Created eco-friendly tires with the addition of food waste Bashny.Net

Ordinary automobile tire contains approximately 30 percent of the technical carbon filler, which increases the wear resistance of the rubber. But the oil content is, however, environmentally unfriendly means of production.





That's why scientists at Ohio state University under the supervision of Professor Katrina Cornish began the development of "green" tires, in which instead of the carbon filler used egg shells and peel tomatoes.





Food waste is dried and ground to powder. Then the powder is added to rubber, and he reportedly makes rubber stronger, while not reducing its elasticity unlike most of the other reinforcing additives. This is partly due to the fact that the porous egg shell particles have a large surface area for greater contact with rubber, while particles of tomato skin remain very stable at high temperatures, plus they contain tough fibres.

This is not the first initiative to use "green" technologies in the automotive industry: researchers from Ford motor company in partnership with the Heinz company has used the skins of tomatoes for the manufacture of the inner parts of the vehicle, while scientists at the University of Tuskegee used shell for the production of flexible bioplastic.





According to Cornish, developed by the Ohio University technology should make the production of tires more environmentally friendly and reduce its dependence on the situation on the energy market. Tyres created using this technology have a reddish-brown shade, but the team is now looking for a suitable black dye.

 

P. S. And remember, only by changing their consumption — together we change the world! ©

Source: ecotechnology