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latex

[ley-teks] / ˈleɪ tɛks /


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Costs have been affected "across the board", including the price of condom material nitrile latex and natural rubber.

From Barron's Apr. 24, 2026

It takes up to 120 biodegradable Tuftext-brand latex balloons spaced about 12 feet apart to create the chain, Bose said.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 10, 2026

To investigate further, the researchers tested seven different types of gloves, including nitrile, latex, and cleanroom varieties, along with commonly used methods for identifying microplastics.

From Science Daily Mar. 29, 2026

The policy applies to land owned and maintained by the council, as well as the adopted highway but does not cover air-filled latex balloons or releases on private land.

From BBC Feb. 24, 2026

The door closes, and I turn to my desk, pulling on a pair of latex gloves and taking out my colored pencils.

From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott

"The system could potentially be used in all areas where latexes are used, such as films, coatings, supports for diagnostics, and more," Lacôte says.

From Science Daily Oct. 25, 2023

As a result, for the first time, the team were able to use light to produce polystyrene latexes with particle sizes greater than one micrometer and with highly uniform diameters.

From Science Daily Oct. 25, 2023

Short-wavelength radiation is scattered when the particle size becomes close to the radiation wavelength, making latexes with particle sizes larger than the incoming wavelengths difficult to produce.

From Science Daily Oct. 25, 2023

But it may be believed that under ordinary weather conditions most latices are infected before reaching the factory.

From The Preparation of Plantation Rubber by Sidney Morgan

Obviously, in such a case, there must be an initial difference between the two latices as regards the percentage of proteins present; or there must be some small unrecognised difference at some stage of working.

From The Preparation of Plantation Rubber by Sidney Morgan

“Yellow Latex” Streaks.—This appearance of “yellow-latex” streaks in not common, and may be accounted for by incomplete mixture of two different latices.

From The Preparation of Plantation Rubber by Sidney Morgan

In those days methods and formulæ were rather haphazard, especially in view of the fact that the daily variability of dry rubber content of latices was not then recognised.

From The Preparation of Plantation Rubber by Sidney Morgan

These latices are always diluted to a uniform standard daily.

From The Preparation of Plantation Rubber by Sidney Morgan




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