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      • The process of hardening rubber is known as vulcanization. This method was discovered accidentally in the early 19th century and then developed in order to find some way to make latex, the natural excretion of rubber trees, more rigid and resistant to abrasion. After heat is applied, sulfur and other chemicals are added to natural rubber.
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  2. Jul 24, 2021 · Vulcanization or vulcanisation (British) is a process of hardening rubber using chemicals and (usually) heat. Originally, vulcanization described the treatment of natural latex rubber with heat and sulfur. While this remains the most common type of vulcanization, the process also applies to synthetic rubber and may involve other chemicals. History

  3. Vulcanization is a critical process in the rubber industry that enhances the mechanical properties and durability of rubber materials. It is widely used to transform raw natural rubber or other polymer materials, such as synthetic rubber, into more robust and versatile products.

  4. Apr 25, 2017 · The process of hardening rubber is known as vulcanization. This method was discovered accidentally in the early 19th century and then developed in order to find some way to make latex, the natural excretion of rubber trees, more rigid and resistant to abrasion.

  5. Jun 26, 2014 · Vulcanisation of NR Latex. The possibility of vulcanizing the rubber molecules within the dispersed rubber particles in the Natural Rubber (NR) latex was first investigated by Philip...

  6. Vulcanization gives rubber its characteristic elastic quality. This process is carried out by mixing the latex with sulphur (other vulcanizing agents such as selenium and tellurium are occasionally used but sulphur is the most common) and heating it in one of two ways. 1. Pressure vulcanization.

  7. Sulfur vulcanization is a chemical process for converting natural rubber or related polymers into more durable materials by heating them with sulfur or other equivalent curatives or accelerators. Sulfur forms cross-links (bridges) between sections of polymer chain which results in increased rigidity and durability, as well as other changes in ...

  8. Apr 28, 2023 · Vulcanisation is the process by which the latex is heated with sulphur to create molecular crosslinks between the long rubber molecules. Increasing the sulphur...

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