Natural Rubber: Production, Properties and Applications

Biopolymers: Biomedical and Environmental Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 403-436

  Kurian, Thomas ^a   Mathew, N M ^a  

^a Department of Physics   (India)

Author keywords

Cultivation; Green commodity; Hevea brasiliensis; Manufacturing techniques; Modification; Natural rubber; Non tyre products; Pneumatic tyre; Primary processing; Vulcanization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886361022     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118164792.ch14     Document Type: Chapter

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