Researchers have optimised a process to turn rubber tyre waste into turbo-stratic graphene, which can be added to concrete to curb carbon emissions, according to a study published in the journal Carbon.
Old Tyres Being Turned into Graphene
Though recycled tyre waste is already a component of Portland cement as a residue of using tyres for fuel, graphene strengthens concrete “at the molecular level,” so less concrete has to be used for roads, according to researchers.
“Concrete is the most-produced material in the world, and simply making it produces as much as 9% of the world...
Old Tyres Being Turned into Graphene
Though recycled tyre waste is already a component of Portland cement as a residue of using tyres for fuel, graphene strengthens concrete “at the molecular level,” so less concrete has to be used for roads, according to researchers.
“Concrete is the most-produced material in the world, and simply making it produces as much as 9% of the world...
