Patent ID: 6239203
Filing Date: 2001-05-29
Classification: B60C,C08K

Abstract:
A method of improving the abrasion resistance of a cured rubber tire tread compound comprising(a) adding from 3 to 30 phr of a C.sub.12 -C.sub.36 alcohol and from 0.5 to 2.0 phr of a sulfur vulcanizing agent to 100 parts by weight of at least one dry isolated sulfur-vulcanizable rubber selected from the group consisting of natural rubber, conjugated diene homopolymers and copolymers and from copolymers of at least one conjugated diene and aromatic vinyl compound;(b) dispersing the C.sub.12 -C.sub.36 alcohol and sulfur vulcanizing agent throughout the elastomer; and(c) curing the rubber.