vulcanization
Noun
Meaning
The act or process of imparting to caoutchouc, gutta-percha, or the like, greater elasticity, durability, or hardness by heating with sulphur under pressure.
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An additional level of control is achieved by retarding agents that inhibit vulcanization until some optimal time or temperature.
A significant industrial application of piperidine is for the production of dipiperidinyl dithiuram tetrasulfide, which is used as a rubber vulcanization accelerator.
A typical vulcanization temperature for a street-vehicle tire is 10 minutes at 177 °C.
Schematic presentation of two strands ( blue and green ) of natural rubber after vulcanization with elemental sulfur.
During vulcanization, some of these C-H bonds are replaced by chains of sulfur atoms that link with a cure site of another polymer chain.
Only with vulcanization accelerators can the quality corresponding to today's level of technology be achieved.