Sulphur vulcanization of NR latex: reducing chemical residues in NR latex products part 1 / Asiah Abdullah … [et al.]

• Main Authors: Abdullah, Asiah, Md. Yatim, Amir Hashim, Samsuri, Azemi, Md. Som, Fauzi
• Format: Research Reports
• Language: English
• Published: 2004
• Subjects: Polymers and polymer manufacture
• Online Access: https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/74238/1/74238.pdf; https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/74238/

The process of vulcanization requires chemicals such as crosslinkers, accelerators, activators and anti-oxidants. The unused chemicals during the vulcanization process may be left as residues in the final latex products. This brought about the concern of chemical residues eluting from the products w...