Rubber composition containing organic fillers and being cross-linkable by means of sulfur
AssigneeSuncoal Industries GmbH
InventorsGerd Schmaucks, Bernhard Schwaiger, Alexander Stücker, Tobias Wittmann
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Abstract
Described is a vulcanizable rubber composition including a vulcanization system that has at least sulfur and/or at least one sulfur donor, and at least one rubber that is cross-linkable by means of sulfur and/or sulfur donor, at least one lignin-based organic filler, which is different from carbon black, has a 14C content in a range from 0.20 to 0.45 Bq/g of carbon, has a BET surface area in a range from >24.0 to 150 m2/g, and is present in the rubber composition in an amount in a range of from 1 to <140 phr.
Claims17
A vulcanizable rubber composition comprising
- a vulcanization system comprising at least sulfur and/or at least one sulfur donor;
- at least one rubber that is cross-linkable by means of sulfur and/or sulfur donor, with the proviso that if at least one halobutyl rubber is present, it is present in the rubber composition in an amount <70 phr;
- and
- at least one organic filler as a first filler F1, which is obtainable from lignin-containing biomass having a content of Klason-lignin of at least 60 wt.-%, based on its dry matter content, wherein organic filler F1:
- is different from carbon black,
- has a 14C content in a range from 0.20 to 0.45 Bq/g of carbon,
- has a BET surface area in a range from >24.0 to 150 m2/g, and
- is present in the vulcanizable rubber composition in an amount in a range of from 1 to <140 phr,
- wherein an amount of any optionally present carbon black in the vulcanizable rubber composition as at least one second filler F2 is <40 phr,
- wherein an amount of any optionally present organosilane, which has at least one hydrolysable group and at least one sulfur atom, in the vulcanizable rubber composition is <7 phr,
- except of vulcanizable rubber compositions VK1V2, VK1B1, VK2B1, VK2B2, VK2B3, VK2B4 und VK2B5 disclosed in the experimental part of PCT/EP2022/076858, and
- except of vulcanizable rubber composition VKV3 disclosed in the experimental part of PCT/EP2022/073490 (published as WO 2023/025808 A1).
The vulcanizable rubber composition according to any one or more of the preceding claims, wherein
- the at least one rubber that is cross-linkable by means of sulfur is a diene rubber, and/or in that sulfur and/or the at least one sulfur donor is contained in the rubber composition in a quantity that lies in a range from 0.25 to 10 phr.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.