Comments on: Self Healing Rubber http://bainite.wordpress.com/2008/02/21/self-healing-rubber/ it's not pearlite or martensite. Fri, 16 May 2008 02:40:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: Mathew http://bainite.wordpress.com/2008/02/21/self-healing-rubber/#comment-9686 Mathew Fri, 22 Feb 2008 16:56:15 +0000 http://bainite.wordpress.com/?p=206#comment-9686 Yeah, that would be an excellent application. Bikes are amazing - imagine you can travel around without using a car! ;) Even better if it can self inflate too. There are various systems for car tyres already, also tyres that you can drive on without any air in them (strong walls), There is a system with a liquid that sets in air to plug any holes. I think that the concept of self-repairing materials isn't that new. I think a polymer has been tested for use in fuel tanks before. Yeah, that would be an excellent application. Bikes are amazing - imagine you can travel around without using a car! ;)

Even better if it can self inflate too. There are various systems for car tyres already, also tyres that you can drive on without any air in them (strong walls), There is a system with a liquid that sets in air to plug any holes.

I think that the concept of self-repairing materials isn’t that new. I think a polymer has been tested for use in fuel tanks before.

]]> By: Rob Oxspring http://bainite.wordpress.com/2008/02/21/self-healing-rubber/#comment-9684 Rob Oxspring Thu, 21 Feb 2008 16:52:31 +0000 http://bainite.wordpress.com/?p=206#comment-9684 So in the future I just take the thorn / nail / glass / stone out of my tyre, pump it up and start cycling again. Cooooooool :) So in the future I just take the thorn / nail / glass / stone out of my tyre, pump it up and start cycling again. Cooooooool :)

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