Science on the road to a more colorful tire
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A new food waste technology may have you seeing more colorful tires in the future.
Carbon black is a material found in tires that makes the rubber stronger and gives tires their distinctive black color. But a new food waste technology may have you seeing more colorful tires in the future. Professor Katrina Cornish of The Ohio State University has been researching the use of tomato peels and egg shells as a replacement for carbon black.
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Science on the road to a more colorful tire
Clip: Season 3 Episode 333 | 6m 5sVideo has Closed Captions
Carbon black is a material found in tires that makes the rubber stronger and gives tires their distinctive black color. But a new food waste technology may have you seeing more colorful tires in the future. Professor Katrina Cornish of The Ohio State University has been researching the use of tomato peels and egg shells as a replacement for carbon black.
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