synthetic rubber
111Latex allergy — is a medical term encompassing a range of allergic reactions to natural rubber latex. Types Latex is known to cause 2 of the 4 (or 5) types of hypersensitivity:;Type 1: The most serious and rare form, type 1 is an immediate and potentially life… …
112Monowitz concentration camp — Buna Werke, Monowitz and subcamps. Monowitz (also called Monowitz Buna or Auschwitz III), initially established as a subcamp of Nazi Germany s Auschwitz concentration camp, was one of the three main camps in the Auschwitz concentration camp… …
113industrial polymers, chemistry of — Introduction structure and composition of chemical compounds made up of long, chainlike molecules (molecule). What distinguishes polymers from other types of compounds is the extremely large size of the molecules. The size of a… …
114wood — wood1 woodless, adj. /wood/, n. 1. the hard, fibrous substance composing most of the stem and branches of a tree or shrub, and lying beneath the bark; the xylem. 2. the trunks or main stems of trees as suitable for architectural and other… …
115Wood — /wood/, n. 1. Grant, 1892 1942, U.S. painter. 2. Leonard, 1860 1927, U.S. military doctor and political administrator. * * * I Hard, fibrous material formed by the accumulation of secondary xylem produced by the vascular cambium. It is the… …
116vulcanization — [vul΄kə ni zā′shən] n. 〚/span> VULCANIZE + ATION〛 1. the process of treating crude rubber with sulfur or its compounds and subjecting it to heat in order to make it nonplastic and increase its strength and elasticity 2. a process somewhat like… …
117technology, history of — Introduction the development over time of systematic techniques for making and doing things. The term technology, a combination of the Greek technē, “art, craft,” with logos, “word, speech,” meant in Greece a discourse on the arts, both… …
118Marl, North Rhine-Westphalia — Marl Church of St. Georg in Marl …
119neoprene — /nee euh preen /, n. Chem. an oil resistant synthetic rubber: used chiefly in paints, putties, linings for tanks and chemical apparatus, and in crepe soles for shoes. [1935 40; NEO + (CHLORO)PRENE] * * * Any of a class of elastomers (rubberlike… …
120Sherrin — is a popular brand of football used in Australian rules football and is the official ball of the Australian Football League, designed to its official specifications. It was the first ball designed specifically for the sport.Sherrin footballs are… …
