Innovative Uses for Carbon Black Composites and Carbon Black Feedstock
Carbon black has been in use for a long time in many industries, especially in the manufacture of rubber products. Nevertheless, new developments in material science have unlocked extra and promising application areas for carbon black composites and carbon black feedstock. The following article discusses innovative uses that are revolutionising industries and providing a roadmap towards sustainability. Enhancing Tire Performance Of all the applications, the rubber industry appears to be the most traditional one since carbon black is widely used in the production of tires. Carbon black composites remain the key enablers of the advancements of tires as far as performance, durability, and safety are concerned. New formulations of carbon black offer tire makers an opportunity to design new products with high tread-wearing characteristics, better wet adhesion with the road, and lower rolling resistance, which improves fuel economy. Most of these innovations are useful not only to drivers ...