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Vulcanization (British English: Vulcanisation) is a
range of
processes for
hardening rubbers. The term
originally referred exclusively to the treatment...
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elastomer and a thermoplastic. Once the
rubber is
vulcanized, it is a thermoset. Most
rubber in
everyday use is
vulcanized to a
point where it
shares properties...
- Many
products are made with
vulcanized rubber,
including tires, shoe soles, hoses, and
conveyor belts. The term
vulcanization is
derived from Vulcan, the...
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American self-taught
chemist and
manufacturing engineer who
developed vulcanized rubber, for
which he
received patent number 3633 from the
United States Patent...
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elastomers which can be
moulded easily unlike conventional natural rubber vulcanized rubber.
Their structure is
stabilized by cross-linking by crystallites...
- The word
latex is also used to
refer to
natural latex rubber,
particularly non-
vulcanized rubber. Such is the case in
products like
latex gloves, latex...
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brand name for a
material generically known as hard
rubber,
obtained via
vulcanizing natural rubber for
prolonged periods.
Ebonite may
contain from 25%...
- polyisoprene,
which is
chemically similar to
natural rubber.
Charles Goodyear's
discovery of
vulcanization,
involving the
heating of
polyisoprene with sulfur...
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closed disk
hockey puck
having the
shape of a
short cylinder made of
vulcanized rubber is used in the
sport of ice hockey.
Hockey pucks are
designed for...
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cushion rubber.
These cushions are made from an
elastic material such as
vulcanized rubber (gum or synthetic). The
purpose of the
cushion rubber is to cause...
