Monitoring New Polymer Composites Based on Natural Rubber and Bacterial Poly(3-Hydroxy-Butyrate): The Fourier Ir Spectroscopy Method

Abstract

Natural latices obtained from rubber plants (most commonly Hevea brasiliensis or Hevea Malasia) are the main source of natural rubber (NR). Rubber compounds based on NR possess excellent mechanical properties and are irreplaceable in areas such as the tyre industry, mechanical rubber goods production, the development of adhesive composites, vacuum technologies, industrial membrane technologies, medicine, etc. [1].