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Macromolecular Substances > Polymers > Biopolymers > Rubber
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Macromolecular Substances > Polymers > Elastomers > Rubber
... > Chemical Actions and Uses > Specialty Uses of Chemicals > Biomedical and Dental Materials > Polymers > Elastomers > Rubber
... > Technology, Industry, and Agriculture > Manufactured Materials > Biomedical and Dental Materials > Polymers > Elastomers > Rubber

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Rubber  

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Entry terms

  • Latex Rubber
  • Natural Rubber
  • Natural Rubbers
  • Plant Rubber
  • Plant Rubbers
  • Rubber, Natural
  • Rubber, Plant
  • Rubbers, Natural
  • Rubbers, Plant

Scope note

  • A high-molecular-weight polymeric elastomer derived from the milk juice (LATEX) of HEVEA brasiliensis and other trees and plants. It is a substance that can be stretched at room temperature to at least twice its original length and after releasing the stress, retract rapidly, and recover its original dimensions fully.

History note

  • LATEX RUBBER was see under RUBBER 1968-80

In other languages

  • kumi

    Finnish

  • kautsu
  • luonnonkumi
  • Gummi

    Swedish

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D012408

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