Lg Chem, Ltd

Min Sik Mun

No Ma Kim

Ho Young Lee

Ro Mi Lee

Da Won Chai

Heung Yeal Choi

Youk Reol Na

He Seung Lee

Hyun Jun Kim

Hae Sung Sohn

Sun Keun Kim

Ki Seok Son

Geun Seung Baek

Su Min Na

A modified conjugated diene-based polymer and a rubber composition including the same are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a modified conjugated diene-based polymer satisfying the conditions of i) a mooney viscosity from 75 to less than 100, measured in accordance with ASTM D1646 at 110° C., ii) a mooney stress relaxation ratio 0.4 or less, measured at 110° C., iii) a weight average molecular weight (Mw) of 750,000 g/mol or more, and iv) a molecular weight distribution from 1.0 to 2.0, wherein the molecular weight distribution is a ratio of Mw to the number average molecular weight (Mn).

Modified conjugated diene-based polymer and rubber composition including the same

A modified conjugated diene-based polymer is provided, having remarkable processability and excellent tensile strength and viscoelasticity properties, and a rubber composition including the same is also provided. The modified conjugated diene-based polymer has a unimodal shape molecular weight distribution curve by gel permeation chromatography, narrow molecular weight distribution and a Mooney stress-relaxation ratio of 0.7 or more, and includes a functional group derived from a modifier represented by Formula 1, and thus has remarkable processability and excellent tensile properties and viscoelasticity properties.

The present invention relates to a modified conjugated diene-based polymer, more particularly, a modified conjugated diene-based polymer prepared by continuous polymerization and accordingly, having specific polymer structure, molecular weight distribution and shape, excellent processability and narrow molecular weight distribution, a unimodal shape molecular weight distribution curve by gel permeation chromatography (GPC), and molecular weight distribution (PDI; MWD) of 1.0 to less than 1.7, and including a functional group derived from a modifier represented by Formula 1 at one terminal and a functional group derived from a modification initiator at the other terminal.

Modified conjugated diene-based polymer

The present disclosure relates to a modifier, and more particularly, to a modifier including a compound represented by Formula 1, and a method of preparing the same. Such modifier exhibits excellent dispersibility via hydrogen bonding with an inorganic filler when mixed therewith. The present disclosure also relates to a modified conjugated diene-based polymer and a method of preparing the modified conjugated diene-based polymer by using the modifier. The resulted modified conjugated diene-based polymer exhibits excellent processability, high tensile strength, high wear resistance, low rolling resistance, and high wet skid resistance.

Modifier, method of preparing the same, and modified conjugated diene-based polymer including the same

A modified conjugated diene-based polymer, and more particularly, a modified conjugated diene-based polymer having a unimodal molecular weight distribution curve measured by gel permeation chromatography (GPC), molecular weight distribution (PDI; MWD) of less than 1.7, and a Si content of 100 ppm or more based on weight, and including a repeating unit derived from an aromatic vinyl monomer in an amount of greater than 0 wt % and less than 15 wt %, and a rubber composition including the same.

The present invention relates to a modifier useful for the modification of a conjugated diene-based polymer, having excellent affinity with a filler, and capable of improving the compounding properties of a conjugated diene-based polymer, a method for preparing the same, a modified conjugated diene-based polymer including the modifier, and a method for preparing the polymer.

Modifier, method for preparing the same, and modified conjugated diene-based polymer including the same

The present invention provides a modifier including a silane-based compound of Formula 1, which may prevent the agglomeration of a filler in a rubber composition and increase the dispersibility of a filler, thereby improving the processability of a rubber composition, by easily introducing a functional group having affinity with a filler into a conjugated diene-based polymer chain, and a modified and conjugated diene-based polymer prepared using the same.

Modifier and modified and conjugated diene-based polymer prepared using the same

The present disclosure relates to a modifier, and more particularly, to a modifier including a compound represented by Formula 1, and a method of preparing the same. Such modifier exhibits excellent dispersibility via hydrogen bonding with an inorganic filler when mixed therewith. The present disclosure also relates to a modified conjugated diene-based polymer modified using the modifier and thus exhibiting excellent processability, high tensile strength, high wear resistance, low rolling resistance, and high wet skid resistance, and a method of preparing the modified conjugated diene-based polymer.

The present invention relates to a polymerization initiator represented by Formula 1, a modified conjugated diene-based polymer, methods for preparing them, a rubber composition comprising the modified conjugated diene-based polymer, and a tire prepared from the rubber composition.  (In Formula 1, the definition of each substituent is the same as defined in the description.)

Polymerization initiator, modified conjugated diene-based polymer, and methods for preparing them

The present invention relates to an organolithium compound, and a method for preparing a modified conjugated diene-based polymer using the same. A modified conjugated diene-based polymer having good compatibility with an inorganic filler and improved processability may be provided, and by using a rubber composition including such modified conjugated diene-based polymer, a tire having excellent exothermic properties, tensile strength, abrasion resistance, low fuel consumption and wet traction, and low rolling resistance may be provided.

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