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Thermoplastic natural rubber: Great qualities – 21 Mar 2022

Mar 21, 2022

Thermoplastic natural rubber (TPNR) is one of the alternative natural rubber (NR) products obtained by blending NR with any compatible thermoplastics, such as HDPE, LDPE, LLDPE, polystyrene (PS) and polylactic acid (PLA) at the temperature above the melting point of plastics, which is always above the softening point of NR. Unlike vulcanized NR, TPNR is recyclable and convertible

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