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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share Thisvul·can·ize /ˈvʌlkəˌnaɪz/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[vuhl-kuh-nahyz] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation-verb (used with object), -ized, -iz·ing. 1. to treat (rubber) with sulfur and heat, thereby imparting strength, greater elasticity, durability, etc. 2. to subject (a substance other than rubber) to some analogous process, as to harden it.
Also, especially British, vul·can·ise.
---- [Origin: 1820-30; Vulcan + -ize]
-Related formsvul·can·iz·a·ble, adjective
vul·can·i·za·tion, noun * http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/vulcanize
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Why do old tennis balls get hard?
The centers of tennis balls are rubber and rubber hardens with age.
Different between vulcanized rubber and natural rubber?
Vulcanized rubber is process that changes the properties of natural rubber so that it is more usable for products. Natural rubber hardens rock-solid in freezing temperature and melts into goo in summer heat. For an interesting reprint of a Readers Digest article on the invention of rubber - see the attach link.
Can hot temperatures wreck auto transmission?
yes. it drys and hardens the rubber seals that are suppose to hold hydraulic fluid pressure engaging the clutch packs.
What is rubber tree sap called?
When liquid exudes from a tree it is called sap.When it hardens it is called resin.When ancient tree resin becomes fossilized it is called amber.
What is the black rubber like material used in auto electronics like emergency lighting and wigwag enclosures that is liquid then hardens into a rubber to protect the electronic components?
This is usually a liquid rubber-latex. You can actually use regular liquid latex if you apply it carefully, to act as insulation for some low-powered electrical projects.
What does glue contain?
It depends, but standard liquid glues contain organic solvents and some sort of adhesive solute (typically rubber based). As the solvent evaporates it deposits the solute and "hardens".
What tree makes rubbers?
mostly different types of rubber trees native to south America and Africa. also gum is a type of rubber ( not modern chewing gum but real gum from the 1800) so gum trees as well. remember all trees have rubber. it is the first stage of bark located under bark. the over bark peels of and the rubber under hardens and becomes bark.
Is it true that when lava hardens it turns into ash?
No. Lava hardens into rock.
Rocks that form when sediment cements and hardens together and hardens?
Sedimentary rocks.
What rocks form when magma cools and hardens?
Igneous rock is what forms when magma cools and hardens.
What happen to Saturn shape because it spins so fast?
IT'S SHAPE FLATENS and hardens
What is it when lava hardens?
pumice
