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Self-healing tires: A new advancement in rubber manufacturing

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truck tires being removed from their molds

$latex dripping into a cup from a tapped rubber tree$

$natural rubber$

$sheets of natural rubber coagulated from latex being passed between rollers$

sheets of natural rubber hanging from racks in a smoke room for final drying

smoked sheets of natural rubber being inspected and trimmed before being packed into bales

schematic diagram of the emulsion-polymerization method

Rubber plant on the Farmington River, Harbel

Self-healing tires: A new advancement in rubber manufacturing

How can composting enhance natural rubber?

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