A pressure-sensitive adhesive tape of the present invention includes a paper base material and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer provided on a surface of the paper base material, wherein the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer includes a rubber component containing natural rubber, wherein the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer has a biobased content of 15% or more, SP adhesive force of 4 N/24 mm or more, and a ball tack value of 8 or more. According to the present invention, the pressure-sensitive adhesive tape having a reduced environmental impact and excellent packing performance can be provided.

An adhesive containing silicone, in the form of an adhesive compound which contains at least a first adhesive component and a second adhesive component containing silicone is provided. The second, silicon-laced adhesive component consists of a non-crosslinked polysiloxane. The kinematic viscosity of the non-crosslinked polysiloxane is at least 100,000 mm.sup.2/s and at most 10,000,000 mm.sup.2/s or that the molar mass of the non-crosslinked polysiloxane is less than 10,000 g/mol, and the second, silicone-containing adhesive component is microencapsulated. Alternatively it can be provided that the molar mass of the polysiloxane is at least 80,000 g/mol and at most 500,000 g/mol, or that the kinematic viscosity of the non-crosslinked polysiloxane is less than 100,000 mm.sup.2/s, and the second, silicone-containing adhesive component is microencapsulated.

An adhesive containing silicone, in the form of an adhesive compound which contains at least a first adhesive component and a second adhesive component containing silicone is provided. The second, silicon-laced adhesive component consists of a non-crosslinked polysiloxane. The kinematic viscosity of the non-crosslinked polysiloxane is at least 100,000 mm.sup.2/s and at most 10,000,000 mm.sup.2/s or that the molar mass of the non-crosslinked polysiloxane is less than 10,000 g/mol, and the second, silicone-containing adhesive component is microencapsulated. Alternatively it can be provided that the molar mass of the polysiloxane is at least 80,000 g/mol and at most 500,000 g/mol, or that the kinematic viscosity of the non-crosslinked polysiloxane is less than 100,000 mm.sup.2/s, and the second, silicone-containing adhesive component is microencapsulated.

When conventional photo-reactive compounds are to be liquefied with the application of light, liquefaction thereof is time-consuming due to poor sensitivity to ultraviolet light. In the case of conventional photo-reactive compounds, disadvantageously, light does not penetrate through layers to be adhered to each other when such layers are thick. Thus, peeling is not sufficiently performed. Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to overcome such drawbacks of conventional photo-reactive compounds and provide a photo-reactive adhesive agent exhibiting high sensitivity to light for fluidization and capable of easy peeling. This invention provides a photo-reactive pressure-sensitive adhesive agent comprising, as a main component, a polymeric compound with a weight average molecular weight of 3,000 to 800,000 represented by General Formula (1):

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wherein A represents a block polymer of monomers represented by Formula (2) below with a molecular weight of 1,000 to 100,000; and B represents a block polymer with a molecular weight of 1,000 to 400,000 having a glass transition point and a melting point of 20 C. or lower, which is liquid or plastically deformable at room temperature, provided that B does not absorb light of a wavelength range of 350 to 600 nm by itself:

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wherein R.sub.1 represents a group having an azobenzene structure represented by Formula (3) below; n is an integer of 2 to 18; m is an integer of 0 to 16; and R.sub.2 represents hydrogen or a methyl group.

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A strip (100) intended for the reinforcement of the wall of high pressure hoses or flexible pipes is presented. The strip (100) comprises multiple wires (102) arranged side-by-side and held together by means of a hardened adhesive (104) originating from a waterborne dispersion. Different embodiments are presented wherein the wires (102) are embedded in the hardened adhesive (104), or wherein only one side of the strip (100) is covered with hardened adhesive (104) or wherein the hardened adhesive (104) is present only between the wires (102) and not on the surfaces (S1, S2) delineating the strip (100). In one preferred embodiment the wires (102) are flattened with the flats being parallel to the surfaces (S1, S2) of the strips (100).

A sealant composition of an embodiment of the present invention constitutes a sealant layer of a pneumatic tire provided with the sealant layer on the tire inner surface. The sealant composition contains a rubber component, a tackifier, a plasticizer, and a crosslinking component, and has an adhesive force to a steel material of 12 N or more.

A sealant composition of an embodiment of the present invention constitutes a sealant layer of a pneumatic tire provided with the sealant layer on the tire inner surface. The sealant composition contains a rubber component, a tackifier, a plasticizer, and a crosslinking component, and has an adhesive force to a steel material of 12 N or more.

An adhesive composition containing at least one solid rubber (A) selected from a natural rubber, a polyisoprene rubber, a polybutadiene rubber, a styrene-butadiene copolymer rubber, a styrene-isoprene copolymer rubber, an acrylonitrile-butadiene copolymer rubber, a chloroprene rubber, an ethylene-propylene rubber, and a butyl rubber, and 5 to 250 parts by mass of a liquid farnesene-based rubber (B) and 10 to 500 parts by mass of a tackifier resin (C), relative to 100 parts by mass of the solid rubber (A), in which the liquid farnesene-based rubber (B) meets the following (I) and (II): (I) a melt viscosity measured at 38? C. is in a range of 0.1 to 3,000 Pa.Math.s; and (II) when a measurement is performed through a gel permeation chromatography (GPC), a maximum peak-molecular weight (Mt) is 3,000 to 200,000 and a molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) is 1.0 to 1.4.

An adhesive composition containing at least one solid rubber (A) selected from a natural rubber, a polyisoprene rubber, a polybutadiene rubber, a styrene-butadiene copolymer rubber, a styrene-isoprene copolymer rubber, an acrylonitrile-butadiene copolymer rubber, a chloroprene rubber, an ethylene-propylene rubber, and a butyl rubber, and 5 to 250 parts by mass of a liquid farnesene-based rubber (B) and 10 to 500 parts by mass of a tackifier resin (C), relative to 100 parts by mass of the solid rubber (A), in which the liquid farnesene-based rubber (B) meets the following (I) and (II): (I) a melt viscosity measured at 38? C. is in a range of 0.1 to 3,000 Pa.Math.s; and (II) when a measurement is performed through a gel permeation chromatography (GPC), a maximum peak-molecular weight (Mt) is 3,000 to 200,000 and a molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) is 1.0 to 1.4.

An adhesive composition containing at least one solid rubber (A) selected from a natural rubber, a polyisoprene rubber, a polybutadiene rubber, a styrene-butadiene copolymer rubber, a styrene-isoprene copolymer rubber, an acrylonitrile-butadiene copolymer rubber, a chloroprene rubber, an ethylene-propylene rubber, and a butyl rubber, and 5 to 250 parts by mass of a liquid farnesene-based rubber (B) and 10 to 500 parts by mass of a tackifier resin (C), relative to 100 parts by mass of the solid rubber (A), in which the liquid farnesene-based rubber (B) meets the following (I) and (II): (I) a melt viscosity measured at 38? C. is in a range of 0.1 to 3,000 Pa.Math.s; and (II) when a measurement is performed through a gel permeation chromatography (GPC), a maximum peak-molecular weight (Mt) is 3,000 to 200,000 and a molecular weight distribution (Mw/Mn) is 1.0 to 1.4.