IMPROVED NATURAL RUBBER COMPOSITIONS

摘要

There is herein described improved natural rubber compositions having nanocarbon and carbon black as reinforcing agents wherein the nanocarbon is uniformly pre-dispersed within the rubber component. In particular there is described rubber compositions comprising a mixture of natural rubber, nanocarbon and carbon black wherein the relative amount in parts per hundred rubber (pphr) of nanocarbon to carbon black is in the range of about 1 : 40 to about 1 : 2 and the relative amount in parts per hundred rubber (pphr) of nanocarbon to natural rubber is in the range of about 1 : 100 to about 10 : 100 and wherein the nanocarbon component is pre-dispersed within the natural rubber component.