I understand that carbon is black so we end up with black tires. But black has max conductivity, so wouldn’t there be a possibility of overheating and bursting? Why don’t we have coat it with coloring agents so it’s with a color that’s thermally less conductive?
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Most of the heat in a tire is generated inside of it from compression or at the tread from friction. More heat conductivity encourages heat being dumped into the environment instead of building up in the tire. Incident heat from sunlight, etc. isn’t a big deal by comparison.
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