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• Adhesive
  ...y kind of surface, such as wood, glass, metal, plastic, paper, fabric, and rubber. Adhesives are usually activated by water, solvents, pressure, heat, cold, ...]], etc.), or vegetable ([[starch|starch]], [[gum|gum]], [[natural%20resin|natural resin]], etc.) or synthetic ([[acrylic%20resin|Acrylic]], [[polyvinyl%20ace
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• Sealant
  ...composed of [[polysulfide]] ([[Thiokol|Thiokol®]]). [[Butyl%20rubber|Butyl rubber] sealants, also manufactured in the 50s, contained [[talc]], [[calcium%20ca
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• Butadiene
  ...s developed butadiene production capabilities as a replacement for natural rubber. Currently, butadiene is primarily used as a starting material for synthet
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• Polyolefin
  ...commercial product until I.G.Farbenindustrie of Germany developed it as a rubber substitute in the 1930s. Ethylene was first polymerized by ICI in England i ...sa Elkin and Christopher A. Norris (eds.), Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections, New York. 2019. 774.
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• Cement
  1) A strong adhesive. Examples are [[rubber cement]] and [[cellulose cement]]. 3) A natural mineral material, usually chemically precipitated, that occurs in the space
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• Barium sulfate
  ...extender in [[paper]], [[wallpaper]], [[linoleum]], [[oilcloth]], [[rubber|rubber]], [[plastic|plastics]], [[flannel]], and [[shoddy]] cloth. Barium sulfate baryte; Pigment White 22 (natural); Pigment White 21 (synthetic); CI 77120 (both); barium sulphate (Br.); bla
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• Casein plastic
  A plastic prepared from [[casein]], a natural [[phosphorus]]-containing protein found in [[milk]]. While trying to make a * M.Kaufman, ''The First Century of Plastics'', The Plastics and Rubber Institute, London, 1963 Comment: gives 1897 as discovery, 1899 as German p
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• Polyurethane
  ...ex]] or elastane. Spandex has elastic characteristics similar to [[natural rubber]]. Since the 1980s, water-blown flexible polyurethane foams were made for s ...“Assessment of the degradation of polyurethane foams after artificial and natural ageing by using pyrolysis-gas chromatography/mass spectrometry and headspac
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• Carbon disulfide
  ...often [[paint|paints]], [[varnish|varnishes]], [[plastic|plastics]], and [[rubber|rubbers]] as well as tarnish [[metal|metals]]. It is also highly toxic to h ...Pest Control Measures In The Anthropology Collections, National Museum Of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, ''JAIC'' (35):23-43, 1996
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• PolyPlank
  ...ed-cell foam that is water-resistant and impervious to most chemicals. The natural color of polyethylene is bright white with a soft translucence throughout. The natural tint (white) PolyPlank is widely considered chemically stable and suitable
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• Ethafoam
  ...eat-welding, or to most other surfaces with industrial-grade hot glue. The natural color of polyethylene foam is brilliant, sparkling white with a slight tran * Ethafoam 220 = 2.2 pcf in 2" natural tint (white) sheets (most common)
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• Carbon black
  ...n black is used as a filtration material and a filler/pigment in coatings, rubber, plastics, paints, carbon paper, and crayons. As a filler, carbon black inc
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• Turpentine (oil)
  ...is also a good solvent for many natural resins, waxes, oils, plastics and rubber. The best quality turpentine is fresh, clear and thin. Turpentine thickens
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• Carnauba wax
  ...es, carbon paper, lubricants, metal casting, printing inks, varnishes, and rubber coating. [[media:download_file_25.pdf|Properties of Natural Waxes]]
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• Chalk
  ...ety of materials, including ceramics, putty, cosmetics, crayons, plastics, rubber, paper, paints, and [[linoleum]]. Chalk is stable and inert, but has poor c * Microscopically, coccoliths may be seen at about 500x in natural chalk.
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• Polystyrene
  ...sa Elkin and Christopher A. Norris (eds.), Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections, New York. 2019. 774</ref> * M.Kaufman, ''The First Century of Plastics'', The Plastics and Rubber Institute, London, 1963 Comment: first developed commercially in 1930
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• Foamboards (table)
  | Evasote, Sponge Aero Rubber ...sa Elkin and Christopher A. Norris (eds.), Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections, New York. 2019.
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• Cellulose nitrate
  ...g the 1940s and 50s, cellulose nitrate was commercially sold in mixed with natural resins ([[dammar]], [[shellac]], [[copal]], etc) as a waterproof varnish. C * M.Kaufman, ''The First Century of Plastics'', The Plastics and Rubber Institute, London, 1963
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• Polyethylene
  ...sa Elkin and Christopher A. Norris (eds.), Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections, New York. 2019. 773,774.</ref> * M.Kaufman, ''The First Century of Plastics'', The Plastics and Rubber Institute, London, 1963
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• Titanium dioxide
  ...lorants and opacifiers in paints, pastels, inks, enamels, ceramics, glass, rubber and plastics; fillers and coatings in book, fine and photographic paper; an ...was patented in 1917, and by 1921 it proved to be a beneficial additive to rubber.
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