Synthetic Rubber

Definition: Synthetic Rubber

Synthetic Rubber

Noun

1. Any of various synthetic materials that resemble rubber.

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Synonym: Synthetic Rubber

Elasticity

Rubber, India(n) rubber, latex, caoutchouc, whalebone, gum elastic, baleen, natural rubber; neoprene, synthetic rubber, Buna-S, plastic.

Crosswords: Synthetic Rubber

References

• China Synthetic Rubber Corp: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

• The 2003 World Market Forecasts for Imported Synthetic Rubber Latex and Oil-Derived Factice (reference)

• The 2000 Import and Export Market for Synthetic Rubber Latex and Oil-derived Factice in Africa (reference)

• The 2002 World Forecasts of Synthetic Rubber Latex and Oil-Derived Factice Export Supplies (reference)

• The 2003 World Forecasts of Synthetic Rubber Latex and Oil-Derived Factice Export Supplies (reference)

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Synthetic rubber (Ameripol). Now thoroughly dried, these sheets of synthetic rubber are packed in larger paper drums, each holding 200 pounds for shipment. Goodrich. Credit: Library of Congress.

Negroes speed war work for Tennessee Valley Authority. Alonzo Bankston is a furnace operator in the TVA plant producing carbide for use of plants manufacturing synthetic rubber. Credit: Library of Congress.

This sheet of synthetic rubber coming off the rolling mill at the plant is now ready for drying, B.F. Goodrich Co., Akron, Ohio. Credit: Library of Congress.

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Business

Also indicated in the statistics above, opportunities can be found in the areas of glycols (ethylene derivatives) and many types of synthetic rubber. (references)

In terms of product development, the Taiwan authorities have encouraged Taiwan firms to produce higher value added petrochemical products such as engineering plastics, synthetic rubber, computer plastics and specialty chemicals. (references)

Economic History

Armenia

Industry: Types--chemicals, electronic products, machinery, processed food, synthetic rubber, and textiles. (references)

Russia

The oblast is famous for heavy machinery (diesel engines, electrical equipment), refined petroleum, textiles, aviation, synthetic rubber and tires. (references)

Armenia

Up until independence, Armenia's economy was based largely on industry--chemicals, electronic products, machinery, processed food, synthetic rubber, and textiles--and highly dependent on outside resources. (references)

Political Economy

TAIWAN

Industrial products such as air conditioning and refrigeration equipment, electric hand tools, and synthetic rubber gloves must undergo redundant and unnecessary testing requirements, which include destructive testing of samples. (references)

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Portuguese

borracha sintética. (various references)

Spanish

caucho artificial. (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-3 letters: bunchberries.

-4 letters: bitterbrush.

-5 letters: bunchberry, butcheries, erythrites, hysteretic, rechristen, scrutineer, stretchier, terebinths, trebuchets, unesthetic.