The preparation and crystallization of pure ether-soluble rubber hydrocarbon: Composition, melting point, and optical properties

W. Harold Smith, Charles Proffer Saylor, Henry J. Wing

Bureau of Standards Journal of Research · 1933 · 18 citations · 0 references

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Rubber li3 T drocarbon from latex was purified by a method which involved the jse of trypsin to remove protein adsorbed on the rubber particles. The natural antioxidants which always occur in crude rubber were used to protect the rubber during purification.