As we know, the rubber is a very important raw material in our lives. Many items made from rubber materials. Ranging from household appliances, toys and more. Moreover, the automotive industry can not seem to be separated from the rubber material.
Did the scientists have been thinking about an alternative to the rubber when the rubber tree extinct ?.... I think this is not just food for thought to the scientists, but all of us. Better to keep an existing rather than finding a replacement, right.
Back to the topic about used of rubber material, the first use of rubber was by the Olmecs, centuries later passed on the knowledge of natural latex from the Havea Tree in 1600 BC to the Ancient Mayans. They boiled the harvested latex to make a ball for sport.
Manufacturing
Other significant uses of rubber are door and window profiles, hoses, belts, matting, flooring and dampeners (anti-vibration mounts) for the automotive industry. Gloves (medical, household and industrial) and toy balloons are also large consumers of rubber, although the type of rubber used is that of the concentrated latex. Significant tonnage of rubber is used as adhesives in many manufacturing industries and products, although the two most noticeable are the paper and the carpet industry. Rubber is also commonly used to make rubber bands and pencil erasers.
Textile Applications
Additionally, rubber produced as a fiber sometimes called elastic, has significant value for use in the textile industry because of its excellent elongation and recovery properties. For these purposes, manufactured rubber fiber is made as either an extruded round fiber or rectangular fibers that are cut into strips from extruded film. Because of its low dye acceptance, feel and appearance, the rubber fiber is either covered by yarn of another fiber or directly woven with other yarns into the fabric. In the early 1900s, for example, rubber yarns were used in foundation garments. While rubber is still used in textile manufacturing, its low tenacity limits its use in lightweight garments because latex lacks resistance to oxidizing agents and is damaged by aging, sunlight, oil, and perspiration. Seeking a way to address these shortcomings, the textile industry has turned to Neoprene (polymer form of Chloroprene), a type of synthetic rubber as well as another more commonly used elastomer fiber, spandex (also known as elastane), because of their superiority to rubber in both strength and durability.
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