The present disclosure provides compositions and products formed therefrom. In particular, the disclosure provides elastomeric latex articles, such as gloves and condoms, that can exhibit a desired combination of properties that can be correlated to suitable strength and softness.

The present invention provides: a rubber composition obtained by mixing 30 to 80 parts by mass of carbon black, whose DBP absorption value and CTAB adsorption specific surface area satisfy the following relational formulas (I) and (II), into 100 parts by mass of a rubber component, wherein macrodispersion D(%) of the carbon black in the rubber composition is 1% or more and less than 10%, and the rubber composition has high performance and excellent processability such as roll workability and the like; and a rubber product such as a tire having reduced rolling resistance and excellent fatigue resistance and abrasion resistance.
DBP absorption value(cm.sup.3/100 g)<3.0(CTAB adsorption specific surface area(m.sup.2/g))270(I)
DBP absorption value(cm.sup.3/100 g)<115(II)
CTAB adsorption specific surface area(m.sup.2/g)<230(III).

A water-based hydrogel polymer coating and a method of application to natural rubber or other elastomeric latex products are provided. The water-based hydrogel polymer is mixed with a blend of at least one elastomeric material to provide a hydrogel polymer blend composition. The water-based hydrogel polymer blend composition is applied in a single application to an elastomeric article, such as gloves, without additional solvents in the polymer blend composition and without a separate acid or chemical priming step. The water-based hydrogel coating herein provides increased lubricity to facilitate improved wet and dry donning of the elastomeric article.

A method for producing a wet rubber masterbatch uses a single-screw extruder. The single-screw extruder includes a screw, and an external cylinder in which a slit extended along the length direction of the external cylinder (the screw-shaft direction) is formed in an internal wall surface of the external cylinder, and when the width of the slit is represented by A and the clearance between a crest of the screw and the internal wall surface of the external cylinder is represented by B, the following expression (1) is satisfied:

0<AB(Y)/AB(X)<0.9(1)

wherein AB (Y) is the product of A and B at a downstream side along the screw-shaft direction of the external cylinder, and AB (X) is the product of A and B at an upstream side along the screw-shaft direction of the external cylinder.

Edge separation in a turned-up end portion (5E) of a carcass ply (5) is suppressed. In a pneumatic tire comprising a bead core (4) embedded in a bead portion (3) and a carcass ply (5) turned up and locked around the bead core (4), a rubber sheet (10) is prepared using a wet masterbatch containing natural rubber and/or polyisoprene rubber and carbon black, and the rubber sheet (10) is arranged on at least one of front and back sides of the turned-up end portion (5E) of the carcass ply (5).

The present invention relates to a process for making a polymer masterbatch with silica nanoparticles highly uniformly dispersed therein by using a stable aqueous emulsion of compatibilized silica nanoparticles, the sizes of which are mechanically reduced to nanoscales. Adequate reduction of the silica particles to nanoscales is essential for the formation of a desired emulsion of highly stability. The said emulsion of compatibilized silica nanoparticle can be easily mixed under mild conditions with a polymer in latex form, which can be high purity natural rubber, synthetic rubber and/or a blend thereof. The bifunctional organosilane coupling agent bonded-Silica nanoparticles are subsequently incorporated into the rubber polymer network during coagulation with formic acid. The inventive rubber-silica masterbatch thus obtained is useful for manufacturing rubber and other polymer composite products.

A water-based hydrogel polymer coating and a method of application to natural rubber or other elastomeric latex products are provided. The water-based hydrogel polymer is mixed with a blend of at least one elastomeric material to provide a hydrogel polymer blend composition. The water-based hydrogel polymer blend composition is applied in a single application to an elastomeric article, such as gloves, without additional solvents in the polymer blend composition and without a separate acid or chemical priming step. The water-based hydrogel coating herein provides increased lubricity to facilitate improved wet and dry donning of the elastomeric article.

The present invention provides: a rubber composition obtained by mixing 30 to 80 parts by mass of carbon black, whose DBP absorption value and CTAB adsorption specific surface area satisfy the following relational formulas (I) and (II), into 100 parts by mass of a rubber component, wherein macrodispersion D (%) of the carbon black in the rubber composition is 1% or more and less than 10%, and the rubber composition has high performance and excellent processability such as roll workability and the like; and a rubber product such as a tire having reduced rolling resistance and excellent fatigue resistance and abrasion resistance.

DBP absorption value(cm.sup.3/100 g)<3.0(CTAB adsorption specific surface area(m.sup.2/g))270(I)

DBP absorption value(cm.sup.3/100 g)<115(II)

CTAB adsorption specific surface area(m.sup.2/g)<230(III).

A water-based hydrogel polymer coating and a method of application to natural rubber or other elastomeric latex products are provided. The water-based hydrogel polymer is mixed with a blend of at least one elastomeric material to provide a hydrogel polymer blend composition. The water-based hydrogel polymer blend composition is applied in a single application to an elastomeric article, such as gloves, without additional solvents in the polymer blend composition and without a separate acid or chemical priming step. The water-based hydrogel coating herein provides increased lubricity to facilitate improved wet and dry donning of the elastomeric article.

The invention relates in general to working or preserving a plant-fibre material, such as a wood-like material, and processing said material, such as in a plastic state in general, and may likewise be considered to be a technology of managing solid or solid-like waste materials, the waste materials comprising plant-fibre material.