Can they make hemp rubber?
Can they make hemp rubber?
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Hempmaster3000
No, not really. They are making rubber with hemp composites mixed in, but they haven’t been able to make a rubber hemp material yet fully. It’s funny how whenever we think of something having to be durable, though, hemp keeps dining its way into the conversation.
Abe
Not directly from rubber but as an element of rubber! To expand the idea, you should know that there is a polymeric composite based on natural rubber and empower with hemp is now being processed by electron beam radiation and assigned by some method, so the physical and mechanical states will be the result of adding hemp fibers in a blended form.
wordsmith
Rubber made out fully of hemp is not yet produced; however, there are companies who are interested in reinforcing hemp with a new polymeric composite of natural rubber. Experiments have been made and showed that hemp fibers have a reinforcing effect on natural rubber similar to mineral fillers such as chalk, carbon black, and silica. Combining these two creates an even more durable and sturdy material.
Moogdummy
They can’t make full hemp rubber, but it has been used to reinforce other rubbers.
Rubber is normally collected as a latex from the rubber tree that’s found in Northern Africa.
Hemp doesn’t really make a comparable latex, but it has still been used as an adequate reinforcement.
Anything that could use some natural durability, it seems like hemp finds its way there.
wavess
Yes, you can make hemp rubber, though currently “hemp rubber” refers to hemp-reinforced regular rubber. Continental Tires have, however, announced that they had made the first-ever set of tires out of rubber sourced entirely from a plant. That plant is not hemp but is instead dandelions. Yes, dandelions, those same plants that we consider “weeds” on our lawns! Hopefully, if similar research continues, there will soon be tires and other rubber-based products made solely from hemp.
amanda.tolar
Do you have any idea the cost of these compared to traditional tires? Do they last longer?
CrayM
As stated above, it is a fairly new process. They are considering many other plant-based materials that are similar to be used this same way. The reason being, they will degrade quicker, are inexpensive, and more readily available.
Melody
Hard to believe, but a new polymeric composite uses hemp to reinforce natural rubber. They process it by electron beam irradiation! Talk about futuristic! Scientific researchers are working with the hemp fibers, so they have a similar reinforcing effect on the natural rubber-like mineral fillers commonly used.