Rubber filler, rubber composite comprising the same, and preparation method therefor and use thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2026008891-A1
Application number	US-202318992635-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Nov 9, 2023
Priority date	Jun 13, 2023
Publication date	Jan 8, 2026
Grant date	—

Abstract

The present disclosure discloses a rubber filler, a rubber composite including the same, a preparation method therefor, and use thereof. The rubber filler includes polydivinylbenzene microspheres and polydopamine-modified white carbon black loaded on the polydivinylbenzene microspheres; wherein the mass ratio of the polydivinylbenzene microspheres to the polydopamine-modified white carbon black is 1:(0.5-20). The rubber composite includes: a solution polymerized crude rubber and the rubber filler; wherein the rubber filler is added in an amount of 10-60 wt % of the dry basis mass of the solution polymerized crude rubber. The present disclosure uses polydivinylbenzene microspheres loaded with polydopamine-modified white carbon black as the filler, solving the problem that the white carbon black is apt to agglomerate and the white carbon black has poor binding force with the rubber. The rubber composite obtained by the present disclosure is suitable for manufacturing green tires.

First claim

1 . A rubber filler comprising: polydivinylbenzene microspheres and polydopamine-modified white carbon black loaded on the polydivinylbenzene microspheres, wherein the mass ratio of the polydivinylbenzene microspheres to the polydopamine-modified white carbon black is 1:(0.5-20).

2 . The rubber filler according to claim 1 , wherein the mass ratio of the polydivinylbenzene microspheres to the polydopamine-modified white carbon black is 1:(1-10); or the mass ratio of the white carbon black and polydopamine in the polydopamine-modified white carbon black is 1:(0.05-1).

3 . The rubber filler according to claim 1 , wherein the polydivinylbenzene microspheres have a particle size within the range of 0.1-1 m.

4 . The rubber filler according to claim 1 , wherein the white carbon black has a particle size within the range of 20-60 nm.

5 . A method for preparing the rubber filler comprising:
(1) carrying out a first reaction on the white carbon black and dopamine in a first buffer solution to obtain a polydopamine-modified white carbon black; (2) subjecting the polydivinylbenzene microspheres to a second reaction in a second buffer solution with the polydivinylbenzene microspheres obtained in step (1) to obtain the polydivinylbenzene microspheres loaded with polydopamine-modified white carbon black; wherein the mass ratio of the polydivinylbenzene microspheres to the polydopamine-modified white carbon black is 1:(0.5-20).

6 . The method according to claim 5 , wherein step (1) specifically comprising:
adding an inorganic acid or inorganic base into a weak alkalinity buffering agent solution to obtain a first buffer solution with a pH of 7.5-10.5, wherein the concentration of the buffering agent in the first buffer solution is within the range of 3-15 mmol/L; adding white carbon black and dopamine into the first buffer solution, carrying out the reaction for 0.5-2 h at room temperature, and then filtering, washing, and drying to obtain the polydopamine-modified white carbon black.

7 . The method according to claim 6 , wherein the mass ratio of the white carbon black and dopamine is 1:(0.05-1);
or the mass ratio of the white carbon black to the first buffer solution is 1:(5-50); or the weak alkalinity buffering agent is one or more selected from the group consisting of trihydroxymethyl aminomethane, barbital, barbital-sodium chloride composite buffering agent, boric acid-potassium chloride composite buffering agent, borax-calcium chloride composite buffering agent, disodium hydrogen phosphate, and dipotassium hydrogen phosphate-potassium dihydrogen phosphate composite buffering agent; or the inorganic acid is one or more of hydrochloric acid, nitric acid, sulfuric acid, and phosphoric acid; or the inorganic base is potassium hydroxide and/or sodium hydroxide.

8 . The method according to claim 5 , wherein step (2) specifically comprising:
adding an inorganic acid or inorganic base into a weak alkalinity buffering agent solution to obtain a second buffer solution with a pH of 7.5-10.5, wherein the concentration of the buffering agent in the second buffer solution is within the range of 3-15 mmol/L; adding polydivinylbenzene microspheres and the polydopamine-modified white carbon black obtained in step (1) into the second buffer solution, carrying out the reaction with magnetic stirring at room temperature for 1-4 h, then filtering, washing, and drying the reaction product to obtain the polydivinylbenzene microspheres loaded with the polydopamine-modified white carbon black.

9 . The method according to claim 8 , wherein the mass ratio of the polydivinylbenzene microspheres to the polydopamine-modified white carbon black is 1:(1-10);
or the mass ratio of the polydivinylbenzene microspheres and the second buffer solution is 1(50-500); or the weak alkalinity buffering agent is one or more selected from the group consisting of trihydroxymethyl aminomethane, barbital, barbital-sodium chloride composite buffering agent, boric acid-potassium chloride composite buffering agent, borax-calcium chloride composite buffering agent, disodium hydrogen phosphate, and dipotassium hydrogen phosphate-potassium dihydrogen phosphate composite buffering agent; or the inorganic acid is one or more of hydrochloric acid, nitric acid, sulfuric acid, and phosphoric acid; or the inorganic base is potassium hydroxide and/or sodium hydroxide.

10 . A rubber composite comprising: a solution polymerized crude rubber, a first filler, and a second filler, wherein the first filler is the rubber filler according to claim 1 , and the second filler is a polydopamine-modified white carbon black; the total addition amount of the first rubber filler and the second rubber filler is 10-60 wt % of the dry basis mass of the solution polymerized crude rubber.

11 . The rubber composite according to claim 10 , wherein the mass ratio of the first filler and the second filler is 1:(0.5-20).

12 . The rubber composite according to claim 10 , wherein the addition amount of the second rubber filler is 10-40 wt % of the dry basis mass of the solution polymerized crude rubber.

13 . The rubber composite according to claim 10 , wherein the rubber composite further comprises an auxiliary agent.

14 . The rubber composite according to claim 13 , wherein the auxiliary agent is one or more selected from the group consisting of a vulcanizing agent, an anti-aging agent, an accelerant, and an activator.

15 . The rubber composite according to claim 10 , wherein the solution-polymerized crude rubber is one or more selected from the group consisting of solution-polymerized styrene-butadiene rubber, polyisoprene rubber, cis-butadiene rubber, and butyl rubber.

16 . A method for preparing the rubber composite comprising:
mixing the solution polymerized crude rubber with a first filler and a second filler, and then vulcanizing the mixture to prepare a rubber composite; wherein the first filler is the rubber filler according to claim 1 , and the second filler is a polydopamine-modified white carbon black; the total addition amount of the first rubber filler and the second rubber filler is 10-60 wt % of the dry basis mass of the solution polymerized crude rubber.

17 . The method according to claim 16 , wherein the mass ratio of the first filler and the second filler is 1:(0.5-20);
or the addition amount of the second rubber filler is 10-40 wt % of the dry basis mass of the solution polymerized crude rubber.

18 . (canceled)

19 . The method according to claim 16 , wherein an auxiliary agent is further added in the mixing step:
or the auxiliary agent is one or more selected from the group consisting of a vulcanizing agent, an anti-aging agent, an accelerant, and an activator.

20 . (canceled)

21 . The method according to claim 16 , wherein the solution-polymerized crude rubber is one or more selected from the group consisting of solution-polymerized styrene-butadiene rubber, polyisoprene rubber, cis-butadiene rubber, and butyl rubber.

22 . A tire comprising the rubber composite according to claim 10 .

Assignees

• Petrochina Co Ltd

Inventors

• Shi Gongchang
• Zhao Zhichao
• Yang Hailong
• Wang Yongfeng
• Shao Wei
• Zhong Qilin
• Gui Qiang
• Zhang Zhiqiang
• Dong Jing
• Gong Guangbi

Classifications

• C09C3/10

  Treatment with macromolecular organic compounds {(C09C3/006 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• C09C1/56

  Treatment of carbon black {; Purification} · CPC title

• C08L2207/53

  Core-shell polymer · CPC title

• C08L23/22

  Copolymers of isobutene; Butyl rubber; Homopolymers or copolymers of other iso-olefins · CPC title

• C08L9/06

  Copolymers with styrene · CPC title