About Carbon Black

What is Carbon Black?

Over the years, many materials have been used as fillers in rubber compounds. In this sense, filler is a diluent and is used primarily to lower volume cost. With use, all fillers modify certain physical properties of the compound in addition to lowering cost. Therefore, lower cost is generally achieved at the expense of other desirable properties and all compounds are compromises with various trade-offs considered and balanced by the compounder. Elastomer systems respond to the addition of a few fillers, termed reinforcing agents, in a way that enhances certain properties. Among such substances used in rubber compounding, carbon black is unique in its ability to significantly enhance the properties of nearly any base elastomer system while...
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Carbon Black User's Guide

This guide summarizes essential health, safety, and environmental information for operational design, maintenance, training, emergency response and handling practices that may be associated with the use of carbon black. The information contained herein is provided to supplement the knowledge of trained and qualified users of carbon black.
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Continental Carbon Company's Brochure

Continental Carbon Company (the “Company”) manufactures furnace grade carbon black used in tires and other rubber and plastic goods. All company products are registered under the “Continex” trademark, a trusted name in the carbon black market since the early 1960’s.

Headquartered in Houston, Texas, U.S.A., the Company operates three production plants located in Phenix City, Alabama; Ponca City, Oklahoma; and Sunray, Texas; all of which are certified to the ISO 9000 Series Quality Standard. Additionally, the Company maintains comprehensive research and development laboratory facilities in Houston, Texas. Marketing and sales offices are located in Houston, Texas; Atlanta, Georgia; Charlotte, North Carolina; and Akron, Ohio. A bulk distribution center in Barberton, Ohio supports many customers in the midwestern region.