Rubber is a highly valuable material with a massive global market. Although its use dates back hundreds of years, it was primarily restricted to natural rubber from trees. The modern process of ...

Vulcanized rubber, due to unique characteristics ... This paper reviews devulcanization methods, explored until now, such as chemical, mechanical, biological and their combinations. The paper presents ...

OSTFILDERN-KEMNAT, Germany—Wevo-Chemie GmbH has launched its new product line of highly customizable, room temperature vulcanizing (RTV-2 ... particles or chemical substances—and electrical insulation ...

Traditional methods for breaking down rubber focus on two main approaches: de-vulcanization, which breaks sulfur cross ... sets the stage for the subsequent backbone rearrangement. This chemical ...

Instead, you can use chemicals to remove the old deteriorating rubber to reach a fresh layer of vulcanized rubber underneath.