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Videos
Self-healing tires: A new advancement in rubber manufacturing
Learn how scientists designed self-healing tires.
Video: © American Chemical Society (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
How can composting enhance natural rubber?
Scientists discovered how to harness the gases produced during composting to boost...
Video: © American Chemical Society (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
Images
truck tires being removed from their molds
Truck tires being removed from their molds.
© Charlie Westerman
rubber trees
Latex being tapped from trees on a rubber plantation near Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
P. Morris/Ardea London
latex dripping into a cup from a tapped rubber tree
Latex dripping into a cup from a tapped rubber tree, Krabi, Thailand.
© Randall Hyman
sheets of natural rubber coagulated from latex being passed between rollers
Sheets of natural rubber coagulated from latex being passed between rollers, Krabi,...
© Randall Hyman
sheets of natural rubber hanging from racks in a smoke room for final drying
Sheets of natural rubber hanging from racks in a smoke room for final drying, Krabi,...
© Randall Hyman
smoked sheets of natural rubber being inspected and trimmed before being packed into bales
Smoked sheets of natural rubber being inspected and trimmed before being packed into...
© Randall Hyman
schematic diagram of the emulsion-polymerization method
Schematic diagram of the emulsion-polymerization method. Monomer molecules and free-radical...
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Banbury mixer
The Banbury mixer, used for mixing polymers and additives in the manufacture of plastic...
Courtesy of Farrel Corporation
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