China, the United States, and Germany are the leading exporters of Carbon Black, collectively accounting for over 40% of global exports in 2023–2024, while India, South Korea, and Mexico rank among the top importers, driven by rubber and tire manufacturing demand. Import volumes into Southeast Asia and India have risen steadily since 2022, coinciding with moderate upward pressure on Carbon Black prices amid tightening supply from key European producers.
Carbon Black is a fine, black, odorless, non-volatile solid powder composed primarily of elemental carbon. It is classified as an inorganic particulate material—specifically, a manufactured form of amorphous carbon produced by incomplete combustion or thermal decomposition of hydrocarbons. Carbon Black is widely used as a reinforcing filler and pigment in rubber products, especially tires, where it enhances tensile strength, abrasion resistance, and UV stability. It also serves as a conductive additive in plastics, batteries, and inks, and as a black pigment in coatings, toners, and masterbatches. Its primary application areas include automotive elastomers, industrial rubber goods, polymer composites, and specialty printing materials.
1. It is edible black pigment. It can be used for pastry with the usage amount of 0.001% to 0.1%.2. It can be used for food coloring agent. China provides that it can be used for rice, flour products, candy, biscuits and pastries with the maximum usage amount of 5.0g/kg.3. Rubber industry uses it as a reinforcing filler. 2. Paint Inks applies it as coloring pigments in paint inks. 3. Used for the manufacturing of black paper such as packaging materials for photographic materials and the black paper made of high-conductivity black carbon in the radio equipment. 4. Carbon paper and typewriter; it is used when it is required for darker colors and can remain on the carrier. 5. Plastic coloring, ink, phonograph records, shoe polish, paint cloth, leather coatings, colored cement, electrodes, electronic brushes, batteries and so on.4. As electric conductive agent of lithium ion battery;5. Mainly used for rubber, paint, ink and other industries;6. Used for the reinforcement of car tread and sidewall, hose, groove, industrial rubber products as well as conveyor belt.7. Used for tire tread, surface tire repair, automotive rubber parts, conveyor belts, conveyor pads, etc., The vulcanized glue of this carbon black shows excellent tensile strength and abrasion resistance8. It is mainly used for the reinforcement of tire belt, sidewall, solid tires, outer layer of roller, hose surface, industrial rubber products and car tire tread.9. It is used for the reinforcement of the tire tread of car and truck, surface of conveyor belt and industrial rubber products.10. For rubber reinforcement, coloring agent, metallurgy, rocket propellant11. For rubber products to fill and reinforcement.12. For rubber products, carcass, valves and other filling .13. For paints and inks, plastics and other industries.14. Mainly used for raw materials of battery as well as for conductive and anti-static rubber products.15. In the rubber industry, it is used as the reinforcing agent and filter for the manufacturing of natural rubber and butyl rubber, being able to endow the vulcanized rubber with excellent tensile strength, elongation and tear resistance and so on. It should be mostly used for natural rubber-based large-scale engineering tires and a variety of off-road tires as well as being used for carcass and sidewall. In addition, it can also be used for high-strength conveyor belt, cold rubber products and drilling device. In light industry, it can be used as the filter of the paint, ink, enamel and plastic products.
It appears as black powdery particles with a particle size of 0 to 500 μm. The relative density is 1.8 to 2.1. It is insoluble in water and organic solvents.
This chemical is included in Rubber. See more about what is Carbon Black and Carbon Black SDS information.
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