unvulcanized
Still soft, pliable
Unvulcanized describes rubber that hasn't undergone vulcanization—the heat-and-sulfur process that makes rubber durable and elastic.
Unvulcanized rubber is soft, sticky, and prone to deforming under temperature changes: The unvulcanized rubber was too tacky to work with.
The term appears mainly in industrial and manufacturing contexts.
Teeth-based food breakdown
- mixingCombining into one mass
- compoundingElements merging progressively
- calenderingRoller-smoothing process
- extrusionPushing through a die
milling · batch · tackiness · viscosity · plastification · dipping · spreading · coating
mastication
Teeth-based food breakdown
- mixingCombining into one mass
- compoundingElements merging progressively
- calenderingRoller-smoothing process
extrusion · milling · batch · tackiness · viscosity · plastification · dipping · spreading · coating · laminating
tacky
Vulgar or slightly sticky
pliable · flexible · elastic · malleable · ductile · yielding · supple · resilient · springy · viscous
latex
Milky plant-derived polymer
- rubberElastic polymer from trees
- elastomerStretchable polymer substance
- polymerLarge repeated-unit molecule
compound · sap · gum · silicone · neoprene · butyl · isoprene · crude · stock
unvulcanizedvulcanized
Rubber hardened by sulfur
cured · cross-linked · hardened · treated · processed
vulcanize, vulcanized, vulcanizing, vulcanization, Vulcan, vulcanite