ABSTRACT
Carbon black (CB), one of the main components of rubber composites (tires, insulators, conveyer belts, etc), is preferably delivered in the form of granules of diameter 1-2 mm. During mixing of the polymer and the fillers, the carbon granules are broken down, and the CB structures (aggregates and agglomerates) are distributed throughout the material. The more uniform the distribution of clusters is and the smaller their sizes are, the larger is the filler surface area that interacts with the binder.
