Iranian tyre scientists claim weight-saving with nano-silicates

ERJ staff report (DS)

Teheran -- Iranian scientists say they have achived a weight reduction and a reduction the use of carbon black through the use of silicate nanocomposites in tyre compounds.

"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," Azam Jalali Arani, a faculty member of the Polymer Engineering Department of Amirkabir University of Technology, said.

Jalali Arani first formulated the nanosilicate incorporated rubber blend. Then she analysed and determined the optimised conditions for preparation of this blend. After that, blending and producing the nanocomposite sample and also analysing and testing the properties of sample vulcanisation were done by rheometric test. Sample vulcanisation and cure according to the results obtained from rheometric test and produced nanocomposite properties study were a part of research outcomes.

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Press release from FARS News Agency