synthetic rubber
Lab-created polymer
Synthetic rubber is rubber manufactured from petroleum-based chemicals rather than harvested from rubber trees.
Developed to reduce dependence on natural rubber supplies, it now dominates industrial applications—tires, hoses, gaskets, and seals.
Different formulations offer specific properties: resistance to heat, oil, or weathering.
Most car tires are made from synthetic rubber.
- tireLose strength or energy
- elastomerStretchable polymer substance
- neopreneSynthetic rubber polymer
- vulcanizationChemically strengthening raw rubber
- polymerLarge repeated-unit molecule
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