latex
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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
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
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
He pulls out his sketchbook and a charcoal pencil, surprising me as he puts on a pair of blue latex gloves.
From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott
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 Sidney Morgan
It is inevitable that the manipulation of the latices should be slightly in error on occasions, or that a small mistake might occur in preparing the solution of acid.
From The Preparation of Plantation Rubber by Sidney Morgan
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
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 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
