Hydrochloride rubber
Hydrochloride rubber is a derivative of natural rubber .
Manufacture and properties
The reaction of hydrogen chloride with a solution of natural rubber in benzene or chloroform or with acid-stabilized natural latex and the subsequent precipitation with alcohol produce a white powder called hydrochloride rubber . The chlorine content of the powder is between 28 and 33 % by weight , it is insoluble in polar solvents and moderately soluble in some aromatics or chlorinated hydrocarbons .
Trade name
- Pliofilm (USA)
Individual evidence
- ^ Karlheinz Biederbick: Plastics . 4th edition, Vogel-Verlag, 1977, ISBN 3-8023-0010-6 , p. 173.