Post by Trade facilitator on Feb 4, 2023 7:52:58 GMT 1
Carbon Black: The Reinforcing Agent That Makes Tires Black – The Quantity Nigeria Contributes To Global Production
Did You Know That About one fourth of the weight of a standard automobile tire is carbon black?
Perhaps you may have been wondering why most tires you have been seeing are black in color; in this article we are going to see the product that is behind the black coloring.
What Is Carbon Black?
Carbon black is a variety of intensely black, finely divided forms of amorphous carbon that are typically derived from the partial combustion of hydrocarbons. It is used as a reinforcing agent in automobile tires and rubber products, as well as a pigment for printing ink, paint, and carbon paper due to its high hiding power.
Carbon black is obtained from the thermal decomposition of heavy petroleum raw material such as ethylene cracking tar, coal tar, or FCC tar.
It is highly adopted, owing to its beneficial characteristics such as efficiently absorbing ultraviolet (UV) light and converting it into heat, increased tire tread wear and rolling resistance, improved thermal conductivity, and superior UV protection.
Processes, such as oil furnaces and thermal, are mainly used in product manufacturing. The increasing product consumption in tire manufacturing and the rising plastic demand for electronics, consumer goods, and automotive industries are fueling the market growth.
Carbon black is also used in protective coatings, plastics, and resistors for electronic circuits. As reinforcing filler, it greatly increases resistance to wear and abrasion. About one fourth of the weight of a standard automobile tire is carbon black. For tires on vehicles on which it is necessary to avoid building up an electrostatic charge, such as oil trucks and hospital operating carts, even more carbon black is added to make the rubber electrically conducting.
Carbon black particles are usually spherical in shape and less regularly crystalline than graphite. Carbon black changes into graphite if heated at 3,000° C (5,400° F) for a prolonged period. Among the most finely divided materials known, carbon blacks vary widely in particle size depending on the process by which they are made. Channel or impingement black is made by the impingement of smoky flames from tiny jets on iron channels; the deposited black is scraped off by moving the channels over stationary scrapers.
Furnace blacks are made in refractory chambers by incomplete combustion of any of various types of gaseous or liquid hydrocarbons. Thermal blacks are produced in the absence of air when hydrocarbons are decomposed by contact with heated refractories.
Lampblack, the oldest known black pigment, is produced by burning oil, usually coal-tar creosote, in shallow pans, in a furnace with the draft regulated to give a heavy smoke cloud.
Acetylene black is produced in refractory chambers in the absence of air by the decomposition of acetylene gas preheated to 800° C (1,500° F). It is used in applications requiring high electrical conductivity, such as dry cells.
What Is Carbon Black Used For?
The particle coatings may include "polyaromatic hydrocarbons," also called PAHs. In the tire industry, carbon black is used to strengthen and color rubber. It is also used to color inks and leather, and to insulate electrical equipment.
What Industry Uses Carbon Black?
Carbon black is essentially used in manufacturing tires, plastics, mechanical rubber goods, printing inks, and toners. It can absorb UV light and converts it into heat, hence, finds its major application also used in insulating wires and cables.
Largest Producer Of Carbon Black In The World:
China is the largest producer and consumer of this product. The carbon black market growth in China is attributed to the increasing use of the product in tire and plastic goods production.
China contributed to the global carbon black production capacity with a volume of almost 7 million metric tons in 2021.
While when operational Dangote Petrochemical factory will produce about 500,000 metric tonnes of carbon black annually.
Addendum:
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Perhaps you may have been wondering why most tires you have been seeing are black in color; in this article we are going to see the product that is behind the black coloring.
What Is Carbon Black?
Carbon black is a variety of intensely black, finely divided forms of amorphous carbon that are typically derived from the partial combustion of hydrocarbons. It is used as a reinforcing agent in automobile tires and rubber products, as well as a pigment for printing ink, paint, and carbon paper due to its high hiding power.
Carbon black is obtained from the thermal decomposition of heavy petroleum raw material such as ethylene cracking tar, coal tar, or FCC tar.
It is highly adopted, owing to its beneficial characteristics such as efficiently absorbing ultraviolet (UV) light and converting it into heat, increased tire tread wear and rolling resistance, improved thermal conductivity, and superior UV protection.
Processes, such as oil furnaces and thermal, are mainly used in product manufacturing. The increasing product consumption in tire manufacturing and the rising plastic demand for electronics, consumer goods, and automotive industries are fueling the market growth.
Carbon black is also used in protective coatings, plastics, and resistors for electronic circuits. As reinforcing filler, it greatly increases resistance to wear and abrasion. About one fourth of the weight of a standard automobile tire is carbon black. For tires on vehicles on which it is necessary to avoid building up an electrostatic charge, such as oil trucks and hospital operating carts, even more carbon black is added to make the rubber electrically conducting.
Carbon black particles are usually spherical in shape and less regularly crystalline than graphite. Carbon black changes into graphite if heated at 3,000° C (5,400° F) for a prolonged period. Among the most finely divided materials known, carbon blacks vary widely in particle size depending on the process by which they are made. Channel or impingement black is made by the impingement of smoky flames from tiny jets on iron channels; the deposited black is scraped off by moving the channels over stationary scrapers.
Furnace blacks are made in refractory chambers by incomplete combustion of any of various types of gaseous or liquid hydrocarbons. Thermal blacks are produced in the absence of air when hydrocarbons are decomposed by contact with heated refractories.
Lampblack, the oldest known black pigment, is produced by burning oil, usually coal-tar creosote, in shallow pans, in a furnace with the draft regulated to give a heavy smoke cloud.
Acetylene black is produced in refractory chambers in the absence of air by the decomposition of acetylene gas preheated to 800° C (1,500° F). It is used in applications requiring high electrical conductivity, such as dry cells.
What Is Carbon Black Used For?
The particle coatings may include "polyaromatic hydrocarbons," also called PAHs. In the tire industry, carbon black is used to strengthen and color rubber. It is also used to color inks and leather, and to insulate electrical equipment.
What Industry Uses Carbon Black?
Carbon black is essentially used in manufacturing tires, plastics, mechanical rubber goods, printing inks, and toners. It can absorb UV light and converts it into heat, hence, finds its major application also used in insulating wires and cables.
Largest Producer Of Carbon Black In The World:
China is the largest producer and consumer of this product. The carbon black market growth in China is attributed to the increasing use of the product in tire and plastic goods production.
China contributed to the global carbon black production capacity with a volume of almost 7 million metric tons in 2021.
While when operational Dangote Petrochemical factory will produce about 500,000 metric tonnes of carbon black annually.
Addendum:
Our company is the foremost company in Gemstone and Solid Mineral Business in Nigeria today, we train individuals and corporate organizations on how to do Gemstone and Solid Mineral Business the right way; if you are interested, please contact the admin of this forum now for further details.
