Definitions
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- noun Alternative spelling of
vulcanization .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun process of treating rubber or rubberlike materials with sulphur at great heat to improve elasticity and strength or to harden them
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Examples
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My fourth question was about the inventor of vulcanisation who went on to make tyres for cars.
Pure jam: winning The Weakest Link DAVID BISHOP 2008
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My fourth question was about the inventor of vulcanisation who went on to make tyres for cars.
Archive 2008-05-01 DAVID BISHOP 2008
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The vulcanisation of these rubbers was made possible by the usual methods used for natural rubber, with the introduction of unsaturated monomeric units (terpolymers containing ethylene and propylene).
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Goodyear developed the vulcanisation process by mixing sulphur with virgin rubber on his wife's stove in their kitchen.
The Guardian World News Jon Ronson 2012
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This is how controlled vulcanisation of the LSR component is reliably assured.
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This is how controlled vulcanisation of the LSR component is reliably assured.
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This is how controlled vulcanisation of the LSR component is reliably assured.
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This is how controlled vulcanisation of the LSR component is reliably assured.
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This is how controlled vulcanisation of the LSR component is reliably assured.
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This is how controlled vulcanisation of the LSR component is reliably assured.
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