-
Vulcanization (British English: vulcanisation) is a
range of
processes for
hardening rubbers. The term
originally referred exclusively to the treatment...
-
Sulfur vulcanization is a
chemical process for
converting natural rubber or
related polymers into
materials of
varying hardness, elasticity, and mechanical...
-
Vulcanized fibre also
known as red
fibre is a
laminated plastic composed of only cellulose. This
material is a tough, resilient,
hornlike material that...
-
Inverse vulcanization is a
process that
produces polysulfide polymers,
which also
contain some
organic linkers. In contrast,
sulfur vulcanization produces...
-
properties and applications.
Vulcanization of
rubber can be
categorized primarily into two types:
sulfur and
peroxide vulcanization. Both
chemical processes...
-
American self-taught
chemist and
manufacturing engineer who
developed vulcanized rubber, for
which he
received patent number 3633 from the
United States...
- tire wear. In the Philippines,
roadside tire
repair shops are
called vulcanizing shops in
Philippine English. They
specialize in
quickly and
cheaply repairing...
- resins, such as
unsaturated polyester and
epoxy resin, and the term
vulcanization is
characteristically used for rubbers. When
polymer chains are crosslinked...
- NVF Company,
formerly known as
National Vulcanized Fiber, was a
private company based in Yorklyn, Delaware. One of its
original products, a sheet-like...
- of
naphtha as a
rubber solvent in 1779.
Charles Goodyear redeveloped vulcanization in 1839,
although Mesoamericans had used
stabilized rubber for balls...