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A rubber composition for a tire is blended with diene-based rubber containing 50 wt % or more of SBR, and 0.2 to 5 parts by weight of cyclic polysulfide represented by the below formula (I), 1 to 30 parts by weight of aromatic denatured terpene resin, 20 to 80 parts by weight of silica, and 40 to 100 parts by weight of carbon black relative to 100 parts by weight of the diene-based rubber. Further, a total blending amount of the silica and the carbon black is 70 to 130 parts by weight.

In the formula, R represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkylene group having 2 to 18 carbon atoms, a substituted or unsubstituted oxyalkylene group having 2 to 18 carbon atoms, or an alkylene group including an aromatic ring, x represents an average number of 2 to 6, and n represents an integer of 1 to 15.

The present invention provides a waterproofing membrane for use on inclined surfaces. The membrane is fabricated from one or more layers of flexible sheet material preferably consisting of woven or nonwoven synthetic polymers of polypropylene. A skid resistant pattern of polymer elements is applied to the top surface of the membrane. The polymer has a Tensile Modulus<15 MPa (ASTM D638, 23C, 50 mm/min), a Tensile Yield Elongation>50% (ASTM D538, 23C, 50 mm/min, and a Shore A Hardness (ASTM D2240, 23C, 0 sec)<90. In a preferred embodiment the polymer elements are made from polyvinyl chloride polymer with a Tensile Modulus<7 MPa (ASTM D638, 23C, 50 mm/min), a Tensile Yield Elongation>50% (ASTM D638, 23C, 50 mm/min, and a Shore A Hardness (ASTM D2240, 23C, 0 sec)<75. The pattern of polymer elements may be applied directly on the top surface of the membrane or produced on one side of a carrier sheet which is attached to the top surface of the membrane.

A heavy duty tire comprises a tread portion provided with four or five circumferential grooves so as to axially divide the tread portion into five or six rib portions. The five or six rib portions are a pair of shoulder rib portions each provided with shoulder lateral groove, and three or four crown rib portions each provided with crown lateral grooves. The crown lateral grooves extend across the entire width of the crown rib portion. The shoulder lateral grooves extend axially outwardly from an axially inner edge of the shoulder rib portion so as to terminate at an axial distance of from 78 to 88% of the axial width of the shoulder rib portion from the above-mentioned axially inner edge. The depth of the circumferential grooves is 15 to 20 mm. The depth of the crown lateral grooves is 9 to 30% of the depth of the circumferential grooves. The depth of the shoulder lateral grooves is 9 to 25% of the depth of the circumferential grooves. The tread width TW is in a range of 0.78 to 0.87 times the cross sectional width SW of the tire.

A pneumatic tire has: a circumferential groove on each side of the tire equator; oblique grooves extending from the circumferential groove while inclining to one circumferential direction; and lug grooves extending axially outwardly beyond the tread edges from positions axially outside the circumferential groove while inclining to the one circumferential direction. The lug grooves include: a first lug groove comprising an axially inner steeply-inclined part and an axially outer mildly-inclined part; and a second lug groove extending along the mildly-inclined part. The axially inner end of the first lug groove is at a distance La of 8 to 12% of the tread width from the circumferential groove. The steeply-inclined part inclines at an angle larger than an inclination angle of the oblique grooves.

The present invention provides a rubber composition capable of improving fuel economy and wet grip performance while maintaining good processability, abrasion resistance and handling stability or improving them, as well as a pneumatic tire including the rubber composition. The rubber composition contains carbon black, silica, and a polymer mixture obtained by modifying a polymer derived from a conjugated diene compound and/or an aromatic vinyl compound with a compound containing an ester group and/or a carboxyl group, the polymer mixture having a weight average molecular weight of from 1.0×10³ to 1.0×10⁵, the rubber composition having a tan δ peak temperature of −20° C. or higher, a rubber hardness of from 63 to 75, and a tan δ at 70° C. of from 0.15 to 0.45.

Provided are: a rubber composition that improves fuel economy and wet grip performance together while maintaining the balance between them; and a pneumatic tire whose component (in particular tread) includes the rubber composition. The invention relates to a rubber composition containing: a rubber component containing a copolymer; silica; and a diene rubber gel bearing a hydroxyl group, wherein the copolymer is obtained by copolymerization of 1,3-butadiene, styrene, and a compound represented by formula (I) below, has an amino group at a first chain end and a functional group containing at least one atom selected from the group consisting of nitrogen, oxygen, and silicon at a second chain end, and has a weight average molecular weight of 1.0×10⁵-2.5×10⁶, and the diene rubber gel has a Tg of −40 to −10° C., and is present in an amount of 10-30 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the rubber component;

A pneumatic tire comprises a tread portion provided on each side of the tire equator with a middle land portion defined between a shoulder main groove and a crown main groove each extending continuously in the tire circumferential direction. The middle land portion is provided with axially inside middle lug grooves and axially outside middle lug grooves arranged alternately in the tire circumferential direction. The axially inside middle lug groove is connected to the crown main groove at an angle θ1 of from 20 to 45 degrees with respect to the tire circumferential direction and has an axially inner opened end and an axially outer closed end. The outside middle lug grooves is connected to the shoulder main groove at an angle θ2 of from 60 to 80 degrees with respect to the tire circumferential direction and has an axially outer open end and an axially inner closed end. The tread portion may be provided with a shoulder land portion comprising circumferential sipes, axial grooves terminating at the circumferential sipes, and a circumferentially continuous rib.

A pneumatic tire (10) has, in the surface of the tread (11), a central circumferential groove (12) located at the center of the contact patch width and extending circumferentially around the tire, a plurality of longitudinal grooves (13 (13a, 13b)) formed on the axially outside of the central circumferential groove (12), lug grooves (15), and blocks (16 (16a to 16c)) defined by the central circumferential groove (12), the longitudinal grooves (13), and the lug grooves (15). Each of the lug grooves (15) is formed such that its width in the shoulder region is greater than its width in the central region, and the sum of the groove area of the central circumferential groove (12) and the groove area of the longitudinal grooves (13) is smaller than the area of the lug grooves (15). As a result, the pneumatic tire (10) not only secures the wet braking performance and wear resistance performance on paved roads, but also improves the acceleration performance and braking performance and the steering stability performance on snowy roads.

An object of the present invention is to provide a rubber composition which can prevent mold contamination while maintaining abrasion resistance and wet grip performance, and a tire which has a tread composed of the rubber composition. The rubber composition of the present invention comprises a predetermined amount of at least one selected from the group consisting of stearic acid, a metal salt of saturated fatty acid and a specific mold release agent, a specific resin, silica and a silane coupling agent, based on a diene rubber component, where an amount of an unreacted silane coupling agent in the rubber composition before vulcanization is within a predetermined range.

A rubber composition, in which wet grip performance and dry grip performance can be improved without lowering rolling resistance property, and a pneumatic tire using the same for a tread. The rubber composition comprising 5 to 150 parts by weight of silica having an aspect ratio of 2 to 20 based on 100 parts by weight of a rubber component containing a diene rubber is provided.

A rubber composition capable of improving all of processability, abrasion resistance, rolling resistance property and wet skid performance and a pneumatic tire using the same are provided.

A rubber composition comprising 25 to 100 parts by weight of a surface-treated silica based on 100 parts by weight of a rubber component comprising a natural rubber and/or a diene synthetic rubber, the surface-treated silica being obtainable by mixing a silica and a sulfur-containing organic silicon compound represented by the general formula (1):

or the general formula (2):

in an amount of 1 to 20 parts by weight of the sulfur-containing organic silicon compound on the basis of 100 parts by weight of the silica under a temperature of 130° to 180° C.

A method of etching capable of rapidly and flatly performing wet etching on a Si substrate using fluonitric acid represented by HF(a)HNO₃(b)H₂O(c) (where the unit of a, b and c is wt % and a+b+c=100). The etching rate of an SiO₂ layer with the highly concentrated fluonitric acid is significantly lowered by the appropriate selection of its composition as compared with the etching rate of the Si substrate, and etch the Si substrate until the SiO₂ layer is exposed. In this way, it is possible to rapidly etch the Si substrate and significantly enhance the flatness of the etched surface.

The present invention provides a rubber composition for a tire, which improves in fuel economy, wet grip performance, and abrasion resistance; and a pneumatic tire using the same. The present invention relates to a rubber composition for a tire, including: a rubber component including a modified styrene butadiene rubber that contains a constitutional unit derived from a specific nitrogen-containing compound in a main chain; silica; and a specific silane coupling agent.

Provided is a rubber composition that achieves a balanced improvement in fuel economy, abrasion resistance, and wet grip performance while having good processability. Also provided is a pneumatic tire including a tread formed from the rubber composition. The present invention relates to a rubber composition containing: a rubber component including a copolymer; and carbon black and/or silica, the copolymer containing a structural unit derived from a conjugated diene monomer and a structural unit derived from a compound represented by the following formula (1):

wherein R¹¹ represents a C1-C30 hydrocarbon group.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a tire rubber composition and a pneumatic tire produced using the rubber composition, which improve mechanical strength, abrasion resistance, rolling resistance, wet grip performance, and dry grip performance in good balance. The present invention relates to a tire rubber composition comprising: a rubber component that contains a modified diene rubber; and a silica component that contains a silica surface-treated with a silane coupling agent, wherein the amount of the modified diene rubber in 100% by mass of the rubber component is 15% by mass or more, and the dispersion ratio of the silica component is 70% or higher.

A pneumatic tire has a unidirectional tread pattern. On each side of the tire equator, there are a circumferential groove and main oblique grooves extending form the tread edge to the circumferential groove while inclining to the intended tire rotational direction and gradually decreasing its inclination angle with respect to the tire circumferential direction. The inclination angle of the main oblique groove measured at the tread edge is 60 to 120 degrees. The width of the main oblique groove is gradually increased toward the axially outside from the circumferential groove. The width of the circumferential groove becomes narrower at heel-side ends of shoulder blocks than at toe-side ends of the shoulder blocks. The shoulder block is provided with an auxiliary oblique groove extending from the main oblique groove toward the intended tire rotational direction and terminating without reaching to the next main oblique groove.

Starch compositions, including cationic crosslinked starches, and methods of using those starches in papermaking are disclosed. In particular, a cationized crosslinked starch and use of the starch in the wet end system of a paper machine is disclosed. The starch compositions of the disclosure are particularly adapted for customization for specific wet end systems, and allow for modification to correspond to variations in the wet end of the papermaking machine.

An object of the present invention is to provide a rubber composition having improved fuel efficiency, wet grip performance and abrasion resistance in good balance, and a tire having a tire member composed of the rubber composition. The rubber composition is a rubber composition comprising: 5 to 20 parts by mass of a terpene resin having a weight-average molecular weight of 500 to 4,000, 5 to 30 parts by mass of a liquid rubber and/or a liquid resin having a weight-average molecular weight of 100 to 4,000, and 95 to 160 parts by mass of silica, based on 100 parts by mass of a diene rubber, wherein a volume change rate of the rubber composition measured in accordance with JIS K 6258 after having been dipped in toluene of 40° C. for 24 hours is of 220 to 270%.

Provided are a rubber composition for a tire capable of improving fuel economy, wet grip performance, abrasion resistance, and processability, and a pneumatic tire including the composition. Included is a rubber composition for a tire including: a diene polymer; silica; and a compound of formula (I) below, the diene polymer being a modified diene polymer obtained by reacting components (A) and (B), the amount of the compound of formula (I) being 0.1-10 parts by mass per 100 parts by mass of the rubber component, the component (A) being an active alkali metal-terminated conjugated diene polymer obtained by polymerizing a conjugated diene monomer alone or with an aromatic vinyl monomer, in the presence of a component (C), the component (B) being a modifying agent containing a functional group, and the component (C) being a chemical species obtained by reacting an organic alkali metal compound with a compound of formula (1) below.

Provided are copolymers which provide improved overall performance in terms of fuel economy and wet grip performance, as well as rubber compositions and tires containing the copolymers. Included is a copolymer obtained by copolymerizing an aromatic vinyl compound, a conjugated diene compound, and a compound represented by the formula (1) below or by copolymerizing a conjugated diene compound and a compound represented by the formula (1) below, the copolymer having a weight average molecular weight of 1.0×10³ to 2.5×10⁶,

wherein R¹ and R² may be the same or different and each represents a functional group containing at least two selected from the group consisting of carbon, hydrogen, and silicon, and R¹ and R² may be joined together to form a ring structure.