latex
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To create the biomaterial, the scientists manually collected latex from freshly harvested jackfruit and carefully purified it.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 19, 2026
He took the same relaxed view about his latex puppet in the satirical series, Spitting Image, which mocked his slight speech impediment and sprayed saliva when it spoke.
From BBC ● Jun. 14, 2026
Costs have been affected "across the board", including the price of condom material nitrile latex and natural rubber.
From Barron's ● Apr. 24, 2026
Many balloons are made from latex, which is a natural rubber from trees, but even latex-based balloons may require small amounts of oil-based chemicals during processing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 21, 2026
As the camaradas paddled down the smooth river, they could see the surrounding forest peppered with Brazil’s famous rubber trees, which ranchers harvested for a milky-white sap called latex.
From "Death on the River of Doubt" by Samantha Seiple
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 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
They are: A. The Hot-Water Treatment.—This method has been in constant use on estates which have old trees giving rich latices.
From The Preparation of Plantation Rubber by Morgan, Sidney
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 Morgan, Sidney
These latices are always diluted to a uniform standard daily.
From The Preparation of Plantation Rubber by Morgan, Sidney
Such latices are difficult to handle in order to secure uniform mixture with the coagulant.
From The Preparation of Plantation Rubber by Morgan, Sidney
Whatever may be the practice elsewhere, it is now fairly general on estates in Malaya to reduce all latices to a uniform “strength” for the preparation of sheet rubber.
From The Preparation of Plantation Rubber by Morgan, Sidney
