The vulcanization process is a cornerstone of rubber engineering, involving the cross-linking of polymer chains to enhance elasticity, durability and resistance to chemical degradation. Recent ...

Rubber is a natural substance deriving from trees, but to get it into its useful form, treatment in the form of a process called vulcanization must occur. Vulcanization cures rubber via the method of ...

The vulcanization of rubber was one of the great industrial discoveries of the technologically busy 19th century. By vulcanization, the gooey substance from trees was made, as Charles Slack writes in ...

Liquid silicone rubber is a prime candidate as a replacement for other elastomers such as polyisoprene. LSR has until now not been used in the manufacture of rubber syringe tips or stoppers. One of ...

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COLUMBUS, Ohio—Some of the top innovators and contributors across the rubber industry received recognition last month as the ACS Rubber Division concluded its Spring Technical Meeting. Winners of the ...