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  2. Neoprene - Wikipedia

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    Because of its tolerance of extreme conditions, neoprene is used to line landfills. Neoprene's burn point is around 260 °C (500 °F). [21] In its native state, neoprene is a very pliable rubber-like material with insulating properties similar to rubber or other solid plastics. Neoprene foam is used in many applications and is produced in ...

  3. Elmer Keiser Bolton - Wikipedia

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    The new material was announced at the Rubber Division of the American Chemical Society on November 2, 1931, and was named with the trademark Duprene [1] (today the generic name is neoprene). By this time the Stevenson Act had been repealed and the Great Depression had begun.

  4. Chloroprene - Wikipedia

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    [14] [15] [16] Only one fatality as a result of chloroprene intoxication has been recorded which was a result of cleaning a container used for chloroprene. [ 16 ] The primary occupational concern for chloroprene is limited to the facilities producing chloroprene and using chloroprene to produce the synthetic rubber, polychloroprene.

  5. Impact glue - Wikipedia

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    Impact glue, contact glue, contact cement, or neoprene glue is a type of solvent-based adhesive which may be used to bond materials such as plastics, laminates, and metal or wood veneers. [1] The term "contact glue" come from the practice of applying adhesive to both surfaces to be bonded; the surfaces are joined once the solvent in the ...

  6. Membrane roofing - Wikipedia

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    The most commonly used Cured Elastomer membranes are Ethylene Propylene Diene Monomer (commonly EPDM) and Neoprene, although all thermoset products combined fail to account for more than 10% of all commercial roofing. This is in part due to studies being released in the 1980s-early 2000's showing the average lifespan of thermoset membranes ...

  7. Should you throw out your black plastic cooking utensils? - AOL

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    Megan Liu, lead study author and science and policy manager at Toxic-Free Future, tells Yahoo Life that this was a “minor point” in the study. “We feel bad that this happened,” she adds.

  8. Wetsuit - Wikipedia

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    The "compressed neoprene" and "crushed neoprene" used for hot water suits and dry suits, is permanently reduced in volume by intentional hydrostatic compression during the manufacturing process, specifically to reduce buoyancy change with depth, at the cost of reducing insulation.

  9. 9 Mistakes You Should Never Make With A Slow Cooker - AOL

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    Maybe we all watched a little too much This Is Us and are still mourning the loss of Jack Pearson, or maybe a kitchen mishap as a child has left us wary of slow cookers. Whatever the case may be ...