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Natural rubber is obtained as a latex by tapping the bark of the tree Hevea brasiliensis. Coagulation and drying gives sheets of natural rubber. Chemically it is 98–100% cis-l,4-polyisoprene.
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Johnson, P.R., Polychloroprene Rubber, DuPont technical bulletin NP-020.1, DuPont (UK) Ltd, Hemel Hempstead.
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© 1986 D. H. Morton-Jones and J. W. Ellis
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Morton-Jones, D.H., Ellis, J.W. (1986). PST 5: Rubbers. In: Polymer Products. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4101-4_20
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