Goodyear Tire & Rubber has been granted a patent for a low-cost vulcanization accelerator that improves cure rates and reduces scorch in rubber compositions. The accelerator, a monofunctional thiuram ...
CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. Charles Goodyear (1800–1860) invented “vulcanized” rubber in 1839 when he accidentally left a mixture of India rubber, sulfur and lead oxide on a ...