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    Vulcanization (redirect from Vulcanisation)
    Vulcanization (British English: vulcanisation) is a range of processes for hardening rubbers. The term originally referred exclusively to the treatment...
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    its low cost, because it is soluble in the polymer. High-temperature vulcanisation with ordinary sulfur leads to rubber supersaturated with S8, upon cooling...
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  • production. On 21 November 1843, Hancock took out a patent for the vulcanisation of rubber using sulphur, 8 weeks before Charles Goodyear in the US (30...
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    York, John Wiley & Sons Inc., New York; 1952, 1960; Library of Congress 60-13120; Third Printing 1967, pp654-655 "Tufnol Vulcanised Fibre Sheet". Tufnol....
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    Temperature and humidity can influence the rate of expansion. Firestop Vulcanisation Rubber Silicone resin Cox, J.E. (1989). "Silicone foam and method for...
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  • vulcanised rubber, only recently perfected by Charles Goodyear in 1839. On 17 March 1845, Perry received a patent for the rubber band. Vulcanisation,...
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    rubbery properties only when crosslinked. Crosslinking mainly occurs via vulcanisation with sulfur but is also accomplished with peroxides (for better heat...
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    Hiram Hutchinson met Charles Goodyear, who had just invented the sulfur vulcanisation process for natural rubber. Hutchinson bought the patent to manufacture...
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    allylic C-H bonds in each repeat unit, natural rubber is susceptible to vulcanisation as well as being sensitive to ozone cracking. The two main solvents...
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    canvas tennis shoe featuring signature eight ventilation channels on a vulcanised natural rubber sole. Adolf "Adi" Dassler began producing his own sports...
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  • for Standardization for a method in determining the tension fatigue of vulcanised rubber. "ISO 6943:2011". International Organization for Standardization...
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    the most efficient and cost-effective method of moulding. Consistent vulcanisation processes involving precise temperature control significantly reduces...
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    compression molding method and in case of rubber it is also known as 'Vulcanisation'. The process employs thermosetting resins in a partially cured stage...
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    Building(s) The Crystal Palace Area 10.4 ha (26 acres) Invention(s) Telegraph, vulcanised rubber Visitors 6,039,722 Location Country United Kingdom of Great Britain...
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    discovery of materials such as celluloid, galalith, parkesine, rayon, vulcanised rubber and, later, Bakelite: all materials that quickly entered industrial...
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  • Unica is a vulcanised lump paper material. It was (and to some extent still is) used to make boxes. The most famous product is probably a lunch box. But...
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    London cobbler Thomas Cotton by 1831. Charles Goodyear's development of vulcanised rubber enabled the invention of the elastic gusset boot. The advantage...
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    Charles Goodyear – who had patented vulcanised rubber – exhibited a spherical football, with an exterior of vulcanised rubber panels, at the Paris Exhibition...
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    rubber pads instead of the earlier double-pin Diehl D139E2 track with vulcanised treads. The rubber pads of the new tracks could be easily replaced with...
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    chalk or soapstone. In 1853 Charles Goodyear patented a compound of hard-vulcanised rubber with powdered porcelain, from which to make white pencils for writing...
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    designed to be lightweight and durable, made of aluminium or titanium with vulcanised rubber and leather. The Classics are simple and small handsets. Ayxtas...
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  • element of the character's name, for the Greek goddess of strife, which was Vulcanised by the addition of the "Val" at the behest of director Nicholas Meyer...
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  • weather. Hancock improved his waterproof fabrics, patenting a method for vulcanising rubber in 1843, solving many of the problems. Throughout the 19th and...
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    silicone rubber) onto a build surface to create an object which then is vulcanised using heat to harden the object. The process was originally created by...
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    of metal castings. Carbon disulphide Use in the cold-cure process of vulcanisation in the proofing of cloth with rubber. Oils other than white oil, or...
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    the thigh, the chest or even the neck. They are traditionally made from vulcanised rubber, but available in more modern PVC, neoprene and Gore-Tex variants...
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  • patented the use of Vulcanised Fibreboard in their suitcases, a material consisting of paper, cotton and wood pulp. The use of Vulcanised Fibreboard was one...
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    in 1841, and these were further developed following the invention of vulcanised rubber, which was also used to introduce protective gloves in 1848. In...
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    After Charles Goodyear invented vulcanised rubber, the Germans had been most successful in developing air-filled vulcanised rubber balls. These were light...
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  • treatment, for sewage Mercaptobenzothiozole, used as an accelerant in vulcanisation processes Majlis Bachao Tehreek, a political party in the Indian state...
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