abstract |
The present invention relates to a rubber composition including at least one phenol-aldehyde resin made up of: at least one aromatic polyphenol including at least one aromatic ring having at least two hydroxyl functions in the meta position relative to one another, the two ortho positions of at least one of the hydroxyl functions being non-substituted; and at least one aromatic polyaldehyde selected from benzene-1,3-dicarboxaldehyde, benzene-1,4-dicarboxaldehyde and mixtures of said compounds, the rubber composition having a nominal secant modulus at an elongation of 10 %, measured according to the ASTM standard D412 of 1998, no lower than 25 MPa. |