Provided are a modified cellulose fiber-containing rubber composition and rubber composition for tires that are allowed to simultaneously achieve excellent rigidity, excellent tensile properties, and low energy loss by improving the dispersibility of the cellulose fiber in rubber, as well as a pneumatic tire formed from the rubber composition, having excellent handling stability, excellent rolling resistance properties, and excellent durability. The present invention relates to a modified cellulose fiber-containing rubber composition containing: a modified cellulose fiber (A) obtained by adding a C15 or higher cyclic polybasic acid anhydride (a) containing a hydrophobic group to a cellulose fiber through esterification; a dispersing polymer (B) having a softening point of 135 C. or lower; and a rubber component (C).

The invention relates to a material comprising: a first crosslinked polymer forming a network, and a second linear polymer comprising n monomers, each of the monomers having the following formula I: (I), where m varies from 0 to 4, R is selected from hydrogen, an ethyl group and an alkyl group, and n is a non-zero natural integer, said material being such that it forms a semi-interpenetrating network wherein the second linear polymer is entangled in the network of the first polymer.

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A first tire member manufacturing method includes an operation in which master batch is made, and an operation in which the master batch and high-cis polybutadiene rubber are mixed. The operation in which the master batch is made includes an operation in which carbon-black-containing pre-coagulation rubber latex is coagulated to obtain a coagulum, an operation in which a compound according to Formula (I) is added to the water-containing coagulum, and an operation in which the compound according to Formula (I) is dispersed within the coagulum.

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In Formula (I), R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 each indicates a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group having 1 to 20 carbons, an alkenyl group having 1 to 20 carbons, or an alkynyl group having 1 to 20 carbons. R.sup.1 and R.sup.2 may be the same or different, M.sup.+ indicates sodium ion, potassium ion, or lithium ion.

An EPDM composition that includes 1 to 12 parts by weight of liquid polybutadiene and 1 to 12 parts by weight of a plant-derived component-containing terpene resin based on 100 parts by weight of a plant-derived component-containing ethylene-propylene-diene terpolymer. The EPDM composition is obtained by adding, to EPDM that has, at least in part, a plant-derived component with low environmental impact, liquid polybutadiene, which is compatible with EPDM and can improve roll processability by reducing the compound viscosity, and further using a specific amount of a plant-derived component-containing terpene resin for the biomass degree, which is reduced due to the addition of the liquid. The rate of change in biomass degree is less than 1.5% in comparison to a composition to which liquid polybutadiene and a plant-derived component-containing terpene resin are not added.

A preparation method of a rubber composition for a tire assures that good processability can be obtained even if a silane coupling agent having a mercapto group is blended. The preparation method of a rubber composition for a tire is characterized by initiating kneading of a rubber component and a compound represented by the following formula (1) before kneading the rubber component and a silane coupling agent having a mercapto group.

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(Wherein each of R.sup.1 to R.sup.4 independently represents a straight-chain or branched chain alkyl group having 1 to 18 carbon atoms or a cycloalkyl group having 5 to 12 carbon atoms.)

The invention relates to a rubber composition and its preparation for providing a path of least electrical resistivity through an electrically resistive rubber composition for a tire with a component of such rubber composition, particularly a tire tread.

A method for preparing a rubber compound comprising at least one first mixing step in which at least part of a cross-linkable polymer base is mixed at least with a reactive reinforcing filler, a dendrimer functionalized with polar groups adapted to interact with the reactive reinforcing filler and a nucleophile agent; and a subsequent mixing step in which the compound being prepared is mixed with a vulcanization system.

The present invention relates to the technical field of copper clad laminates and relates to a resin composition and a pre-preg and a laminate using the composition. The resin composition comprises: (A) a prepolymer of vinyl thermosetting polyphenylene ether and a bifunctional maleimide or a multifunctional maleimide; and, (B) a polyolefin resin. The present invention, by employing the prepolymer of vinyl thermosetting polyphenylene ether and the bifunctional maleimide or the multifunctional maleimide, solves the problem of incompatibility of the bifunctional maleimide or the multifunctional maleimide with the vinyl thermosetting polyphenylene ether and the polyolefin resin. An aqueous glue solution so mixed is uniform and consistent, the prepreg has a uniform expression, and a substrate resin area is free of a phase-separation problem. In addition, the maleimide employed is either the bifunctional maleimide or the multifunctional maleimide, relative to a monofunctional maleimide, a substrate so prepared is provided with increased heat resistance, a reduced thermal expansion coefficient, extended thermal stratification time, and increased thermal decomposition temperature.

This disclosure provides a rubber composition for tire obtainable by a method for producing a rubber composition comprising: (a) preparing a preliminary composition by preparing a first mixture containing all of or a part of a diene based rubber (A), a silica (B), a silane coupling agent (C) and an activator (D), and containing a glycerin fatty acid ester (E), and kneading the first mixture; and (b) preparing the rubber composition by adding a vulcanizing agent (t,F) into the preliminary composition to prepare a second mixture, and kneading the second mixture, wherein: the glycerin fatty acid ester (E) is an ester of a glycerin and two or more fatty acids, a fatty acid component which is the most among the two or more fatty acids constituting the glycerin fatty acid ester being 10 to 90 mass % of all the fatty acids.

A resin composition is provided. The resin composition comprises the following components: (a) a thermal-curable resin system, which has a dielectric loss (Df) of not higher than 0.008 at 10 GHz and comprises a bismaleimide resin of the following formula (I),

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##STR00002## wherein R, R11 to R19 and R21 to R28 are as defined in the specification, and wherein the amount of the organic compound (b) ranges from 1 wt % to 30 wt % based on the total weight of the resin system (a) and the organic compound (b).