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What is natural rubber ? What is vulcani...

What is natural rubber ? What is vulcanisation of rubber ? How is it carried ?

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Natural Rubber : The rubber obtained from natural sources is called natural rubber. It is obtained by rubber tree in the form of latex.
Vulcanisation of Rubber : To make rubber useful, natural rubber is heated with sulphur in between temperature 373 K - 415 K. Due to which cross linking occurs and rubber becomes elastic. Sulphur atom can link at the partition show as below.
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