ABSTRACT
The tire can be considered today a matured and fully developed primary engineering component of surface transport vehicles. Born in 1888 in the hands of J. B. Dunlop, the tire has undergone a series of changes over the decades and graduated to a high technological product. In order to support and meet this demand, an all-around development has taken place on the material front too, be it an elastomer; new-generation nanofiller, surface-modified or plasma-treated filler; reinforcing materials like aramid, polyethylene naphthenate, and carbonfiber; nitrosoamine-free vulcanization and vulcanizing agents; antioxidants and antiozonents; series of post-vulcanization stabilizers; environment-friendly process oil, etc. Increasing price of crude oil has built up pressure on tire and automobile industry to develop low rolling-resistant tire with better traction. Combination of carbon and silica with coupling agent shows low rolling resistance with better traction and skid resistance in tire tread compound.
