The vulcanization process is a cornerstone of rubber engineering, involving the cross-linking of polymer chains to enhance elasticity, durability and resistance to chemical degradation. Recent ...

The rubber vulcanization process involved with making shoes can be smelly and inefficient. Vulcanization with sulfur requires high temperatures, long heating periods–and that nasty chemical smell. So ...

Why should vulcanization accelerators be used? After more than 100 years of development, the world rubber industry has become an important traditional industry in many developed countries. However, ...

Silicone rubber comes in solid and liquid types. Both have a similar basic structure, but need different cure and processing methods. Liquid silicone rubber (LSR) is a two-component system containing ...

COLOGNE, Germany—Lanxess A.G. has developed a vulcanization accelerator for tires and technical rubber goods. Vulkacit TZ, a trial product, is sulfenamide based on aromatic amines and suitable for all ...

Rubber is a natural substance deriving from trees, but to get it into its useful form, treatment in the form of a process called vulcanization must occur. Vulcanization cures rubber via the method of ...

Nineteenth century American inventor Charles Goodyear survived decades of hardship while developing his vulcanization process to make rubber a viable industrial material. Written by Nick Smith.

Rubber is the general term for an elastomer, a polymeric material that may be deformed elastically by several hundred percent. Elastomers are based on macromolecules with either carbon or silicon ...