smoked rubber

British

noun

Also called: ribbed and smoked sheet. a type of crude natural rubber in the form of brown sheets obtained by coagulating latex with an acid, rolling it into sheets, and drying over open wood fires. It is the main raw material for natural rubber products Compare crepe rubber

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Sri Lanka exports include mainly precious stones, apparel, tea and spices while exports from Thailand include smoked rubber sheets, natural rubber, plastic and cement.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 3, 2024

As “spot” disease cannot develop in smoked rubber, the obvious and simple course to adopt was to smoke-cure the sheets.

From The Preparation of Plantation Rubber by Morgan, Sidney

In this pale rubber minor blemishes are so plainly apparent that their importance is highly exaggerated, and what would worthily escape notice in smoked rubber assumes disproportionate prominence in pale crepes.

From The Preparation of Plantation Rubber by Morgan, Sidney

By means of a valve it is possible to allow smoke from the furnace to pass into the room with the hot air for the preparation of smoked rubber.

From The Preparation of Plantation Rubber by Morgan, Sidney

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