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You are here: Home1 / News2 / Research Shows Nanosilicate Prolongs Truck Tyre Life, Reduces Weight

Research Shows Nanosilicate Prolongs Truck Tyre Life, Reduces Weight

Date: 13th July 2010 Author: Tyrepress Editors Comments: 0

Iranian researchers at Amirkabir University of Technology in Tehran have reportedly prolonged the lifetime and reduced the weight of rubbers used in truck tyres by incorporating silicate nanocomposites in their blends. The Iran Nano Initiative Council says that faculty member of the university’s Polymer Engineering Department, Azam Jalali Arani, first formulated the nanosilicate incorporated rubber blend. She then analysed and determined the optimised conditions for preparation of this blend. Following this, blending and production of the nanocomposite sample and analysing and testing the properties of sample vulcanization were performed by rheometric test.

“The application of layered nanosilicate results in the reduction of carbon black quantity used in rubber blends thus reduces the density of blend so that it is possible to synthesise products with less weight,” said Jalali Arani. “Tyre lightening decreases fuel consumption of vehicles as well as the environmental pollution and consequently saves the energy consumption. Other specifications and final properties of the blend would also be improved and tyre lifetime would be increased.”

Further details of the study can be found in e-Polymers, volume 132.

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