To identify the various products derived from natural rubber. We are surrounded by each such tires, shoes, clothing, and many other items.
The creation of this blog goes beyond just providing some information about a natural polymer such as rubber, providing that we are surrounded by them and that really impact on the planet is too much in the manufacturing process and application.
Able to raise some information about a subject and develop it in a different language from that case: English. It helps to understand and develop the language, then put it to more easily and have a record of information.
A great experience, which I liked very much and to be fed back both on the subject, and render it in a different language, develop new skills.

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Synthetic Rubber

Synthetic Rubber

·         Are used as substitutes for natural rubber.

·         Others have properties that make them superior to natural rubber for certain uses.

• Ø Polybutadiene (BR)

• Ø Butadiene-styrene rubbers (SBR)

• Ø Polychloroprene (CR) or neoprene

Polychloroprene (CR) or neoprene

Polychloroprene (CR) or neoprene

High temperature resistance and hydrocarbon solvents, oils and solvents. its mechanical properties are very good.

"It includes many application areas: expansion joints for highways, bridges, conveyor belts, protective coatings mining cables, gloves and coated fabrics."

Butadiene-styrene rubbers (SBR)

Butadiene-styrene rubbers (SBR)

Their resistance to heat aging, abrasion resistance, cold and oxidation is better than natural rubber.

"It is mainly used in tires, shocks, gaskets, hoses, shoe soles and adhesives, making covers for small vehicles (motorcycles and cars).
In paints and adhesives. "

Pulybutadiene (BR)

Pulybutadiene (BR)

They have very good mechanical properties and their resistance to abrasion, improve their behavior at low temperatures.
It ranks second in the consumption of synthetic rubbers.
"90% of BR rubber consumption is intended for the manufacture of tires and 10% for other items such as conveyor belts."

Applications

Natural rubber has applications in all areas where elastomers are used: elastic shoe soles, brackets, plugs, pipes, adhesives, paints, hoses, in the field of tires and a host of other products.

One-upping Mother Nature: Synthetic Rubber

The rubber industry really started booming with the invention of the automobile. All those tires created and still create a huge market for vulcanized rubber. In the early 20th century, most tires were made from vulcanized lat­ex rubber, which was derived from trees. The United States was a leading producer of automobiles and a big consumer of world rubber, which was controlled by British plantations throughout Asia.­
It was only a matter of time before scientists asked if rubber could be made artificially. As early as 1860, they had already worked out the chemistry of rubber and its vulcanization process. Chemists had heated rubber to break it apart and found that it produced isoprene, oil and tar. They could make isoprene from oil and then combine isoprene artificially to make rubber. It seemed the stuff of pencil erasers and automotive tires could be made from petroleum products.