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latex

[ley-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

I blew paint out my nostrils and, when I breathed, it smelled like latex and cut grass.

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson

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

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

Previously the only known method of obtaining uniformity in colour and appearance was that by which latices from all fields were mixed together in bulk.

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

And according to Columella, the Horehound is a serviceable remedy against the Cankerworm in trees: Profuit et plantis latices infundere amaros marrubii.

From Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by William Thomas Fernie

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

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

From The Preparation of Plantation Rubber by Sidney Morgan




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