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Sustainable carbon black

by Abegayl Thomas-McMillan, Wesley Wampler, Michael Widmor and Peter Cameron, Tokai Carbon CB.

A method for producing a more sustainable carbon black (sCB) by producing it from a circular raw material instead of a finite raw material is presented. The method utilizes tire pyrolysis oil produced from end-of-life tires, said to be an attractive alternative feedstock source versus traditional petroleum products.