Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2019, Vol. 40 ›› Issue (11): 2388.doi: 10.7503/cjcu20190378

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Structure and Properties of SSBR/BR/Surface-modified SiO2 Green Tire Tread Stock

CAI Lei1,ZHAO Yuanjin1,ZHANG Xingping1,HE Aihua1,*(),DING Tao2,LI Xiaohong2,ZHANG Zhijun2   

  1. 1. Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Olefin Catalysis and Polymerization, Key Laboratory of Rubber-plastics(Ministry of Education), School of Polymer Science and Engineering, Qingdao University of Science and Technology, Qingdao 266042, China
    2. National & Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Applied Technology of Hybrid Nanomaterials, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China
  • Received:2019-07-07 Online:2019-11-10 Published:2019-10-24
  • Contact: HE Aihua E-mail:aihuahe@iccas.ac.cn
  • Supported by:
    ? Supported by the National Basic Research Program of China(2015CB654700(2015CB654706));The Major Program of Shandong Province Natural Science Foundation, China(ZR2017ZA0304);The Taishan Scholar Program, China

Abstract:

SiO2 is deemed as one of the most important reinforcing materials in tread stocks of green tires. The surface modification of SiO2 and interactions between hydrophilic SiO2 and hydrophobic rubbers are closely related to the properties of rubber vulcanizates. In this work, four kinds of SiO2 modified with different functional groups were incorporated into the solution polymerized styrene butadiene rubber/butadiane rubber(SSBR/BR) stocks, and the structures and properties of the SSBR/BR/SiO2 rubber nanocomposites were systematically studied. Compared with the compound filled with unmodified SiO2, the Mooney viscosity and bound rubberof the SSBR/BR/SiO2 compounds filled with modified SiO2 increased significantly indicating the greatly enhanced filler-rubber interaction. The scorch time and the optimum curing time of the SSBR/BR/SiO2 compounds filled with modified SiO2 reduced by 60% and 35%—40%, respectively. The SSBR/BR vulcanizates filled with modified SiO2 exhibited higher cross-linking density, remarkably improved filler dispersion and excellent mechanical properties including the modulusat 100% and 300% increased by 50%—63% and 48%—57%, the wear resistance improved by 5%—12%, and heat built-up decreased by 7%—13%, the hot air aging properties increased by 4%—22%, and tanδ at 60 ℃ indicating rolling resistance decreased by 8%—13%. In addition, the wet-skid resistance of SSBR/BR/HB 2105N vulcanizate filled with 90 mmol/kg amino-modified SiO2 was 6.9% higher than that of SSBR/BR/1165MP vulcanizate filled with unmodified SiO2. Surface modification of SiO2 could significantly improve the filler-rubber interaction and filler dispersion in the rubber matrix, and therefore contribute to the excellent comprehensive properties of the composites.

Key words: SiO2, Surface-modified, Tire tread stock, Solution polymerized Styrene butadiene rubber/Butadiene rubber, Physical-mechanical propery

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