Definition of Synthetic rubber

1. Noun. Any of various synthetic elastic materials whose properties resemble natural rubber.

Exact synonyms: Rubber
Generic synonyms: Synthetic, Synthetic Substance
Specialized synonyms: Silicone Rubber, Neoprene, Buna, Buna Rubber, Butyl Rubber

Lexicographical Neighbors of Synthetic Rubber

synthespians
synthetase
synthetases
synthetic
synthetic-biology
synthetic air
synthetic biology
synthetic cubism
synthetic fiber
synthetic heroin
synthetic lethality
synthetic paper
synthetic papers
synthetic phonics
synthetic resin
synthetic rubber (current term)
synthetic thinking
synthetical
synthetically
synthetics
synthetism
synthetize
synthetized
synthetizes
synthetizing
syntheton
synthon
synthone
synthones
synthons

Literary usage of Synthetic rubber

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Outlines of Industrial Chemistry: A Text-book for Students by Frank Hall Thorp, Warren Kendall Lewis (1916)
"synthetic rubber^ can be prepared by polymerizing isoprene (CsHs), or by heating isoprene with dimethyl- butadiene in the presence of alkali. ..."

2. Chemistry of Materials of the Machine and Building Industries by Robert Benjamin Leighou (1917)
"... or because of the expense of the processes necessary for conversion, or because of all of these, synthetic rubber has not become a commercial success. ..."

3. Chemistry of Materials of the Machine and Building Industries by Robert Benjamin Leighou (1917)
"... or because of the expense of the processes necessary for conversion, or because of all of these, synthetic rubber has not become a commercial success. ..."

4. Crude Rubber and Compounding Ingredients by Henry Clemens Pearson (1918)
"synthetic rubber. THE researches on the chemical constitution of caoutchouc, or rubber, and the sources and processes available for its synthesis, ..."

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