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guayule (Parthenium argentatum). The term gum rubber is sometimes applied to the tree-obtained version of natural rubber in order to distinguish it from the...

substances in chewing gum and bubble gum. It provides all the basic textural and masticatory properties of gum. The actual composition of a gum base is usually...

as a rubber substitute. Chicle did not succeed as a replacement for rubber, but as a gum cut into strips and marketed as Adams New York Chewing Gum in 1871...

Rubber cement (cow gum in British English) is an adhesive made from elastic polymers (typically latex) mixed in a solvent such as acetone, hexane, heptane...

present, as a gasoline/diesel fuel additive, and chewing gum. The first major application of butyl rubber was tire inner tubes. This remains an important segment...

tapping of the gum is similar to the tapping of latex from the rubber tree: zig-zag gashes are made in the tree trunk and the dripping gum is collected...

chewing gum in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Chewing gum is a type of confection traditionally made of chicle or synthetic rubber. Chewing gum may also...

done. Disappointed with the rubber experiments, Adams boiled a small batch of chicle in his kitchen to create a chewing gum. He gave some to a local store...

made from synthetic rubber and synthetic soy-based gum, but more expensive or specialized erasers are made from vinyl, plastic, or gum-like materials. At...

A rubber band (also known as an elastic band, gum band or lacky band) is a loop of rubber, usually ring or oval shaped, and commonly used to hold multiple...

Bubble gum (or bubblegum) is a type of chewing gum, designed to be inflated out of the mouth as a bubble. In modern chewing gum, if natural rubber such...

rubber which is cheaper to manufacture. Most chewing gums are considered polymers. This list contains both chewing gum and bubblegum. Key: Bubble gum...

inelastic polymer related to rubber.[citation needed] Chicle and jelutong tree latex was used in chewing gum. Natural rubber is the most important product...

Gum arabic (gum acacia, gum sudani, Senegal gum and by other names) is a natural gum originally consisting of the hardened sap of two species of the Acacia...

Neglected and underutilized crops are domesticated plant species used for food, medicine, trading, or cultural practices. They are significant within their...

the prankster tricks the victim into pulling out the last stick of gum. A small rubber bug (folded back to fit in the pack) springs out and smacks the victim...

19th century. The name was subsequently given to waterproof boots made of rubber and they are no longer associated with a particular class. They are now...

M18 white natural gum is preferred. For high temperature application, red or white silicone rubber stoppers should be used. Rubber bungs can have one...

the gum into a rubber which was suitable for making tires. When that didn't work, he turned the chicle into a chewing gum called New York Chewing Gum. In...

cushion rubber. These cushions are made from an elastic material such as vulcanized rubber (gum or synthetic). The purpose of the cushion rubber is to cause...