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To my surprise there's Nylon in alot of tyres.
by CommanderData 3y ago
To my surprise there's Nylon in alot of tyres.
- hinkley 3y agoIf memory serves nylon has long, long been the material that provides strength-in-tension in car tires. The rubber holds the air molecules in, but woven nylon layers keep the pressure from ballooning out the rubber. If you see someone with worn sidewalls (chronic curb scrapers for instance) the white you see is probably nylon. I would not be surprised if nylon is blended into the rubber now, but it used to be a simpler composite. Edit: turns out the fillers are just carbon black and silica https://www.ustires.org/whats-tire-0 https://www.ustires.org/whats-tire-0 says 43% of a passenger vehicle tire is rubber (natural or synthetic), only 4% is fabric. Whole lot of ingredients to protect against UV and oxygen damage. Wow.