A novel green recyclable rubber polymer developed by Australian scientists can help to reduce the ever-growing environmental impact of the traditional non-reusable synthetic and mineral materials used ...

KINGSPORT, Tenn.—Eastman Chemical Co. has unveiled a new insoluble sulfur that it said will help tire manufacturers improve the productivity of their compounding operations. The Crystex-brand Cure Pro ...

Rubber tires are built to last, but that durability makes them a nightmare to recycle. Now researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-Chapel Hill) have developed a mild, ...

Approximately three billion automobile tires were produced worldwide in 2019 alone. Automobile tires are the classic example of a high-volume product derived from non-renewable petroleum resources ...

The team coined its process as “inverse vulcanization” because it’s basically the opposite of vulcanization — a process invented by Charles Goodyear in which small amounts of molten sulfur are added ...

However, not all innovations are equal and nor do they follow a constant upward trend. Instead, their evolution takes the form of an S-shaped curve that reflects their typical lifecycle from early ...

Rockville, April 19, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- This newly published research report by Fact.MR, a provider of market research and competitive intelligence, reveals that the global rubber vulcanization ...

Rubber! It starts out as a goopy material harvested from special trees, and is then processed into a resilient, flexible material used for innumerable important purposes. In the vast majority of ...