An objective of the invention is to provide a rubber composition which has satisfactory processability and dimension stability, and the like gives a vulcanized rubber exhibiting excellent wearing resistance and tensile strength, and the like and thus is useful in a belt, a hose and a tire, and the like. A rubber composition of the invention comprises [1] a crosslinked rubber particle component whose toluene-insolubles is 50 % by weight or more and whose number mean particle size is 3 to 1000 nm and [2] a non-crosslinked rubber component whose toluene-insolubles is less than 20 % by weight. This crosslinked rubber particle component is a polymer comprising at least one selected from (1) a conjugated diene unit, (2) a conjugated diene unit and an α,β-unsaturated nitrile unit and (3) a conjugated diene unit and an acrylate unit as well as a monomer unit having at least 2 polymerizable unsaturated groups. The non-crosslinked rubber component described above is a polymer comprising at least one selected from (a) a conjugated diene unit, (b) (a) plus an aromatic vinyl unit, (c) (a) plus an α,β-unsaturated nitrile unit, (d) (a) plus an acrylate unit and (e) an ethylene unit and an α-olefin unit having 3 to 12 carbon atoms.
本发明的目的是提供一种橡胶组合物,该组合物具有令人满意的加工性和尺寸稳定性等特点,可提供具有优异耐磨性和拉伸强度等特点的
硫化橡胶,因此可用于皮带、软管和轮胎等。本发明的橡胶组合物包括:[1] 一种交联橡胶颗粒成分,其
甲苯不溶物的重量百分比为 50% 或以上,平均粒径为 3 至 1000 nm;[2] 一种非交联橡胶成分,其
甲苯不溶物的重量百分比低于 20%。这种交联橡胶微粒成分是一种聚合物,至少包含一种选自(1)共轭二烯单元;(2)共轭二烯单元和α,β-不饱和腈单元;(3)共轭二烯单元和
丙烯酸酯单元以及具有至少 2 个可聚合不饱和基团的单体单元。上述非交联橡胶组分是一种聚合物,至少包含一种选自(a)共轭二烯单元、(b)(a)加芳香
乙烯基单元、(c)(a)加α,β-不饱和腈单元、(d)(a)加
丙烯酸酯单元和(e)
乙烯单元及具有 3 至 12 个碳原子的α-烯烃单元的单体单元。