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Definitions

• Silanes have been used in rubber compositions as adhesion promoters, as cross-linking agents and as surface-modifying agents. Reference is made to, e.g, E. P. Plueddemann, "Silane Coupling Agents", 2nd ed. Plenum Press 1982.
• Viscosity reduction of silica filled rubber compound by the use of fatty acid blend with zinc and without zinc has been presented by Struktol as: "Faster Processing of High Performance Silica Compounds” - Presented at Congresso Brasileiro de Tecno- logia da Borracha 2012.
• Examples of the use of rosin derivatives in rubber compositions include for instance those described in US 2009/0209690 and US 2009/069474.
• US 2009/069474 describes a tire with a tread of a rubber composition which contains zinc resinate within and on the surface of said rubber composition.
• a number of coupling agents are described to be used in conjunction with silica.
• Organoal- koxymercaptosilanes are mentioned alongside polysulfanes such as bis- (3-trialkoxysilylalkyl) polysulfides.
• rosin-containing materials in combination with organosilanes having hydroxy, cyclic and/or bridged alkoxy groups and/or blocked and unblocked mercapto groups in silica- containing rubber compositions has not been described. Also, the benefits of the use of rosin-containing materials in combination with organosilanes as described herein, in particular with respect to improvements of Mooney viscosity of rubber compositions comprising the same, have neither been described nor suggested.
• organosilane having hydroxy, cyclic and/or bridged alkoxy groups
• a rosin-containing material selected from rosin, dimerized rosin, hydrogenated rosin, disproportionated rosin, decarboxylated rosin and rosin ester.
• rosin-containing materials have been found to improve the Mooney viscosity of rubber compositions comprising silica and such organosilanes. Accordingly, rubber compositions as described herein advantageously improve the manufacture and the properties of said rubber compositions and of products comprising the same.
• Organosilanes as described herein are distinct from other organosilanes, and in particular from commonly used alkoxy substituted organosilanes, in the groups that are bound to the silicon atom.
• the organosilanes as described herein may have at least one mercapto and silanol functional group .
• organosilanes as described herein have at least one mercapto group chemically blocked group.
• organosilanes with such blocked groups will be referred to as blocked organosilanes.
• organosilanes as used herein shall mean a non-polymeric, dimeric or oligomeric silane having at least one hydroxy, cyclic or bridged alkoxy group, optionally with at least one mercapto and/or silanol functional group and minimal ethoxy groups.
• organosilanes as described herein have at least one blocked group and at least one unblocked group.
• organosilanes having blocked mercapto have different kinetic behaviour when compared to organosilanes having unblocked mercapto groups.
• the blocked groups are expected to play an important role in the reaction mechanism between the silane and the silanol group of the silica.
• Refer- ence is made, e.g., to the publication "Kinetics of the Silica- Silane Reaction” in Kautschuk Kunststoffe (KGK) of April 2011 (pp. 38-43) by A. Blume and to the publication "Reactive Processing of Silica-Reinforced Tire Rubber - New insight into the time and Temperaure Dependance of Silica Rubber Interaction” by Satoshi Mihara 2009. Accordingly, in several aspects the instant invention relates to a rubber composition comprising a rubber, silica, an organosilane, and a rosin-containing material.
• the organosilanes may include diol derived organosilanes which contain multiple mercapto and silanol functional groups.
• the silanes contain hydroxy, cyclic and/or bridged alkoxy groups derived from hydrocarbon based di- ols and/or a minimal content of ethoxy groups.
• a rosin-containing material is a composition which com- prises a rosin compound, and generally comprises a mixture of rosin compounds.
• a rosin compound means a rosin acid or a compound derived from a rosin acid.
• a compound derived from a rosin acid is a compound obtained by subjecting a material comprising a rosin acid to, e.g., at least one of a dimerization reaction, a hydrogenation reaction, disproportionation reaction, a decarboxylation reaction and an esterification reaction.
• a rosin-containing material in rubber compositions as described herein is selected from rosin, dimerized rosin, hydro- genated rosin, disproportionated rosin, decarboxylated rosin and rosin ester.
• the rosin-containing material is selected from rosin, dimerized rosin, hydrogenated rosin, and disproportionated rosin.
• the rosin- containing material is a rosin, in particular is a rosin selected from tall oil rosin, gum rosin, wood rosin, and more in particular may be tall oil rosin.
• Rosin is a resinous material that is obtained from many plants, particularly coniferous trees such as Pinus Sylvestris r Pinus palustris and Pinus caribaea. Rosin comprises a mixture of rosin acids, which generally include C 20 fused-ring monocarbox- ylic acids, with a nucleus of three fused six-carbon rings and double bonds that vary in number and location, and other components in minor quantities. Examples of rosin acids include abietic acid, neoabietic acid, dehydroabietic acid, pimaric acid, levopimaric acid, sandaracopimaric acid, isopimaric acid and palustric acid. The type and relative amounts of rosin acids present in rosin depend, in part, on the plant species and the process of production.
• Rosin can be obtained from pine trees by distillation of oleoresin (the residue of said distillation is known as "gum rosin"), by extraction of pine stumps (known as “wood rosin”) or by fractionation of tall oil (known as “tall oil rosin”) .
• Tall oil rosin may be particularly used.
• Other rosin-containing materials obtained during the production of tall oil rosin such as distilled tall oil (DTO) , tall oil fatty acid (TOFA) and crude tall oil (CTO) may also be used. All of these sources of rosin are examples of rosin-containing materials suitable for use in the compositions and methods described herein which are known in the art and are commercially available. Sources of rosin may contain major components other than rosin acids.
• DTO, CTO and TOFA are mixtures of fatty acids and rosin acids, i.e. comprising fatty acids as major components in addition to rosin acids.
• the composition of DTO and CTO is described in more detail below.
• rosin ester refers to an ester of rosin (i.e. a mixture of rosin acids as defined above) and at least one alcohol.
• Suitable alcohols for esterification include mono- alcohols, such as methanol, ethanol, butanol, C8-11 isoalcohols (such as isodecylalcohol and 2-ethylhexanol) , and polyols such as diethylene glycol, triethylene glycol, glycerol, pentaeryth- ritol, sorbitol, neopentyl glycol and trimethylolpropane.
• useful alcohols include diethylene glycol, triethy- lene glycol and pentaerythritol .
• Rosin esters may be obtained from rosin and alcohols by methods known in the art.
• rosins may be esterified by a thermal reaction of rosin acids contained therein with an alcohol (i.e. one or more alcohols) .
• an alcohol i.e. one or more alcohols
• esterification reactions to completion water may be removed from the reactor, by, for instance, distillation, application of vacuum, and other methods known to the skilled person.
• the rosin-containing material may generally comprise from 1 wt.% to 99.99 wt.% of rosin compounds.
• the remaining of the rosin-containing material to 100 wt.% consists of components other than rosin compounds, including, for instance, fatty acids (e.g. stearic acid, oleic acid, linoleic acid, linolenic acid and pinolenic acid); high molecular weight alcohols (e.g. fatty alcohols and sterols); alkyl hydrocarbon derivates; residual terpene monomers such as ⁇ -pinene, ⁇ -pinene and other mono and bicyclic terpenes; other unsaponifiables; and trace metals.
• fatty acids e.g. stearic acid, oleic acid, linoleic acid, linolenic acid and pinolenic acid
• high molecular weight alcohols e.g. fatty alcohols and sterols
• composition of rosin-containing materials may vary.
• the composition of wood rosin, gum rosin, tall oil rosin (TOR) distilled tall oil (DTO) and crude tall oil (CTO) may vary depending on the starting materials and processing steps used in their production. These will also influence the composition of rosin-containing materials derived therefrom (e.g. dimerized rosin, hydrogenated rosin, dispropor- tionated rosin, decarboxylated rosin and rosin ester) .
• a wood rosin may particularly comprise 75-99 wt.% (in particular 85-98 wt.%) of rosin acids, 2-5 wt.% of fatty acids, 2-10 wt.% of monoterpenes and diterpenes, and other components to a total of 100 wt.%, including, e.g., any of the additional components described above to be present in rosin, in particular, 4-8 wt.% of other acids and unsaponifiables.
• a gum rosin may particularly comprise 75-99 wt.% (in particular 85-98 wt.%) of rosin acids, 2-5 wt.% of fatty acids, 2-10 wt.% of monoterpenes and diterpenes, and other components to a total of 100 wt.%, including, e.g., any of the additional components as described above and, in particular, other acids and unsaponifiables.
• a tall oil rosin may particularly comprise 75-99 wt.% (in particular 80-95 wt.%) of rosin acids, 2-10 wt.% of fatty acids, and other components to a total of 100 wt.%, including, e.g., any of the additional components as described above and, in particular, other acids and unsaponifiables.
• a distilled tall oil may particularly comprise 10-40 wt.% of rosin acids, from 50 to 80 wt.% of fatty acids and other components to a total of 100 wt.% including, e.g., any of the additional components as described above and, in particular, unsaponifiables .
• a crude tall oil may particularly comprise from 10 to 50 wt.% of rosin acids, from 40 to 70 wt.% of fatty acids, and other components to a total of 100 wt.%, including, e.g., any of the additional components as described above and, in particular, high molecular weight alcohols, sterols and unsaponifiables.
• Rosin-containing materials as described herein may generally have an acid number from 0.5 to 190 mg KOH/g, in particular from 1 to 185 mg KOH/g, more in particular from 1.5 to 180 mg KOH/g, yet more in particular from 2 to 175 KOH/g.
• the acid number can be determined according to ASTM D465 using a standard titration with sodium hydroxide solution.
• Rosin-containing materials as described herein may be viscous liquids or may be solids at room temperature. Viscous liquids may generally have Brookfield viscosities of at most 1500 cps, in particular of at most 1000 cps, and more in particular of at most 500 cps at 50 °C, as measured by methods known in the art. Rosin-containing materials solid at room temperature may generally have a softening point from 40 to 170 °C, in particular from 45 to 160 °C, more in particular from 50 to 150 °C, yet more in particular from 55 to 145 °C.
• the softening point can be measured by the Ring and Ball method (ASTM E28-97), whereby a sample of the rosin-containing material is poured mol- ten into a metal ring, and is subsequently cooled.
• the ring is cleaned in such a way that the rosin-containing material fills the ring, a steel ball is placed resting on top of the resin.
• the ring and ball are placed in a bracket which is lowered into a beaker containing a liquid (e.g. water, glycerol or silicone oil depending on the expected softening point) , and the solvent is heated at 5 °C per minute while being stirred. When the ball drops completely through the ring, the temperature of the solvent is recorded as the Ring & Ball softening point.
• a liquid e.g. water, glycerol or silicone oil depending on the expected softening point
• rosin-containing materials may vary, and may depend on the specific type of rosin-containing materi- al. For instance, rosins, dimerized rosins, hydrogenated rosins, disproportionated rosins, decarboxylated rosins and rosin esters, will generally have the properties described above for rosin-containing materials, in particular with respect to the amount of rosin compounds, acid number and softening points. However, specific compositions and properties may be obtained depending on the starting source of rosin, and specific preparation and reaction conditions.
• Rosins may have an acid number from 125 to 190 mg KOH/g, in particular from 140 to 180 mg KOH/g, more in particu- lar from 150 to 175 mg KOH/g and have a softening points from 40 to 100 °C, in particular from 50 to 90 °C, and more in particular from 60 to 75 °C.
• Dimerized rosins may particularly have an acid number from 120 to 190 mg KOH/g, in particular from 130 to 180 mg KOH/g, more in particular from 135 to 175 mg KOH/g and a softening point from 60 to 160 °C, and in particular from 80 to 140 °C.
• Hydrogenated rosins may have an acid number from 140 to 180 mg/g KOH and a softening point from 40 to 80 °C.
• Disproportionated rosins may have an acid number from
• Rosin esters may have an acid number from 0.50 to 100 mg KOH/g, in particular from 1.0 to 80 mg KOH/g, more in particular from 1.5 to 75 mg KOH/g and a softening point from 80 to 130 °C, in particular from 85 to 125 °C.
• the softening point may vary depending on the polyalcohols used in the preparation of rosin esters and on whether rosin esters are further modified, by, e.g., dimerization and/or fortification with for example ma- leic anhydride or fumaric acid has been applied.
• Rosin-containing materials are generally present in rubber compositions as described herein in amounts from 0.001-75 parts per hundred parts of rubber (phr) , in particular from 0.01 to 50 phr, more in particular from 0.1 to 25 phr, more in particular from 0.25 to 10 phr, and yet more in particular from 0.5 to 5.0 phr.
• part per hundred parts of rubber or "phr” is commonly used in the art of rubber compositions and refers to weight parts of a component present in a rubber composition per 100 parts by weight of rubber.
• the weight parts of rubber present in the composition is calculated on the total amount of rubber used as component (A) .
• the phr is calculated on the basis of the total weight amount of the rubber mixture.
• the amount of rosin-containing material present in rubber compositions as described herein may be based on the amount of organosilane also present therein.
• the amount of rosin-containing material may be from 1 to 100 wt.% based on the total weight amount of organosilane, in particular from 2.5 to 75 wt.%, more in particular from 5 to 50 wt.%, even more in particular from 10 to 30 wt.%, yet more in particular from 15 to 25 wt.%.
• a rubber composition as described herein may comprise any type of rubber selected from natural and synthetic rubbers, including solution polymerizable or emulsion polymerizable elastomers .
• Suitable rubbers include polymers of at least one monomer selected from olefin monomers, including: monoolefins such as ethylene, propylene; conjugated diolefins such as isoprene and butadiene; triolefins; and aromatic vinyl' s such as styrene and alpha methyl styrene.
• Natural rubber is also known as India rubber or caoutchouc and comprises polymers of isoprene as its main component. Natural rubber is generally obtained from trees from the species Hevea Brasiliensis, from Guayule dandelion and Russian Dandelion.
• Suitable synthetic rubbers are described, for example, in the book Kautschuktechnologie by W. Hofmann, published by Gentner Verlag, Stuttgart, 1980.
• suitable rubbers may be selected from at least one of natural rubber (NR) , polybutadiene (BR) , polyiso- prene (IR) , styrene/butadiene copolymers (SBR), styrene/isoprene copolymers (SIR), isobutylene/isoprene copolymers (IIR also known as butyl rubber) , ethylene acrylic rubber, ethylene vinyl acetate copolymers (EVA) , acrylonitrile/butadiene copolymers (NBR) , partly hydrogenated or completely hydrogenated NBR rubber (HNBR) , ethylene/propylene rubber, ethylene/propylene/diene terpolymers (EPDM) , styrene/isoprene/butadiene terpolymers (SIBR) , chloroprene (CR) , chlorinated polyethylene rubber, fluoroelasto- mers chlorosulf
• suitable rubbers include the above mentioned rubbers which additionally have functional groups, such as car- boxyl groups, silanol groups, siloxy groups epoxide groups and amine groups.
• the functionalization of rubbers is well known in the art.
• Examples of functionalized rubbers include, for instance, epoxidized natural rubber, carboxy-functionalized NBR, silanol-functionalized (-SiOH)SBR or siloxy-functionalized (-Si- OR)SBR) amine functionalized SBR.
• Such functional rubbers may react with the silica and silanes present in the rubber composi- tion.
• non-functionalized rubbers may be particularly used.
• rubbers may be selected from at least one of styrene/butadiene copolymer (SBR) , polybutadiene (BR) , natural rubber, polyisoprene, isobutylene copolymer (IIR), sty- rene/isoprene/butadiene terpolymer (SIBR) , and isoprene/styrene copolymer; even more in particular from at least one of styrene/butadiene copolymer (SBR) polybutadiene (BR) and natural rubber.
• SBR styrene/butadiene copolymer
• BR polybutadiene
• natural rubber polyisoprene
• IIR isobutylene copolymer
• SIBR sty- rene/isoprene/butadiene terpolymer
• isoprene/styrene copolymer even more in particular from at
• a rubber composition as described herein may comprise both silica and carbon black or both silica and aluminum hydroxide as the filler.
• said additional fillers may be present in rubber compositions in amounts from 0.5 to 40 phr, in particular from 1 to 20 phr and, more in particular from 2.5 to about 10 phr.
• the amount of additional fillers may be chosen based on the amount of silica present in the rubber compositions as described above.
• the additional filler may be present in a weight ratio (additional filler to silica) from 70:30 to 1:99, more in par- ticular from 50:50 to 10:90, more in particular from 40:60 to 20:80.
• Rubber compositions as described herein comprise an or- ganosilane having at least one hydroxyl, cyclic and/or bridged alkoxy group, and optionally / at least one blocked mercapto group and/or at least one unblocked mercapto group.
• organosilanes as described herein have at least one blocked mercapto group, at least one blocked group and at least one unblocked group.
• organosilanes as described herein have at least one blocked mercapto group and at least one unblocked mercapto group and at least one hydroxy, cy-root and/or bridged alkoxy group.
• the organosilane may be the product of reacting a hydrocarbon-based diol (e.g., 3-methyl- 1,3-propane diol) with S- [3- (triethoxysilyl) propyl] thiooc- tanaote as refered to in US Patent No. 8,609,877 which is incorporated herin in its entirety. It is considered herein that alternately, said organosilane may be a product of said diol and S- [3- (trichlorosilyl) propyl] thiooctanaote.
• a hydrocarbon-based diol e.g., 3-methyl- 1,3-propane diol
• S- [3- (triethoxysilyl) propyl] thiooc- tanaote e.g., 3-methyl- 1,3-propane diol
• organosilane may be comprised of, for example, a generalised il- lustrative structure (I):
• Wherin R 1 is a hydrocarbon radical containing from 4 to
• R 2 is an alkylene radical containing from 3 to 6 carbon atoms, preferably 4 carbon atoms;
• R 3 is an alkylene radical containing from 3 to 8 carbon carbon atoms, preferably 4 carbon atoms;
• R 4 radicals are the same or different alkyl radicals containing from 3 to 8 carbon atoms;
• R 5 radicals are:
• alkyl radical which may be a branched or unbranched alkyl radi- cal, having from 3 to 8 carbon atoms.
• z is a value in the range of from 0 to 6,
• the total of x and y is at least 1, which may be, for example of from 3 to about 15 or more; and wherein m and n are each values in a range of from 0 to 8.
• the various alcohol groups are reactive with hydroxyl groups (e.g., silanol groups) contained on the precipated silica and further, because they contain more than 2 carbon atoms) do not liberate ethanol (as a by-product) upon reacting with said hydroxyl groups on said precipated silica.
• hydroxyl groups e.g., silanol groups
• Oligomeric organosilanes described herein are set forth in US Patent Nos. 8,008,519; 8,158,812; 8,609,877; 7,718,819; and 7,560,583, the entire subject matter of which is incorporated herein by reference.
• the instant invention relates to rubber compositions comprising
• each of the components may be varied as indicated above when describing each of the different components, in particular rubber compositions may comprise any combination of the specific amounts mentioned above for each component .
• a rubber composition as described herein may comprise additional ingredients other than rubber (A) , silica (B) , oga- nosilane (C) and rosin-containing material (D) .
• additional components may depend on the final application of the rubber composition. Suitable additional components and amounts can be determined by a person skilled in the relevant art.
• additional components include, for instance, curing agents like 2,5- dimethyl-2, 5-di (tert-butylperoxy) hexane (DTBPH) or dicumyl peroxide (DCP) ; curing or vulcanizing agents (e.g., sulphur, Vulkacit CS 1.5, Vulkacit D from Lanxess, and Rhenogran IS 60-75 from Rheinchemie) ; activators with maleimide groups like trial- lylcyanurate (TAC) ; peroxide retardants like derivatives from 4- tert-butylcatechol (TBC) , methyl substituted amino alkylphenols and hydroperoxides; accelerators (e.g., 2-mercaptobenzothiazole (MBT), N-cyclohexyl-2-benzothia
• MTBPH 2-mercapto
• TDAE VivatecTM 500 purchased from Hansen & Rosenthal
• resins plasti- cizers and pigments
• fillers other than silica such as those described above, e.g., Carbon Black
• fatty acids e.g., stearic acid
• zinc oxide e.g., waxes (e.g., AntiluxTM 654 from Rheinchemie); antioxidants (e.g., IPPD, VulkanoxTM 4010 and 4020 from Lanxess); antiozonants (e.g., Durazone ® 37 from SpecialChem)
• peptizing agents e.g., diphenylguanidine, SDGP, VulkacitTM IS6075 from Rheinchemie
• a method for preparing a rubber composition as de- scribed herein may comprise mixing:
• (D) rosin-containing material selected from rosin, di- merized rosin, hydrogenated rosin, disproportionated rosin, decarboxylated rosin and rosin ester.
• Rubber compositions as described herein may be compounded or blended by using mixing equipments and procedures conventionally employed in the art.
• the different components (A) to (D) and any other additional components may be mixed in any order.
• an initial master batch may be prepared including part or all, generally all, of the rubber component (A) and an additional component selected from all or part of the silica component (B) , and all or part of the orga- nosilane component (C) , all or part of the rosin-containing material component (D) , and as well as other optional non-curing additives, such as processing oil, antioxidants and other additives commonly used in the art.
• a tire comprising rubber compositions as described herein may generally comprise other components in addition to rubber (A) , silica (B) , organosilane (C) and rosin-containing material (D) .
• additional components include any of the additional components that may be present in the rubber com- position as described above.
• the instant invention relates to the use of a rosin-containing material selected from rosin, dimerized rosin, hydrogenated rosin, disproportionated rosin, decarbox- ylated rosin and rosin ester (component D) to obtain a rubber composition having, when the rubber composition is cured, desirable mechanical properties (e.g., tensile strength), wherein the rubber composition further comprises
• the rubber composition is comprised in a tire.
• the rubber compositions prepared differed in the type of organosilane used and if rosin-containing material was used (component D) in table 1 or not:
• TDAE VivatecTM 500 purchased from Hansen & Rosenthal
• the antioxidants used was 2 phr of N-(l,3 dimethyl- butyl) -N' phenyl-p-phenylenediamine (6PPD, VulkanoxTM 4020 purchased from Lanxess
• Rubber compositions with different amounts of Rosin as indicated in Table 1 were prepared by mixing in a lab-scale Bra- bender type internal mixer (Haake Rheomix OS & Polylab OS from Thermo Scientific Mixer) using a four step mixing protocol.
• the rubbers SBR and BR were introduced to the mixer and heated at 70 °C and 80 rpm. After 0.5 minutes, 50.5 phr of silica, 6.7 phr of the organosilane were added to the rubber.
• the mixture was mixed at 80 RPM for 1 minute and 12.6 phr Carbon Black and 6.3 phr of mineral oil (TDAE) were added to the mixture.
• TDAE mineral oil
• the mixture was mixed for a further 1.5 minutes to allow the mixture to reach a temperature of 150 °C.
• the ram was then raised to allow for cleaning and then lowered.
• the temperature reached 160 °C the mixture was dumped out of the mixer and allowed to cool at room temperature, to provide a first non-productive rubber mixture (STAGE 1 rubber) .
• the STAGE 1 rubber was brought back into the mixer and was set to 80 RPM. After 2 minutes the ram was raised and lowered. When the temperature of 160°C was reached, the mixture was dumped out of the mixer and allowed to cool at room temperature, to provide a second non-productive rubber mixture (STAGE 2 rubber) .
• rubber compositions of examples 1-4 were tested for different properties including Mooney viscosity, Tensile mechanical properties, Hardness and Rebound properties.
• the reduction of the viscosity at 100°C means that the production of products derived from rubber compositions comprising both rosin acid and an organosilane can be significantly improved.
• the lower ML (1+4) at 100°C in the nonproductive stocks (STAGE 1) will facilitate the better rubber processing including ease for handling and the continuation of the mixing process which will greatly increase the plant productivity and the production throughput.
• the viscosity of the final productive rubber mixtures was characterized by measuring torque before its build up during the curing process (ML 160 °C) . This was conducted by recording the minimum torque using a Prescott Rheo-Line Moving Die Rheome- ter for monitoring the curing process according to the ISO 6502 or ASTM D5289 procedure. The testing conditions used were a frequency of 1.67 Hz and a strain of 7 % at 160 °C. The minimum torque recorded is shown in Table 2b under ML 160 °C. Table 2b sets forth the cure rate properties as dete mined using a moving die rheometer at 160°C for 17 minutes Examples 1-4 for the FINAL STAGE. Table 2b
• Table 3 sets forth the tensile mechanical properties of the Examples 1-4 after the FINAL STAGE.
• the tensile mechanical properties of the rubber can be measured using standard proce- dures such as those described in ASTM 6746-10 for uncured rubber and ISO 37 for cured rubber. Parameters commonly used in the art which may be measured include the tensile strengths measured at 50% elongation (M50) , at 200% elongation (M200) and at 300% elongation (M300) ; the tensile strength at break (TB) ; and the elongation at break (EB) .
• M50 50% elongation
• M200 200% elongation
• M300 the tensile strength at break
• TB tensile strength at break
• EB elongation at break
• Table 4 sets forth the hardness and the rebound resilience after the FINAL STAGE of Examples 1 -4.
• the hardness was measured using the Shore A scale at 22 oC according to ISO 7619-1 using a Wallace Shore A tester.
• Rebound Resilience was measured according to ISO 4662 at 22 °C and 60 oC using a Zwick/Roell rebound tester. Table 4
• Table 2b, 3 and 4 indicates that the rosin containing compounds do not negatively impact the physical properties of the cured compound whilst improving the viscosity and therefore the processing of the compound.
• compositions and methods of the appended claims are not limited in scope by the specific compositions and methods described herein, which are intended as illustrations of a few aspects of the claims. Any compositions and methods that are functionally equivalent are intended to fall within the scope of the claims. Various modifications of the compositions and methods in addition to those shown and described herein are intended to fall within the scope of the appended claims. Further, while only certain representative compositions and method steps disclosed herein are specifically described, other combinations of the compositions and method steps also are intended to fall within the scope of the appended claims, even if not specifically recited. Thus, a combination of steps, elements, components, or constitu- ents may be explicitly mentioned herein or less, however, other combinations of steps, elements, components, and constituents are included, even though not explicitly stated.
• R R L + k(R U -R L ) , where k is a variable ranging from 1% to 100% with a 1% increment, e.g., k is 1%, 2%, 3%, 4%, 5%. ... 50%, 51%, 52%. ... 95%, 96%, 97%, 98%, 99%, or 100%.
• any numerical range represented by any two values of R, as cal- culated above is also specifically disclosed. Any modifications of the invention, in addition to those shown and described herein, will become apparent to those skilled in the art from the foregoing description and accompanying drawings. Such modifications are intended to fall within the scope of the appended claims. All publications cited herein are incorporated by reference in their entirety.

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