Journal
JOURNAL OF APPLIED POLYMER SCIENCE
Volume 139, Issue 29, Pages -Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/app.52608
Keywords
composites; elastomers; mechanical properties; rubber; viscoelasticity
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Funding
- Thailand Research Fund (TRF) via Research and Researcher for Industries
- Siam Rubber Ltd. [PHD56I0074]
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This study focuses on the effects of hybrid filler ratio and SBR type on tire tread performance. Results show that a CB ratio of 40 wt% achieves a good balance of tire performance, and S-SBR provides better overall tire performance than E-SBR, especially in the silica-filled system.
In this study, the effects of hybrid filler ratio and styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR) type on tire tread performance that is, wet grip (WG), fuel-saving efficiency (FSE), and abrasion resistance, were focused. Two types of SBR that is solution-SBR (S-SBR) and emulsion-SBR (E-SBR) were selected and reinforced by various ratios of highly dispersible silica (HDSi) to carbon black (CB). Although increasing the CB ratio had negative effects on WG, FSE, heat build-up, and dynamic set, it improved abrasion resistance. Results revealed a good balance of tire performance at a CB ratio of 40 wt%. Clearly, S-SBR provided better overall tire performance than E-SBR, particularly in the silica-filled system. This is possibly due to the higher glass transition temperature (T-g) and the greater magnitudes of rubber-filler interaction and crosslink density of S-SBR. Surprisingly, the HDSi/CB hybrid ratio and the SBR type had little influence on the degree of filler dispersion, probably because of the sufficiently long mixing time employed in this experiment.
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