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Bookmark or Share- How Rubber Works - HowStuffWorksRubber is an elastomer, a large molecule that can be stretched and returned to its original shape. Learn why rubber is so stretchy and how we make it.
- The Manufacturing Process Of Rubber - SciencingThe rubber production process begins with natural or synthetic rubber. Natural rubber comes from latex. Synthetic rubber derives from molecular polymers. Whether natural or synthetic, rubber continues through four steps: compounding, mixing, molding and casting, and, finally, vulcanization.
- Natural rubber - WikipediaRubber is a natural polymer of isoprene (polyisoprene), and an elastomer (a stretchy polymer). Polymers are simply chains of molecules that can be linked together. Rubber is one of the few naturally occurring polymers and prized for its high stretch ratio, resilience, and water-proof properties.
- What Are The Properties Of Rubber? - SciencingRubber is bouncy, sure, but that's just the start of its numerous properties. It's also tough (tires), resists water and chemicals (gloves), elastic (rubber bands) and much more. Named for its property as an eraser to rub out pencil marks, rubber is widely used.
- Rubber: A simple introduction - Explain that StuffAn easy-to-understand introduction to the world's favorite stretchy material. Includes: what rubber is, where it comes from, how it's made.
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