Vulcanized rubber
material · 1839 · Industrial Revolution
Natural rubber strengthened with sulfur (Charles Goodyear).
Inventor: Charles Goodyear.
Principles and materials it uses
- Natural rubber — is made of. Rubber vulcanized with sulfur.
Where it is used
- Pneumatic tyre — is material for. A tyre is made of vulcanized rubber.
- Offset printing — is used in. A rubber offset cylinder.
- Footwear — is material for. A rubber sole.
- Reflex hammer — is material for. A rubber head.
- Cat’s eye — is part of. A rubber pad wipes the lenses clean.
- Base isolation — is material for. Rubber–steel bearings.
- Inner tube — is material for. Rubber.
- Trainers — is material for. The sole.
- Wellington boots — is material for. Rubber.
- Bicycle wheel — is material for. The tyre is rubber.
- Penny-farthing — is material for. The tyres are solid rubber.
- Rover safety bicycle — is material for. The tyres are rubber.
- Bicycle brake — is material for. The pads are rubber.
- Milking machine — is material for. Teat liners.
- Weather balloon — is material for. The envelope is rubber or latex.
- Golf ball — is material for. Haskell’s ball has rubber thread wound around a core.
- Air suspension — is material for. The air spring is rubberized cord.
- Windscreen wiper — is material for. The blade is rubber.
- Road wheel — is material for. With a rubber tyre.
- Tyre tread — is material for. The tread is rubber.
- Respirator — is material for. The mask is rubber.
- Van de Graaff generator — is material for. The belt is rubber.
- Hovercraft — is material for. The skirt is rubberized fabric.
- Spacesuit — is material for. The pressure bladder is rubber.
- Mountain bike — is material for. The tyres are rubber.
- Fitness tracker — is material for. The strap is silicone.