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Blends of natural rubber with speciality synthetic rubbers, such as Nitrile Rubber and Ethylene Propylene Rubbers have in the past failed to combine the best properties of polymers. This work contains the results of an ongoing research programme funded by the "Common Fund for Commodities" (CFC) where blending techniques have developed which enable high quality blends to be produced, optimizing the properties of two polymers. This development has reached the stage of field trials with products based on these blends. This book should be of interest to the rubber industry, rubber technologists, polymer technologists and professors, materials science specialists, graduate students, lecturers and teachers.

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Blends of natural rubber with speciality synthetic rubbers, such as nitrile rubber and ethylene propylene rubbers, have, in the past, failed to combine the best properties of polymers, resulting in a poor return in terms of added value from the blending process. The idea of blending synthetic rubbers with natural rubbe is certainly not a new one, but it is only now that this can be shown to be possible with consistently positive resluts, but eh use of novel techniques which this book describes, giving valuable information on the technology required and the results which can be achieved. Blends of Natural Rubber is an invaluable source of information for all those working in the area of rubber technology and polymer blend technology.