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Are tires made of plastic?
by fulvous 7y ago
Are tires made of plastic?
- steve_adams_86 7y agoYes,they're a blend of synthetics including plastics.
- supercanuck 7y agoFrom the article: >Rubber is also considered plastic, both natural (isoprene) and synthetic (styrene butadiene).
- grosswait 7y agoDefinitely not what comes to mind when I think of plastics. I usually hear Bakelite quoted as the first invented plastic.
- pmahoney 7y agoThink "polymer" or "synthetic polymer" since these will be the things bacteria and other parts of nature have not evolved around. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polymer#Common_examples https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polymer#Common_examples
- kube-system 7y agoSynthetic rubber was, in fact, invented after Bakelite.
- stevenwoo 7y agoThere are reinforcing fibers that automotive tire manufacturers advertise made of steel and kevlar for higher performance tires. Kevlar is plastic and IIRC was invented in the 60's. From riding a bicycle as a hobby, most of my puncture flats on the road come from tiny steel strands that come off of tires that have been used a little too much. I imagine the steel fibers just rust away eventually but the kevlar just gets ground into tinier and tinier bits.