Alliance Recovery Corp.’s (ARVY.OB) Rubber to Oil Process Produces a Valuable Byproduct, “Carbon Black”
What exactly is Carbon Black and what are its uses? For one, 20 billion pounds of it are used each year. The company plans to produce 14 million pounds a year, conservatively speaking. Carbon black is a black powder or granular substance made by burning hydrocarbons in a limited supply of air. This produces a black smoke containing extremely small carbon black particles, which are separated from the combustion gases to form a fluffy powder of intense blackness. This material has a large surface to volume area as well. It is used in a number of processes including pigmentation and…