vulcanization

1. An industrial process that strengthens natural rubber. Because it requires great heat, the process was named after the Roman god of fire, Vulcan .

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The proper vulcanization is of the greatest importance in determining the durability of the stamp.

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Goodyear lived for sixteen years after his discovery of the vulcanization process.

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In india-rubber combs the teeth are moulded to shape and the whole hardened by vulcanization.

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Goodyear had discovered the process which afterwards came to be known as “vulcanization.”

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Mr. Goodyear had not yet discovered, however, the process of vulcanization, upon which the rubber industry is founded.

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