Polymer-Modified Natural Rubber

Abstract

Abstract Earlier efforts to prepare and examine rubber-synthetic polymer compositions have made virtually no attempt to determine the nature of the products, that is, whether they were simple mixtures or chemical compounds and, if the latter, of what type, and thus to rationalize, if only broadly, their physical and technological properties in terms of their basic structures. The work now described has had this object in mind, and represents a cooperative program of research, including chemical, physical, and technological aspects.