Rubber Technology Handbook

Rubber technology has made tremendous progress during the last decades from a more or less empirical alchemy towards a well-understood science and technology. It results in products with better performance, tailor-made properties, easier processing and has opened new fields of application. This state-of-the-art book on modern rubber technology offers an introduction for beginners as well as a reference source for practitioners. Compact, well structured, a unique source of information, this is the handbook for the rubber industry. Contents include Introduction, Natural Rubber, Synthetic Rubber, Rubber Chemicals and Additives, Rubber Processing, Analysis and Testing of Rubber.