• Elastomers and Composites
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• 제5권2호
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• pp.181-187
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• 1970

In vulcanizates of NR/SBR blending compounds, the physical properties decrease as the contents of SBR increase for the most part. but the abrasives showed reverse performance. However, since these conditions enough satisfy the requirements of tread, carcass and sidewall of tire, we found it was possible to take use of the quantity of SBR contained high on tire manufacturing.

• Elastomers and Composites
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• 제55권2호
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• pp.108-113
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• 2020

Wear particles of the model tread compounds for bus and truck tires were made using a laboratory abrasion tester and characterized based on their size distributions, shapes, and crosslink densities. The influence of the carbon black contents and rubber compositions (NR= 100 and NR/BR= 80/20) on the production of wear particles was investigated. The wear particles were separated according to size using a sieve shaker. The shape properties of the wear particles were analyzed using an image analyzer and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). Their shapes were observed as tiny stick cookies or sausages with bumpy surfaces. The particle size distribution tended to be smaller with increasing carbon black content. Moreover, the particle size distributions of the NR = 100 samples were larger than that of the NR/BR blend samples. There were different filaments in the wear particles. The filament diameters tended to be thinner with increasing carbon black content. The crosslink density increased with increasing carbon black content, and the crosslink densities of the NR= 100 samples were lower than those of the NR/BR blend ones. The particle size distribution tended to be smaller with increasing crosslink density. Based on the experimental results, the wear particles can be produced by detaching debris from the main body through repetitive strain and recovery.

• Elastomers and Composites
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• 제56권4호
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• pp.223-233
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• 2021

In this study, epoxidized liquid isoprene rubber (E-LqIR) was used as a processing aid in a silica-filled natural rubber compound to improve the fuel efficiency, abrasion resistance, and oil migration problems of truck and bus radial tire tread. The wear resistance, fuel efficiency, and extraction resistance of the compound were evaluated according to the molecular weight of E-LqIR. Results of the evaluation showed that the E-LqIR compound had a lower chemical crosslink density than that of a treated distillate aromatic extract (TDAE) oil compound because of the sulfur consumption of E-LqIR. However, the filler-rubber interaction improved because of the reaction of E-LqIR with silica and crosslink with the base rubber by sulfur. As the molecular weight of E-LqIR increased, crosslink with sulfur was facilitated, and the filler-rubber interaction improved, resulting in improved abrasion resistance. The fuel efficiency performance of the E-LqIR compound was poorer than that of the TDAE oil compound because of the low chemical crosslink density and hysteresis loss at the free chain end of E-LqIR. However, the fuel efficiency performance improved as the molecular weight of E-LqIR increased.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제53권3호
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• pp.357-363
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• 2015

타이어 라벨링제 도입으로 인한 친환경 타이어 개발의 요구로 타이어산업에서 사용되고 있는 기존 산화아연의 문제점 개선을 위하여 나노산화아연과 나노기공 실리카와의 복합체 합성에 대한 연구를 진행하였다. 본 연구에서는 타이어의 트레드(tread) 부분에 적용될 기존의 고무 보강재인 카본블랙을 대체하기 위한 실리카와 나노산화아연의 복합체를 합성하기 위하여, 일정량의 나노기공 실리카를 함유하고 재질 상으로는 나노기공 실리카와 산화아연을 물리적 결합을 통하여 hysteresis 손상을 줄이면서 트레드의 탄성을 증대시키기 위해 내마모성능의 향상을 목표로 실험을 진행하였다. 이를 위하여 복합체와 고무 조성물과의 컴파운딩 시 낮은 활성도와 분산안정성 저하의 문제점 개선하고자 숙성시간(Aging time)과 몰 비 그리고 반응물의 반응 순서에 따라 미치는 영향에 대해 조사하였다. 0.03몰 비의 산화아연과 숙성기간 10일의 조건의 실리카에서 가장 작은 평균입도(약 50.5 nm)와 안정적인 분산성을 보였고, 약 $649m^2/g$의 높은 비표면적을 나타내었다.

• Elastomers and Composites
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• 제50권2호
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• pp.110-118
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• 2015

In this study, diethylaminoethyl methacrylate-styrene-butadiene terpolymer (DEAEMA-SBR), in which diethylaminoethyl methacrylate (DEAEMA) was introduced to the SBR molecule as a third monomer, was synthesized by cold emulsion polymerization. It is expected that amine group introduced to a rubber molecule would improve dispersion of silica by the formation of hydrogen bond (or ionic coupling) between the amine group and silanol groups of silica surface. The chemical structure of DEAEMA-SBR was analyzed using proton nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy (H-NMR), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), gel permeation chromatography (GPC) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). Then, various properties of DEAEMA-SBR/silica composite such as crosslink density, bound rubber content, abrasion resistance, and mechanical properties were evaluated. As a result, bound rubber content and crosslink density of DEAEMA-SBR/silica compound were higher than those of the SBR 1721 composite. Abrasion resistance and moduli at 300% elongation of the DEAEMA-SBR/silica composite were better than those of SBR 1721 composite due to the high bound rubber content and crosslink density. These results are attributed to high affinity between DEAEMA-SBR and silica. The proposed study suggests that DEAEMA-SBR can help to improve mechanical properties and abrasion resistance of the tire tread part.