The synthesis and characterization of silane coupling agents to increase silica filler content in styrene-butadiene rubber wet master batch for all-season automobile tires
Choi Jun (1)*, Choi Ji Hye (1), Lee Bo Ram (1), Kim Jung Soo (1), Jang Si-hoon (1), Park No-hyung (1), Kim Dong Hyun (1)
(1) Korea institute of industrial technology - Ansan - Korea
The synthetic rubber compound, which is widely used as the core material for automobile tire industry, is manufactured by mixing styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR) and organic / inorganic filler. It is known that the most important factor for the physical properties of rubber compound is the interaction between the filler and the rubber, which affects the rotational, braking and abrasion resistance. Silica filler has hydrophilic groups such as a silanol group on their surface which has a low affinity with hydrophobic rubbers. In order to solve this problem, researches on an efficient silane coupling agent (SCA) has been continuously carried out. In this study, methoxy type SCAs which are expected to show higher hydrolysis efficiency were synthesized. Their structures were analysed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC/MS) and nuclear magnetic resonance (1H-NMR) spectroscopy. In addition, their hydrolysis efficiency and condensation side reaction in SBR wet master batch were examined by fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) and gel permeation chromatography (GPC), respectively.