15 Jun 2009
ERJ staff report (DS)
Leverkusen, Germany - Lanxess AG is marking the centenary of synthetic rubber with a series of articles published on its website. On this day, the 165th anniversary of Charles Goodyear obtaining a patent on the use of sulphur in the vulcanisation process, it is especially apt.
Currently four articles track the development of the rubber industry, starting with the discovery of natural rubber. The second article marks the development of the vulcanisatino process by Charles Goodyear. A third article commemorates Fritz Hofmann and his invention of methyl isoprene. The fourth article in the series describes the reaction to Hoffmann's methyl rubber.
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