Rubber {{this|the polymeric material}} ... Latex being collected
from a [[rubber tapping|tapped]] [[Pará rubber tree|rubber tree]]]]
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Vulcanization ... d also more resistant to chemical attack.
It also makes the surface of the material smoother and prevents
it from sticking to metal or plastic chemical [[cata ... A vast
array of products are made with vulcanized rubber including
hockey pucks, tires, shoe soles, hoses and many more.
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Rubber boom ... ica.jpg|thumb|250px|Map showing the region of
the Amazon which enjoyed the rubber boom. It includes part of
Brazil and Bolivia, along the rivers Madeira, Ma ... ... espective
Brazilian states, [[Amazonas]], [[Rondônia]] and [[Pará]]. The
rubber boom occurred largely between 1879 to 1912, and afterwards
experienced a r ...
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Rubber duck [[Image:Rubber duck.jpg|thumb|A yellow rubber duck.]]
... r]] for [[Christmas]], a rubber duck in [[sunglasses]],
and a black "dead" rubber duck that floats upside
down.]]
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Stevenson Plan ... itish]] government to stabilize low rubber
prices resulting from a glut of rubber following [[World War
I]]. ... r was not yet practical, and natural rubber sources
develop rather slowly (rubber trees must grow for six or seven
years before they are productive).
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Tire recycling ... h a problem also make them one of the most
re-used waste materials, as the rubber is very resilient and
can be reused in other products. Approximately one ... ... e
recycling industry is currently developing methods of devulcanization
or rubber molecule separation by: Pyrolysis, Bacteria, Ultrasound,
Thermal, or Mecha ...
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Werner Kuhn ... , which resulted in the derivation of the thermal
[[equation of state]] of rubber, has since been extrapolated
to the [[entropic]] modeling of proteins and ... ==Entropy model
of rubber==
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Rubber stamp {{otheruses4|the craft|the political metaphor|Rubber
stamp (politics)}} [[Image:Dinosaur rubber stamp.jpeg|thumb|right|A
toy rubber stamp featuring a [[pterosaur]].]]
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Ogden (hyperelastic model) ... del rubberlike materials such
as polymers, and biological materials. These materials can generally
be considered to be isotropic, incompressible and strain ra
... == Hyperelastic Materials ==
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O-ring ... is still important, however, especially at low temperatures
where the seal rubber reaches its [[glass transition temperature]]
and becomes increasingly crys ... In [[vacuum]] applications
the permeability of the material makes point contacts quite
useless. Instead, higher mounting forces are us ...
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Injection molding of liquid silicone rubber '''Injection molding
of liquid silicone rubber''' (LSR) is a process to produce pliable,
durable parts in high volume. ... al treatment, such as intensive
distributive mixing, while maintaining the material at a low
temperature before it is pushed into the heated cavity and vulcan
...
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Viscoelasticity ... aterial <ref name=Meyers>Meyers and
Chawla (1999): "Mechanical Behavior of Materials,"
98-103.</ref>. ... Creep (deformation)|creep]] and recovery
of [[glass]]es, [[metal]]s, and [[rubber]]s <ref name=McCrum>McCrum,
Buckley, and Bucknell (2003): "Principles of P ...
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Tire manufacturing ... his article describes the components
assembled to make a tire, the various materials used, the manufacturing
processes and machinery, and the overall business ... ... and
pressure. Heat facilitates a polymerization reaction that cross-links
rubber monomers to create long elastic molecules. These polymers
create the elas ...
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Elastomer ... hat considerable segmental motion is possible.
At [[ambient temperature]]s rubbers are thus relatively soft
([[Young's modulus|E]]~3MPa) and deformable. The ... ... y,
elastomers can reversibly extend from 5-700%, depending on the
specific material. Without the cross-linkages or with short,
uneasily reconfigured chains, t ...
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Charles Goodyear ... r, D., Burkett, S. L., and Tarkanian, M.
J. (1999). "Prehistoric polymers: Rubber processing in
ancient Mesoamerica," ''Science'', 284(5422), pp. 1988
- 199 ... ... ation process accidentally after five years of
searching for a more stable rubber.<ref>Slack, Charles
(2003). ''Noble Obsession'', 225, Hyperion. ISBN 0-786 ...
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Silicone rubber ... rmally, heat is required to [[Vulcanization|vulcanise]]
(set) the silicone rubber; this is normally carried out in a
two stage process at the point of manuf ... ... Corning Glass]]
and [[General Electric]] were investigating heat-resistant materials
for use as resinous binders when they synthesized the first
silicone poly ...
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Nitrile rubber [[Image:Disposable nitrile glove.jpg|thumb|200px|A
disposable nitrile rubber glove. Nitrile gloves are available
in different colours, the most common ... '''Nitrile rubber,'''
or '''Buna-N''', is a [[synthetic rubber]] [[copolymer]] of
[[acrylonitrile]] (ACN) and [[butadiene]]. Some trade n ...
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Wetsuit ... at contains small bubbles of [[nitrogen]] gas when
made for use as wetsuit material. Nitrogen gas has very low
[[thermal conductivity]], so it reduces heat fr ... ... graphy]]
in [[La Jolla, California]], who suggested neoprene as a feasible
material to Bradner.<ref name=times/> However, Bradner
and Bascome were not overly ...
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Plastic ... household items.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Household
items made out of plastics materials.]] ... in a strain of which
it will not return. "Plastics" refers to the polymer
material.{{Fact|date=May 2008}} The word derives from the [[Greek
language|Greek]] ...
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Latex and PVC fetishism [[Image:Rubberclothing (Latex) - models
Jassi and Dana.jpg|thumb|right|Two women in handc ... ... emselves
as "'''Rubberists'''". Gay Rubberists tend to call
themselves "'''Rubbermen'''".{{Fact|date=March 2007}}
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