Natural rubber
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Rubber, also called India rubber, latex, Amazonian rubber, caucho, or caoutchouc, as initially produced, consists of polymers of the organic compound isoprene, with minor impurities of other organic c
Pieces of natural vulcanized rubber at Hutchinson's Research and Innovation Center in France
Latex being collected from a tapped rubber tree, Cameroon
Rubber tree plantation in Thailand
"Enslaved natives with a load of rubber weighing 75 kilos; they have journeyed 100 kilometers with no food given"
Latex
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Latex is an emulsion of polymer microparticles in water. Latices are found in nature, but synthetic latices are common as well.
Natural rubber
…compounds. Types of polyisoprene that are used as natural rubbers are classified as elastomers. Currently, rubber is harvested mainly in the form of the latex from the Pará rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis) or others. The latex is a sticky, milky and white colloid drawn off by making incisions in the bark and…
Tapping of latex from Hevea brasiliensis, for use in rubber production
Rubber tapping latex
Opium poppy exuding fresh latex from a cut