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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

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

From Barron's ● Apr. 24, 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

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

We all donned latex gloves and then, en masse, poured into the gallery.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover

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

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

It will be obvious that, given two equal quantities of different latices, different amounts of an anti-coagulant may be required to produce the same effect.

From The Preparation of Plantation Rubber by Sidney Morgan

The introduction by the Rubber Growers’ Association of the “Metrolac” led to uniform dilution of latices varying in rubber content.

From The Preparation of Plantation Rubber by Sidney Morgan

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 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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