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latex

[lay-teks] / ˈleɪ tɛks /


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Curry pressed a bewitching soulfulness through all those layers of spirit gum and latex.

From Salon ● Aug. 26, 2026

"In order to turn the natural latex into something that we refer to as rubber it goes through this process called sulphur vulcanisation," she explained.

From Barron's ● Aug. 23, 2026

Karex relies on materials derived from oil, including ammonia - which is used to preserve latex - and silicone-based lubricants.

From BBC ● Apr. 21, 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

Maybe it was his demeanor, or the latex gloves on Jerome Paisley’s hands, or the fact that he was the one who had shouted at Rosemary to call the police.

From "Small Steps" by Louis Sachar

"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

The remedy obviously is to reduce the variation in latices by diluting them all to a standard rubber content as is done in sheet preparation.

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

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

Such latices are difficult to handle in order to secure uniform mixture with the coagulant.

From The Preparation of Plantation Rubber by Sidney Morgan

Like the holy river of Virgil, to the souls who drink of him, Herrick offers 'securos latices.'

From A selection from the lyrical poems of Robert Herrick by Francis Turner Palgrave


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