Tyre for vehicle wheels
AssigneePirelli Tyre S.p.A.
InventorsCarlo Vittorio Mazzocchia, Matteo Antonio Daghetta, Lorenzo Pellegrino, Attillio Citterio, Enrico Albizzati, Luca Giannini, Thomas Hanel
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a tyre for vehicle wheels comprising at least one structural element comprising a cross-linked elastomeric material obtained by cross-linking a cross-linkable elastomeric composition comprising carbon nanotubes, wherein said carbon nanotubes are obtained with an iron oxides and/or aluminium oxides based catalyst substantially free of Co, Ni and Mo.
Claims5
A process for producing iron oxide and/or aluminium oxide catalysts substantially free of Co, Ni, and Mo comprising:
- preparing an aqueous solution (i) comprising a Fe3+ soluble salt and an Al3+ soluble salt, wherein the solution (i) comprises a molar concentration of Fe3+ ranging from 0.3 to 1.5 M and a molar concentration of Al3+ ranging from 0.8 to 2.4 M,
- preparing an aqueous solution (ii) comprising ammonium hydroxide, wherein the solution (ii) comprises a molar concentration of NH3 ranging from 1.8 to 18 M,
- adding solution (ii) to solution (i), wherein an amount of NH3 added per minute ranges from 1.3·10−4 to 4.5·10−1 moles per total moles of iron or aluminium or both iron and aluminium, resulting in a combined solution with a pH ranging from 6 to 8, wherein a gel of the combined solution forms,
- drying the gel at a temperature ranging from 35° C. to 100° C. to obtain a solid, and
- calcining the obtained solid at a temperature ranging from 250° C. to 750° C. under an atmosphere chosen from air and nitrogen.
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