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US 2021/0198459 A1Published application
Rubber Vulcanization Processes Employing An Eutectic Mixture
AssigneeBridgestone Corporation
InventorsErin Sheepwash, Julia A. Dart, Michael C. Davis
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Abstract
A process for preparing a rubber vulcanizate, the process comprising (i) providing a vulcanizable composition of matter including a sulfur-based curative, zinc oxide, and a eutectic solvent; and (ii) heating the vulcanizable composition to thereby effect vulcanization.
Claims21
1-93. (canceled)
A method for preparing a vulcanizable composition of matter, the method comprising:
- combining a vulcanizable rubber, a curative, a metal compound, and a eutectic composition.
A rubber vulcanizate comprising:
- a vulcanized rubber network including a metal compound dispersed throughout the rubber network, where said metal compound is zinc oxide and said vulcanized rubber including less than 2 parts by weight zinc oxide per 100 parts by weight rubber.
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