Improvements of natural rubber for flame resistance by Orasa Patarapaiboolchai, Somjai Chaiyaphate

“…An advantage of this invention is that chemicals (antimony trioxide and either brominated or chlorinated agent) added to natural rubber have the effect of rendering the natural rubber flame-resistant like synthetic rubbers, chloroprene.…”
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Thermally Activable Bistetrazoles for Elastomers Crosslinking by Mauro Monti, Luca Giannini, Luciano Tadiello, Silvia Guerra, Antonio Papagni, Luca Vaghi

“…Sulfur vulcanization is the most used method for curing of natural and synthetic rubbers. The crosslinking degree achieved is usually controlled by adding proper quantities of accelerants, activators, co-activators, retardants, and inhibitors, and influences the hardness, elasticity, hysteresis of elastomers and, consequently, the properties and behavior of the materials that incorporate them. …”
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Co-Production of Isoprene and Lactate by Engineered <i>Escherichia coli</i> in Microaerobic Conditions by Tao Cheng, Xiuhong Liang, Yaqun Wang, Ningning Chen, Dexin Feng, Fengbing Liang, Congxia Xie, Tao Liu, Huibin Zou

“…Lactate and isoprene are two common monomers for the industrial production of polyesters and synthetic rubbers. The present study tested the co-production of D-lactate and isoprene by engineered <i>Escherichia coli</i> in microaerobic conditions. …”
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Material recovery and recycling of waste tyres-A review by Zheng Xiao, A. Pramanik, A.K. Basak, C. Prakash, S. Shankar

“…The largest consumer of natural and synthetic rubbers around the world is the tyre manufacturing industry. …”
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Stereoselectivity in Butadiene Polymerization Promoted by Using Ziegler–Natta Catalysts Based on (Anilidomethyl)pyridine Group (IV) Complexes by Stefano Milione, Stefania Pragliola

“…The stereoselective polymerization of conjugated dienes promoted by using transition metal complexes has attracted much interest in both industrial and academic environments for the relevance of polydienes as synthetic rubbers and for the challenging reaction mechanisms. …”
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Análisis acústico del uso de neumáticos reciclados en vías férreas = Acoustic analysis of the use of recycled tires on railways. by Catalina Mondragón-Enguídanos, Amparo Verdú-Vázquez, Tomás Gil López, Jorge Gómez-Hoyos

“…After tests carried out, it is observed that this material undergoes a process of flexibility, instead of the usual stiffening process in synthetic rubbers, due to the fatigue-derived effects. …”
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Reinforcement of Natural Rubber Latex Using Jute Carboxycellulose Nanofibers Extracted Using Nitro-Oxidation Method by Sunil K. Sharma, Priyanka R. Sharma, Simon Lin, Hui Chen, Ken Johnson, Ruifu Wang, William Borges, Chengbo Zhan, Benjamin S. Hsiao

“…Synthetic rubber produced from nonrenewable fossil fuel requires high energy costs and is dependent on the presumed unstable petroleum price. …”
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A new polyvinyl chloride (PVC) cable insulation using micro-filler material by Yaacob, Mohd. Muhridza

“…In the recent years natural rubber has been completely replaced by synthetic rubbers and plastics as cable insulation. The physical properties required for wire and cable insulation depend on the type of application. …”
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Best Practice for De-Vulcanization of Waste Passenger Car Tire Rubber Granulate Using 2-2^′-dibenzamidodiphenyldisulfide as De-Vulcanization Agent in a Twin-Screw Extrude... by Hans van Hoek, Jacques Noordermeer, Geert Heideman, Anke Blume, Wilma Dierkes

“…For present day passenger car tires containing the synthetic rubbers Styrene-Butadiene Rubber (SBR) and Butadiene Rubber (BR) and a high amount of silica as reinforcing filler, producing high quality devulcanizate is a major challenge. …”
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Potential Application of ENR/EPDM Blends by B.L. Chan

“…Apart from studies of compounding the ENR itself and its potential uses, there are many rubber-rubber blends and ENR rubber-plastics blends, some of the studies cited are “uses of new and advanced chemicals”  and synthetic rubbers:  ENR/NBR, ENR/PVC, ENR/polylactic acid blends, ENR/copolyester blends, ENR/Copolyamide Blends, ENR/poly (vinylidene fluoride)blends, ENR/Carbon Nanotubes with co-agent Trimethylol Propane Triacrylate, ENR /recycled silicon materials, and ENR/copolymer of n-butyl acrylate/butyl methacrylate “grafted”. …”
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Undetactable levels of genotoxicity of SiO2 nanoparticles in in vitro and in vivo tests by Kwon JY, Kim HL, Lee JY, Ju YH, Kim JS, Kang SH, Kim YR, Lee JK, Jeong J, Kim MK, Maeng EH, Seo YR

“…Jee Young Kwon,1,* Hye Lim Kim,1,* Jong Yun Lee,2 Yo Han Ju,2 Ji Soo Kim,2 Seung Hun Kang,1 Yu-Ri Kim,3 Jong-Kwon Lee,4 Jayoung Jeong,4 Meyoung-Kon Kim,3 Eun Ho Maeng,2 Young Rok Seo1 1Department of Life Science, Institute of Environmental Medicine, Dongguk University, Seoul, 2Korea Testing and Research Institute, 3Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Korea University College of Medicine, Seoul, 4Toxicological Research Division, National Institute of Food and Drug Safety Evaluation, Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, Chungcheongbuk-do, Republic of Korea *These authors contributed equally to this work and should be considered co-first authors Background: Silica dioxide (SiO2) has been used in various industrial products, including paints and coatings, plastics, synthetic rubbers, and adhesives. Several studies have investigated the genotoxic effects of SiO2; however, the results remain controversial due to variations in the evaluation methods applied in determining its physicochemical properties. …”
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