AIRBORNE PARTICULATE DEBRIS FROM RUBBER TIRES

Airborne particulate matter worn from tires has been detected in the atmospheres of two vehicle tunnels and in the open air. The amount is about 20 percent as great as that from vehicle exhausts, and represents a small fraction of the tread material that wears from tires. Tread rubber was found on tunnel walls and in roadside dust, dustfall, and topsoil. A material balance shows that most of the material lost by tires in service is particulate matter, of which only a small fraction is airborne. It would seem pertinent to test the hypothesis that the important material resulting from time wear may be abraded from the roadway rather than from the tire.

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• Corporate Authors:

  American Chemical Society

  Rubber Division, University of Akron
  Akron, OH  United States  44325
• Authors:
  • Pierson, W R
  • Brachaczek, W W
• Publication Date: 1974-12

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 1275-99
• Serial:
  • Rubber Chemistry and Technology
  • Volume: 47
  • Issue Number: 5
  • Publisher: American Chemical Society
  • ISSN: 0035-9475

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Anodes; Debris removal; Particulates; Rubber; Tires
• Uncontrolled Terms: Debris
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00082842
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 26 1975 12:00AM