The Historical Development of Latex Emulsion: From Natural Rubber to Modern Synthetic Latex Discovery and Utilization of Natural RubberThe story of latex emulsion begins in the late 18th and early 19th centuries when people discovered rubber trees in the tropical rainforests of South America. These trees secrete a white liquid—natural rubber latex emulsion—which can be processed into elastic solid rubber. In 1839, Charles Goodyear invented the vulcanization process, making...
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