A crosslinked rubber is composed of rubber molecules, which, before crosslinking, contain hot dissociatable and cold associatable crosslinking groups to dissociate from each other in a hot state and associate together in a cold state, and silane crosslinking groups, and which, after molding, are silane-crosslinked together by a silanol condensation reaction of the silane crosslinking groups together with moisture, with the hot dissociatable and cold associatable crosslinking groups associated together.

Abstract: A crosslinked polysulfide-containing cycloaliphatic compound, useful as a crosslinker for filled sulfur-vulcanizable elastomer compositions, is represented by the general formula: [(CaH2a-)mG1(-CbH2bSx—)n?m]o[CcH2c-G2-CdH2dSy—]p[R]q wherein G1 is a saturated, monocyclic aliphatic group of valence n containing from 5 to 12 carbon atoms and optionally containing at least one halogen or a saturated monocyclic silicone [RSiO—]n[R2SiO—]r group of valence n; G2 is a saturated, divalent cyclic aliphatic group of valence 2 containing from 5 to 12 carbon atoms and optionally containing at least one halogen or a saturated monocyclic silicone [RSiO—]n[R2SiO—]r group of valence n; each R independently is a selected from the group consisting of a hydrogen atom, monovalent hydrocarbon of up to 20 carbon atoms and a halogen atom; each occurrence of subscripts a, b, c, d, m, n, o, p, q, x and y independently is an integer wherein a is 2 to 6; b is 2 to 6; c is 1 to 6; d is 1 to 6; m is 1 or 2; n is 3 to 5; o is a positive

Abstract: A process for preparing, in one step, a diene block copolymer, of which at least one of these blocks is constituted of a polyether, the number-average molecular weight of which is approximately from 100 to 5000 g/mol, and at least one other of these blocks is constituted of a diene elastomer. The process according to the invention allows a high degree of grafting of the polyether to the polymer chains. Also disclosed is a reinforced rubber composition, especially intended for the manufacture of tires, comprising such a block copolymer which is intended to interact with the reinforcing filler. Such a rubber composition has improved hysteresis properties in the vulcanized state, while retaining satisfactory processing properties in the non-vulcanized state.

Abstract: The invention relates to block polymers, for example, arborescent copolymer compounds, and to methods of making and purifying such compounds. In one embodiment, the invention relates to arborescent polymer compounds that contain one or more styrene polymeric blocks in combination with one or more isobutylene polymeric blocks. In another embodiment, the invention relates to methods for purifying arborescent polymer compounds that contain at least one styrene polymeric block in combination with at least one isobutylene polymeric block.

Abstract: Provided is a polyolefin-based resin composition capable of obtaining a molded product having a high modulus of elongation and a low coefficient of linear expansion. The polyolefin-based resin composition includes a polyolefin-based resin containing either one or both of an acid-modified polyolefin-based resin and a polyolefin-based resin with a hydroxyl group, and flaked graphite. The flaked graphite is uniformly dispersed in the polyolefin-based resin. As a result, a molded product formed by using the polyolefin-based resin composition has excellent mechanical strength such as a high modulus of elongation, a low coefficient of linear expansion, and high dimensional stability, and can be used for various applications such as a material that is suitable for use as the exterior panels of automobiles or a steel sheet replacement material.

Abstract: A rubber composition comprising 0.3 to 10 parts by mass of sulfur and 0.1 to 10 parts by mass of a sulfeneamide base vulcanization accelerator represented by the following Formula (I) based on 100 parts by mass of a rubber component: (wherein R1 to R10 are a hydrogen atom, a linear alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms or a branched alkyl group having 3 to 4 carbon atoms, and they may be the same or different; R11 is a hydrogen atom, a linear alkyl group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms or a branched alkyl group having 3 to 10 carbon atoms; R12 to R15 are a hydrogen atom, a linear alkyl group or alkoxy group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms or a branched alkyl group or alkoxy group having 3 to 4 carbon atoms, and they may be the same or different; and x represents an integer of 1 or 2).