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IN'EW SYNTHETIC rubber latex—Plio-

lite 5352—has joined Goodyear Tire and Rubber's commercial chemicals line. Billed by Goodyear a s a "100r/c replacement for natural latex in foam rubber," the new synthetic also boasts: • Low price—32 to 35 cents a pound, or some 2 0 to 307c under current quotations for natural latex. • Processing and handling ease—Pliolite 5352, a t 70 r /c total solids, flows freely while natural latex at this concentration is practically a gel. Pliolite 5352 is a large particle size (3000 A . a v e r a g e ) , butadiene-styrene ( 7 0 / 3 0 ) latex. I t s diy rubber content runs 9 6 to 977c—just a s h a d e below that of natural latex (97 to 9 8 % ) . This is better than currently available

high solids synthetics, which run from 95.5 down to 91.5 r /i, Goodyear spokesmen say. This combination—high rubber hydrocarbon content a n d t h e consequently lower percentage of n o n r u b ber materials—makes for better foam rubber processing, t h e company points out. Over a 4 0 ° to 80° F. range, Pliolite 5352 shows excellent viscosity-temperature properties, Goodyear claims. This improved fluidity means that t h e new latex can b e concentrated to a higher total solids content a n d thus give technologists greater freedom in using pigment extenders to make foam rubber. And it means less foam shrinkage during processing, t h e c o m p a n y adds. T h e new latex h a s a minimum solids content of 887c .

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