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  • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
  • B60C—VEHICLE TYRES; TYRE INFLATION; TYRE CHANGING; CONNECTING VALVES TO INFLATABLE ELASTIC BODIES IN GENERAL; DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS RELATED TO TYRES
  • B60C1/00—Tyres characterised by the chemical composition or the physical arrangement or mixture of the composition
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
  • B60C—VEHICLE TYRES; TYRE INFLATION; TYRE CHANGING; CONNECTING VALVES TO INFLATABLE ELASTIC BODIES IN GENERAL; DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS RELATED TO TYRES
  • B60C1/00—Tyres characterised by the chemical composition or the physical arrangement or mixture of the composition
  • B60C1/0008—Compositions of the inner liner
• • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
  • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
  • B60C—VEHICLE TYRES; TYRE INFLATION; TYRE CHANGING; CONNECTING VALVES TO INFLATABLE ELASTIC BODIES IN GENERAL; DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS RELATED TO TYRES
  • B60C5/00—Inflatable pneumatic tyres or inner tubes
  • B60C5/02—Inflatable pneumatic tyres or inner tubes having separate inflatable inserts, e.g. with inner tubes; Means for lubricating, venting, preventing relative movement between tyre and inner tube
• • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
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  • C08L23/00—Compositions of homopolymers or copolymers of unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbons having only one carbon-to-carbon double bond; Compositions of derivatives of such polymers
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Definitions

• the present invention relates to rubber mixtures and rubber vulcanizates produced therefrom on the basis of uncrosslinked butyl rubber and of acrylonitrile-containing rubber particles (so-called rubber gels, gels or microgels).
• the rubber mixtures according to the invention are suitable for the production of rubber vulcanizates with low gas permeability and acceptable mechanical properties, the mixtures being easy to work with.
• the vulcanizates produced from the rubber mixtures according to the invention have a low density, which is advantageous due to the weight of the rubber moldings produced from the vulcanizates, e.g. Tire tubes, inner liners and gas impermeable protective equipment, such as ABC
• fillers customary in rubber mixtures can be replaced quantitatively or partially by rubber gels. Due to the low density of the rubber gels (p ⁇ 1 g / cm 3 ), the corresponding vulcanizates have a lower weight than carbon black (p ⁇ 1.8 g / cm 3 ) or silica-filled (p ⁇ 2.1 g / cm 3 ) mixtures on.
• BR gels polybutadiene
• high rebound elasticities are found both at room temperature and at 70 ° C. Nulcanisates of this type can be used for the production of low-damping rubber articles, in particular low-damping tire components.
• the corresponding vulcanizates When using rubber gels based on SBR, the corresponding vulcanizates contain low rebound elasticities at room temperature and high rebound elasticities at 70 ° C. Corresponding vulcanizates are suitable, for example, for tire treads with an advantageous ⁇ asslip behavior / rolling resistance ratio.
• Rubbers are known (DE-A 19701487.9).
• the patent applications cited above do not teach the use of rubber gels, in particular NBR gels in mixtures with butyl rubber, which are suitable for the production of vulcanizates with low gas permeability, good processability and low weight.
• the gas permeability coefficients of various vulcanized rubbers and in particular the low gas permeabilities of butyl rubbers are known (gas permeability coefficients according to DIN 53536, see manual for the rubber industry, Bayer AG, 1991, p. 720). Due to their low gas permeability, butyl rubber and the halogenated (chlorinated and brominated) butyl rubbers are used for the production of rubber articles such as e.g. Tire tubes, inner lmeras and ABC protective equipment. The effect of the various compound components on the gas permeability of the vulcanized articles is also known (Handbuch für die Kunststoffindustrie, Bayer AG, 1991, p. 207-
• the present invention therefore relates to rubber mixtures consisting of non-crosslinked butyl rubbers (A) and crosslinked, nitrile-containing rubber particles (B), the proportion of the mixture based on 100 parts by weight (phr) of the rubber component (A) Component (B) is 1 to 150 parts by weight, preferably 5 to 100 parts by weight.
• Non-crosslinked butyl rubbers are butyl rubber (IIR), brominated butyl rubber (BIIR) and chlorinated butyl rubber (CHR). Butyl rubbers and the halogenated butyl rubbers are described in Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry, Vol A 23 (1993) p. 288 ff and p. 314 ff).
• Butyl rubber IIR is a copolymer of isobutylene with dienes such as isoprene, cyclopentadiene, pentadiene, butadiene and divinylbenzene with a diene content of approx. 0.5 to 10 mol%. Isoprene is preferred as the diene component in butyl rubber.
• Halogenated butyl rubber is obtained by chlorination (CIIR) or by bromination (BIIR) of butyl rubber and has a halogen content of approx. 0.5 to 10 mol%.
• Halobutyl rubbers also include terpolymers obtained by halogenating isobutene / isoprene / divinylbenzene terpolymers with a divinylbenzene content of about 0.5 to 5 mol% and halogenated isobutylene / p-methylstyrene copolymers with p-methylstyrene contents of about 0.5 up to 10 mol% can be understood.
• the halogenated and the non-halogenated butyl rubbers can be used individually or in a mixture with one another, the mixing ratio depending on the particular use of the mixtures.
• Nitrile-containing rubber particles (B) are understood to be NBR gels, as described, for example, in DE-A 19701487.9.
• NBR gels are usually made up of the monomers acrylonitrile, methacrylonitrile, butadiene, styrene, divinylbenzene, vinylpyridine, 2-chlorobutadiene, 2,3-dichlorobutadiene and bisacrylates or bis-methacrylates, such as ethylene glycol dimethacrylate and butanediol dimethacrylate, and a carboxyl group-containing acrylic monomer Methacrylic acid, maleic acid, fumaric acid and itaconic acid.
• gels containing nitrile which, in addition to the monomers mentioned above, contain acrylonitrile or methacrylonitrile contents of approximately 5 to 80% by weight.
• the rubber particles to be used according to the invention usually have particle diameters of 5 to 1000 ⁇ m, preferably 10 to 600 ⁇ m (diameter specifications according to DIN 53 206). Because of their networking, they are insoluble and suitable
• Solvents e.g. Toluene, swellable.
• the swelling indices of the rubber particles (QI) in toluene are approximately 1 to 15, preferably 1 to 10.
• the gel content of the rubber particles according to the invention is usually 80 to 100% by weight, preferably 90 to 100% by weight.
• the rubber mixtures according to the invention can contain further known rubber auxiliaries and fillers.
• Particularly suitable fillers for the production of the rubber mixtures or vulcanizates according to the invention are, for example: - soot.
• the carbon blacks to be used here are produced using the flame black, furnace or gas black process and have BET surface areas of 20-200 m 2 / g, such as: SAF, ISAF, ⁇ SAF, HAF, FEF or GPF carbon blacks and graphite.
• highly disperse silicic acid produced, for example, by precipitation of solutions of silicates or flame hydrolysis of silicon halides with specific surface areas of 5-1000, preferably 20-400 m 2 / g (BET surface area) and primary particle sizes of 5-400 nm. also as mixed oxides with other metal oxides, such as Al, Mg, Ca, Ba, Zn and Ti oxides.
• silicates such as aluminum silicate, alkaline earth metal silicate, such as - " magnesium silicate or calcium silicate with BET surfaces of 20-400 m 2 / g and primary particle diameters of 5-400 nm.
• silicates such as kaolin (clay) and other naturally occurring silicas.
• Metal oxides such as zinc oxide, calcium oxide, magnesium oxide, aluminum oxide.
• Metal carbonates such as calcium carbonate, magnesium carbonate, zinc carbonate.
• Metal sulfates such as calcium sulfate, barium sulfate.
• Metal hydroxides such as aluminum hydroxide and magnesium hydroxide.
• Thermoplastic fibers (polyamide, polyester, aramid).
• the fillers can be used in amounts of 0.1 to 100 parts by weight, based on 100 parts by weight of the rubber component A.
• the fillers mentioned can be used alone or in a mixture with one another.
• rubber mixtures which contain 10 to 100 parts by weight of crosslinked nitrile group-containing rubber particles (component B), 0.1 to 100 parts by weight of carbon black and / or 0.1 to 100 parts by weight of so-called light fillers from the above mentioned type, based in each case on 100 parts by weight of the rubber component (A).
• the amount of fillers when using a mixture of rubber gel, carbon black and light fillers is a maximum of c. 150 parts by weight.
• the rubber mixtures according to the invention can - as mentioned - others
• Rubber auxiliaries contain, such as crosslinking agents, vulcanization accelerators, anti-aging agents, heat stabilizers, light stabilizers, anti-ozone agents, processing aids, plasticizers, tackifiers, blowing agents, dyes, pigments, wax, extenders, organic acids, retarders, metal oxides, and filler activators, such as triethanolamine, polyethylene glycol, hexane glycol , Bis (triethoxysilylpropyl) tetrasulfide.
• the rubber auxiliaries are described, for example, in the "Butyl and Halobutyl Compounding Guide for non-tire Applications" 12/92 Rubber business group, and in Handbuch für die Kunststoffindustrie, Bayer AG, 2nd edition, 1991.
• the rubber auxiliaries are used in conventional amounts, which include according to the intended use. Usual amounts are, for example, 0.1 to 50 parts by weight, based on 100 parts by weight of rubber (A).
• rubber mixtures according to the invention can also be conventional
• Crosslinking agents such as sulfur, sulfur donors, peroxides or other crosslinking agents, such as diisopropenylbenzene, divinylbenzene, divinyl ether, divinyl sulfone, diallyl phthalate, triallyl cyanurate, triallyl isocyanurate, 1,2-polybutadiene, N-N'-m-phenylenemaleimide and / or triallyl trimellitate.
• polyhydric preferably 2 to 4-valent C 2 to C 10 alcohols, such as ethylene glycol, propanediol-1, 2-butanediol, hexanediol, polyethylene glycol with 2 to 20, preferably 2 to 8, oxyethylene units, neopentyl glycol, bisphenol-A, glycerol, trimethyl propane, pentaery
• Sulfur and sulfur donors are preferably used as crosslinkers in the known amounts, for example in amounts of 0.1 to 10, preferably 0.5 to 5, based on 100 parts by weight of rubber component (A).
• the rubber mixtures according to the invention can also contain vulcanization accelerators of the known type, such as mercaptobenzothiazoles, mercaptosulfenamides, guanidines, thiurams, dithiocarbamates, thioureas, thiocarbonates and / or dithiophosphates.
• vulcanization accelerators are used in amounts of approximately 0.1 to 10 parts by weight, preferably 0.1 to 5 parts by weight, based on 100 parts by weight of rubber component (A).
• the rubber mixtures according to the invention can be produced in a known manner, for example by mixing the solid individual components in the units suitable for this, such as rollers, internal mixers or mixing extruders.
• the individual components are usually mixed with one another at mixing temperatures of 20 to 100.degree.
• the rubber mixtures according to the invention can also be prepared by component (B) in from the latices of the rubber component (A)
• Latex mold and the other components in the latex mix (components A + B) is mixed in and then worked up by conventional operations such as evaporation, precipitation or freeze-coagulation.
• the main aim in the production of the rubber mixture according to the invention is that the mixture components are intimately mixed with one another and a good one
• the rubber mixtures according to the invention are suitable for the production of rubber vulcanizates by appropriate crosslinking reactions with the known crosslinking agents and are used for the production of moldings of all kinds, in particular for the production of rubber articles such as tire tubes, inner liners, protective clothing, pharmaceutical closures, tank linings; Damping elements, seals, hoses, conveyor belts and membranes.
• Nitrile rubber gel based on Perbunan ® NT 2830 latex obtained by
• Nitrile rubber gel based on Perbunan ® NT 3945 latex obtained by crosslinking with 3 phr dicumyl peroxide (DCP)
• the vulcanization behavior of the mixtures is investigated in the rheometer at 165 ° C according to DIN 53 529 using the Monsantorheometer MDR 2000E. In this way, characteristic data such as F a , F max , F max. -F a ., T 50 and t 90 were determined.
• the mixtures were vulcanized in the press at 165 ° C for 30 minutes.

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