Rubber composition

1. A rubber composition obtained by dry-mixing a rubber wet masterbatch A containing a carbon black A having a nitrogen adsorption specific surface area (N 2 SA) of NA (m 2 /g) with a rubber wet masterbatch B containing a carbon black B having a nitrogen adsorption specific surface area (N 2 SA) of NB (m 2 /g),

wherein the rubber wet masterbatch A and the rubber wet masterbatch B each contains natural rubber;

wherein the content ratio of the rubber wet masterbatch A to the rubber wet masterbatch B is from 5/95 to 40/60, and

when the content proportion of the carbon black A in the rubber wet masterbatch A is represented by LA, and that of the carbon black B in the rubber wet masterbatch B is represented by LB, the following expressions (1) and (2) are satisfied:

NA>NB  (1),

and

1800≤ NA×LA−NB×LB≤ 7000  (2)

wherein LA and LB each represent 100דthe content of the carbon black in the rubber wet masterbatch”/“the content of a rubber component in the rubber wet masterbatch”.

2. The rubber composition according to claim 1 , wherein when the total amount of the rubber component which the rubber wet masterbatch A contains and the rubber component which the rubber wet masterbatch B contains is regarded as 100 parts by mass, natural rubber or the component natural rubber is contained in an amount of 80 parts or more by mass.

3. The rubber composition according to claim 1 , wherein the rubber wet masterbatch A and the rubber wet masterbatch B are each obtained through a step (α) of using at least the carbon black, a dispersing solvent and a rubber latex solution as raw materials, and dispersing at least the carbon black into the dispersing solvent to produce a carbon-black-containing slurry solution, a step (β) of mixing the carbon-black-containing slurry solution with the rubber latex solution to produce a carbon-black-containing rubber latex solution, and a step (γ) of solidifying/drying the carbon-black-containing rubber latex solution; and

the step (α) is a step (α-(a)) in which when the carbon black is dispersed into the dispersing solvent, at least one portion of the rubber latex solution is added thereto, thereby producing the carbon-black-containing slurry solution in which rubber latex particles adhere to the carbon black, and

the step (β) is a step (β-(a)) of mixing the carbon-black-containing slurry solution, in which the rubber latex particles adhere to the carbon black, with the rest of the rubber latex solution to produce the carbon-black-containing rubber latex solution in which rubber latex particles adhere to the carbon black.

4. A pneumatic tire, comprising a ply topping rubber obtained using the rubber composition recited claim 1 .

5. A pneumatic tire, comprising a tread rubber obtained using the rubber composition recited in claim 1 .

6. A pneumatic tire, comprising a bead filler rubber obtained using the rubber composition recited claim 1 .