Abstract:
The present application discloses a one-part room temperature vulcanizable (RTV) poly(diorganosiloxane) composition for a superhydrophobic elastomeric silicone coating; a method of coating a high voltage insulator using such a composition and a coated high voltage insulator prepared by such a method or using such a composition. The present application also discloses methods of protecting a substrate, of waterproofing a substrate, for reducing drag on a substrate and/or for inhibiting water from pooling on a horizontal or near-horizontal substrate using such a composition.
Abstract:
A composition and a method are provided for graphene reinforced polyethylene terephthalate (PET). Graphene nanoplatelets comprising a suitable initial surface area are added to a solvent for producing PET. In some embodiments, the solvent comprises ethylene glycol. The solvent and graphene nanoplatelets are sonicated to disperse the nanoplatelets within the solvent. The solvent and graphene nanoplatelets are centrifuged to remove nanoplatelet agglomerates within the solvent. A supernatant solution of dispersed graphene nanoplatelets and solvent is decanted and then used for in-situ polymerization of the graphene reinforced PET comprising a continuous matrix of PET with a dispersed graphene reinforcement phase. The graphene reinforcements comprise a minimal number of layers of two-dimensional mono-atomic carbon sheets. In some embodiments, the number of layers ranges between 1 layer and 7 layers. The graphene reinforced PET preferably comprises a concentration of graphene nanoplatelets being less than substantially 2% weight fraction of the graphene reinforced PET.
Abstract:
A composition for fused filament fabrication may include polylactic acid resin and talc. The composition may range from 50% by weight to 99% by weight polylactic acid resin, and from 7% by weight to 40% by weight talc. The composition may be configured as filaments or pellets adapted to be used in a fused filament fabrication process. A method for generating a resin-based structure may include providing a resin source that may include polylactic acid resin and talc. The resin source may include from 50% by weight to 99% by weight polylactic acid resin, and from 7% by weight to 40% by weight talc. The method may also include heating the resin source to a temperature greater than the melting temperature for semi-crystalline resins or significantly greater than glass transition temperature for amorphous resins, and depositing the heated resin source in a layered manner to form the resin-based structure.
Abstract:
Provided are a rubber composition for tires that shows a balanced improvement in properties such as fuel economy, processability, heat aging resistance, abrasion resistance, wet-grip performance, performance on snow and ice, and handling stability, and a pneumatic tire formed from the rubber composition. The present invention relates to a rubber composition for tires, containing: a highly purified, modified natural rubber having a pH adjusted to 2 to 7, and a silica having a CTAB specific surface area of 180 m2/g or more and a BET specific surface area of 185 m2/g or more, and also relates to a pneumatic tire formed from the rubber composition.
Abstract:
A rubber composition for a run-flat tire comprises from 20 to 100 parts by weight of a reinforcing filler per 100 parts by weight of a diene rubber containing from 10 to 80 wt. % of butadiene rubber and from 10 to 40 wt. % of natural rubber; wherein the reinforcing filler contains at least 50 wt. % of carbon black; a mode diameter Dst in a mass distribution curve of a Stokes diameter of aggregates of the carbon black is at least 145 nm; a nitrogen adsorption specific surface area N2SA is from 45 to 70 m2/g; and a ratio N2SA/IA of the nitrogen adsorption specific surface area N2SA to an iodine adsorption IA (units: mg/g) is from 1.00 to 1.40.
Abstract:
Provided is a resin composition that includes calcium carbonate contained in a polyester resin, a polyamide resin, or at thermosetting resin and that achieves good moldability. The resin composition includes calcium carbonate having a pH ranging from 6.0 to 8.5 and a 1N acetic acid-insoluble residue or 30% by mass or more and the calcium carbonate is contained in a polyester resin, a polyamide resin, or a thermosetting resin.
Abstract:
In the step (I), the period (minute(s)) for dispersing the carbon black species A showing a nitrogen adsorption specific surface area (N2SA-(A)value) of 130 m2/g or less in the dispersing solvent and that minute(s)) for dispersing the carbon black species B showing an N2SA-(B) value lower than the N2SA-(A) value by 25 m2/g or more in the dispersing solvent toy α(A) and α(B), respectively, and further representing the rotation number (rpm) of a rotor of a dispersing machine used in the dispersing when the carbon black species A is dispersed, and that (rpm) of a rotor of a dispersing machine used in the dispersing when the carbon black species B is dispersed by β(A) and β(B), respectively, the following expression is satisfied: 1.1α(B)×β(B)≦α(A)×β(A)≦1.5α(B)×β(B) (1)
Abstract:
Provided is a pneumatic tire including a tread formed from a specified rubber composition, thereby achieving a balanced improvement in fuel economy, wet-grip performance, and abrasion resistance while simultaneously having excellent durability. The present invention relates to a pneumatic tire including a tread formed from a rubber composition, the rubber composition containing: an oil-extended BR having a cis content of 95 mol % or more, a vinyl content of 1 mol % or less, and a weight average molecular weight of 530,000 or more; a SBR having a bound styrene content of 30-50% by mass and a weight average molecular weight of 700,000 or more; silica; and carbon black, the oil-extended BR being synthesized using a rare earth catalyst, the rubber composition containing, based on 100% by mass of rubber solids, 10-67% by mass of the BR component contained in the oil-extended BR and 10-50% by mass of the SBR.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a pneumatic tire having high productivity and achieving a balanced improvement in fuel economy, rubber strength, abrasion resistance, wet-grip performance, and handling stability. The present invention relates to a pneumatic tire including a tread formed from a rubber composition, the rubber composition containing a rubber component in which, based on 100% by mass of the rubber component, the amount of a styrene-butadiene rubber is 15-90% by mass, the amount of a high-cis polybutadiene having a cis content of 95% by mass or more is 5-60% by mass, and the amount of a polyisoprene-based rubber is 0-70% by mass, the rubber composition containing, relative to 100 parts by mass of the rubber component, 10-150 parts by mass of a silica having a nitrogen adsorption specific surface area of 40-400 m2/g, and 1-50 parts by mass of a farnesene resin obtained by polymerizing farnesene.