What is made from natural rubber latex?
Natural rubber latex goes straight into 9 lines, among them condom, balloon, duct tape, tire and hockey puck. Follow those further and it reaches 43 things in all.
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Goes straight into
- Condomat Compound the latex
- Balloonat Dip into compounded latex
- Duct tapeat Mix rubber and resin
- Tireat Blend the rubber compounds
- Hockey puckat Blend the rubber mix
- Rubber bandat Break down the bale
- Eraserat Blend rubber and fillers
- Rubber bootsat Mix the rubber compound
- Vulcanized rubberat Coagulate the latex
Further down the line: 34 things
Metal goods 3
Wood and paper 1
Clothes and textiles 5
Electronics 5
Machines and vehicles 7
Sport, music and toys 12
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