Japan Synthetic Rubber Co., Ltd.

Kazuo Sekine

Hiroharu Ikeda

Yasuyuki Shimozato

A rubber composition comprising (A) 100 parts by weight of a rubber; (B) 5 to 50 parts by weight of a low molecular weight diene copolymer containing a glycidyl group-containing monomer or chloromethylstyrene, said copolymer (B) comprising 30% by weight or less of copolymerized styrene, and having an intrinsic viscosity of 0.2 to 1.3 dl/g as measured in toluene at 30.degree. C.; (C) a crosslinking agent reactive with the glycidyl group or the chloromethyl group in the copolymer (B) selected from (C.sub.I) a metallic oxide and (C.sub.II) an amine compound; and (D) 0.2 to 7 parts by weight, per 100 parts by weight of the rubber (A), of sulfur. This rubber composition has a good processability and can give a vulcanizate having excellent physical properties.

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Kazuo Sekine