What Makes a Tyre? - Do You Know?

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...Well, much more than what drivers actually see. Tyres are cooked up with around 12 ingredients, including rubber, of course, but also sulfur, silica, carbon black grades and even carbon nano-tubes. The combination of these materials vary according to the required performances - load capacity, wet traction, winter safety or rolling resistance. Biochemical engineer Tom Linster has been designing and making tyres for decades; so fasten your seat belt as he takes you to a complete ride to the inner core of what eventually makes our car wheels run. euronews knowledge brings you a fresh mix of the world's most interesting know-hows, directly from space and sci-tech experts. Subscribe for your dose of space and sci-tech: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=euronewsknowledge Made by euronews, the most watched news channel in Europe.

Published 2014-03-26 · Watch on YouTube ↗
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