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rubber hydrocarbon — noun : a white highly polymerized hydrocarbon (C5H8)n or (C10H16)n that is amorphous at ordinary temperatures and that is stereoisomeric with gutta hydrocarbon and constitutes the principal component of natural rubber : a cis form of polyisoprene … Useful english dictionary
rubber — rubber1 [rub′ər] n. 1. a person or thing that rubs, as in polishing, scraping, massaging, etc. 2. [from orig. use as an eraser] an elastic substance produced by coagulating and drying the milky sap ( latex) of various tropical plants, esp. a tree … English World dictionary
hydrocarbon — hydrocarbonaceous, adj. /huy dreuh kahr beuhn, huy dreuh kahr /, n. any of a class of compounds containing only hydrogen and carbon, as an alkane, methane, CH4, an alkene, ethylene, C2H4, an alkyne, acetylene, C2H2, or an aromatic compound,… … Universalium
Rubber boom — The rubber boom was an important part of the economic and social history of Brazil, being related with the extraction and commercialization of rubber. This boom was centered in the Amazon, facilitating a large expansion of colonization,… … Wikipedia
rubber — noun /ˈɹʌbə,ˈɹʌbɚ/ a) Pliable material derived from the sap of the rubber tree; a hydrocarbon polymer of isoprene. Jones toes the rubber and then fires to the plate. b) Synthetic materials with the same properties as natural rubber. Johnny, dont… … Wiktionary
Natural rubber — Rubber and India rubber redirect here. For other uses, see Rubber (disambiguation). This article is about the polymeric material natural rubber. For man made rubber materials, see Synthetic rubber. Latex being collected from a tapped rubber tree … Wikipedia
synthetic rubber — noun any of various synthetic elastic materials whose properties resemble natural rubber • Syn: ↑rubber • Hypernyms: ↑synthetic, ↑synthetic substance • Hyponyms: ↑silicone rubber, ↑neoprene, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Butyl rubber — mdash;also known as polyisobutylene and PIB (C4H8)n is a synthetic rubber, a homopolymer of 2 methyl 1 propene. Polyisobutylene is produced by polymerization of about 98% of isobutylene with about 2% of isoprene. Structurally, polyisobutylene… … Wikipedia
synthetic rubber — any of several substances similar to natural rubber in properties and uses, produced by the polymerization of an unsaturated hydrocarbon, as butylene or isoprene, or by the copolymerization of such hydrocarbons with styrene, butadiene, or the… … Universalium
polyterpene — |pälē, lə̇+ noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary poly + terpene : a natural or synthetic polymer (C5H8)x of a terpene hydrocarbon: as a. : rubber hydrocarbon … Useful english dictionary
polyisoprene — “+ noun Etymology: poly + isoprene : a polymer of isoprene occurring naturally in a cis form as the rubber hydrocarbon and in the corresponding trans form as gutta and also produced synthetically in several forms … Useful english dictionary