LIGNIN IN TIRE COMPONENTS

摘要

A vehicle tire having a sidewall and an undertread, the sidewall, the undertread or both being based upon a rubber composition, the rubber composition comprising a highly unsaturated diene elastomer, a carcass grade carbon black and particles comprising at least 70 wt. % unsulfonated lignin, wherein the particles make up no more than 50 wt. % of the total weight of the particles and the carbon black.