TREATED FILLERS, COMPOSITIONS CONTAINING THE SAME, AND ARTICLES PREPARED THEREFROM

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide: a process for producing a treated filler; the treated filler prepared by the process; and a composition and article containing such treated filler.SOLUTION: The present invention is directed to a process for producing a treated filler, including: (a) treating a slurry of untreated filler which has not been previously dried, with a treating composition including an organosilane material of specified structure (I); and (b) drying the treated filler slurry. The present invention also is directed to the treated filler prepared by the process, as well as rubber-compounding compositions and tires including the treated filler.