United States Patent 0: Patented Sept. 8, 1959
United States Patent 0: Patented Sept. 8, 1959
United States Patent 0: Patented Sept. 8, 1959
2,903,430
Patented Sept. 8, 1959
2
1 7
2,903,439
SYNTHETIC RUBBERS REINFORCED WITH
SILICEOUS PIGMENTS
. -
\ art.
- factors.
properly
'
i 180 C. or 200 C.
adjusted.
As
.sold under the trade name Fortex by Thermoid Chem 70 tion'has ceased. Although it has been found preferable
2,903,439
'
~dit?cultto recover therefrom becauseit does not settle 25 further water can be removed, minus the amount of
'
to the resultant slurry.
In order to illustrate several methods of preparing
Calcium silicates having an average ultimate particle 35
silica having the required properties for use in this inven
size below 0.1 micron are best prepared by reacting calci
examples.
'
'
"
EXAMPLE I
An e?icient
EXAMPLE II
Seventeen thousand gallons of a sodium silicate solu
5,563,456
'
'
Example A
100
100
100
..
40
40
40
Sulfasan R (4,4'-dithlomorpholine)-
l. 5
1. 5
1. 5
2. 5
2. 5
2. 5
Para?'ln ____________________________ ._
0. 75
0. 75
0. 75
2.5
5.0
"FOR/TEX 2 _________________________ __
20
properties:
TABLE I
Minutes
Compound
A.-. ......... -_
B .............. _-
C ______________ _.
Cure
Tensile
500%
320 F.
Modulus
(Pounds
Hardness
Elongation
0"
30
7. 5
10
570
580
2, 350
2, 320
800
790
53
54
15
670
2, 280
2, 350
2, 290
2, 150
2, 270
2, 250
750
740
710
680
820
800
54
590
2, 270
770
20
30
45
7. 5
10
15
20
30
45
7. 5
10
15
20
80
45
invention.
The amount of siliceous pigment used in the rubber
compound normally ranges from 10 to 80 parts by weight
700
750
770
530
550
620
660
680
430
440
500
530
550
580
2, 250
2, 260
2, 150
2, 320
2, 360
2, 280
2, 260
2, 370
2, 160
Set at 75%
40
56
53
59
5B
56
42
42
43
42
40
56
56
56
57
56
56
42
790
56
42
56
56
56
Permanent
39
40
760
740
740
860
850
780
760
740
Tear
(Pounds
42
44
45
39
40
42
42
42
of other properties.
Although the present invention has been described with.
size of less than 0.1 micron and a sulfurized tall oil of?
sticky viscous consistency in an amount of up to 8 parts:
2,903,439
8
ticle size of less than 0.1 micron and a sulfurized tall oil of
10
1.5.
2,480,478
2,702,286
OTHER REFERENCES
aluminum silicate.
'
' 9. The vulcanizate of claim 1 wherein the siliceous rein
forcing pigment is ?nely-divided. aluminum silicate.
'
2.0
'
Reinholdl(l956)l.