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Materials

Goodyear Will Use PPG Silica

by Alexander H. Tullo
May 11, 2015 | A version of this story appeared in Volume 93, Issue 19

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Credit: Goodyear
Goodyear’s EfficientGrip tire.
Photo of Goodyear’s new Efficientgrip tire.
Credit: Goodyear
Goodyear’s EfficientGrip tire.

Goodyear Tire & Rubber will use PPG’s novel Agilon performance silica in its EfficientGrip tires, a line of high-performance sport-utility vehicle tires set to debut in Latin America later this month. PPG calls Agilon a chemically modified precipitated silica, which it formulates by precipitating silica and silane together. PPG says the silica can improve fuel efficiency, tire traction, and tread wear by as much as 10% versus other silica-silane compounds.

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