Elastomer composition, method for producing same, and pneumatic tire using same
AssigneeThe Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
InventorYuichi Hara
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AssigneeThe Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd.
InventorYuichi Hara
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An elastomer composition, having an excellent flexibility and low temperature durability, a method for producing the same and a pneumatic tire using the same are provided. An elastomer composition (C) comprising a matrix of a thermoplastic resin (A), in which a dispersed phase of an elastomer component (B) is finely dispersed to form an island-in-sea structure, wherein volume ratios of the thermoplastic resin (A) and the elastomer component (B) satisfy the following formula (I): φd/φm>ηd/ηm (I) wherein φd and ηd, respectively, indicate a volume ratio and a melt viscosity of the elastomer component (B), and φm and ηm, respectively, indicate a volume ratio and a melt viscosity of the thermoplastic resin (A)), a method for producing the same and a pneumatic tire using the same.
A pneumatic tire having an inner liner comprising an elastomer composition (C) having no thermoplasticity which comprises a matrix of at least one thermoplastic resin (A) selected from the group consisting of Nylon 6, Nylon 6/66 copolymer, Nylon 11, Nylon 12, a Nylon 6/10 copolymer and a Nylon 6/12 copolymer in which a dispersed phase of at least one elastomer component (B) selected from the group consisting of a bromide of an isoprene-paramethyl styrene copolymer, a maleic anhydride-modified ethylene-a-olefin copolymer, butyl rubber and halogenated butyl rubber is finely dispersed to form an island-in-sea structure, wherein volume ratios of the thermoplastic resin (A) and the elastomer component (B) satisfy the following formula (I):
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