polyisoprene
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It sits within the topics Organic polymers and Rubber.
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- fabrication method
- chain-growth polymerization
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- IR
- polymer of
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Polyisoprene is, strictly speaking, a collective name for polymers that are produced by polymerization of isoprene. In practice polyisoprene is commonly used to refer to synthetic cis-1,4-polyisoprene, made by the industrial polymerisation of isoprene. Natural forms of polyisoprene are also used in substantial quantities, the most important being "natural rubber" (99.99% cis-1,4-polyisoprene), which is derived from the sap of trees. Both synthetic polyisoprene and natural rubber are highly elastic and consequently used in a variety of applications, such as making tires.
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