Latex Technology
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The official GTU curriculum for Latex Technology (subject code 2142605) as prescribed for Rubber · Semester 4 divides the course into 6 units, covering 31 listed topics. The unit-wise breakdown below is read from the GTU syllabus document for this subject code, so you can check what the course actually covers before deciding which papers to attempt.
Download the official syllabus PDF (2142605)Unit 1 Natural Latices
- Tapping: Introduction
- Early tapping system
- modern tapping system
- factors which affect the yield of latex & rubber
- other methods of tapping
- improvement of latex yield
Unit 2 Preservation of Natural rubber Latex
- Preliminary consideration
- The ideal preservative for natural rubber latex
- Ammonia as a preservative
- Low-ammonia preservation system
- other preservative for natural rubber latex
Unit 3 Concentration of natural rubber Latex
- Preliminary consideration
- Concentration by evaporation
- centrifugation and electrodecantation
- Properties of natural rubber latex concentrates
- Redispersible natural rubber from natural rubber latex
Unit 4 Fundamental Latex Characteristics
- Particle size & distribution
- Stability & destabilization of lattices
- concentration relationship
- free energy & wetting behavior
- zeta- potential
- electrical prop. of colloidal systems
- thermal measurement of molecules
- kinetics of Brownian motion
Unit 5 Gelation Of Natural Latex
- Zinc oxide solubility with pH, Heat gelling systems
- Delayed action gelling system using sodium silicofluoride
- significance of pH/time gelation cure foaming
- frothing time cure
- delayed action gelling
Unit 6 Latex Compounding Ingredients
- Rubber vulcanizing agents
- rubber vulcanization
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