Rubber silanes

Magic ingredients for modern silica applications

Silanes used in the rubber industry are generally bifunctional organic silicon compounds with two reactive groups. They are used in high-quality rubber compounds together with silanol group-carrying fillers and are especially effective in combination with reinforcing precipitated silicas.

About Rubber Silanes

Evonik Degussa GmbH has been active in the field of sulfur-functional organosilanes since the early 1970s.more

Products & Services

All sulfur-functional silanes from Evonik Degussa GmbH are available in liquid form, some are also available as dry blend with carbon black or as a prereacted silica compound (COUPSIL^®). Monofunctional silanes round off the product range due to their hydrophobising properties, these facilitate processing with mixtures containing silica.more

Application Areas

Rubber Silane from Evonik Degussa are used in a variety of products in the rubber industry.more

Effects

Although the technology was not launched on the market until the early 1990s, today nearly all of the cars in Europe are equipped with tires that have treads containing silica and silane.more

Silanes for the rubber industry