synthetic rubber

is any any petrochemical-based elastomer. Like natural rubber, synthetic rubbers are polymers, consisting of a series of simple molecules, called monomers, linked together to form large chain-like molecules. The chain forms a loose coil that returns to its coiled form after it is extended.

Also see butyl rubber, ethylene-propylene rubber, natural rubber, neoprene rubber, nitrile rubber, polybutadiene rubber, polyisoprene rubber, polymer, stereo rubber, styrene-butadiene rubber, vulcanization.

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