Latex Processing & its application
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The official GTU curriculum for Latex Processing & its application (subject code 2152606) as prescribed for Rubber · Semester 5 divides the course into 8 units, covering 40 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 (2152606)Unit 1 Latex Dipped Goods
- the principle latex dipping processes
- production of articles by latex dipping processes
- Design of latex compound for latex dipping processes
- Quality assurance for thin walled latex dipped rubber products
- permeability of thin latex dipped rubber films
Unit 2 Latex Foam Rubber
- General Principles
- underline formulation of latex compounds for manufacture of latex foam rubber
- The Dunlop Process
- Production of Latex foam rubber from heat sensitized latices
- The talalay process
- The dow process
- The crown rubber process
- The revertex process
- Physical properties of latex foam rubber
Unit 3 Latex Thread
- Manufacturing process
Unit 4 Latex & Textiles
- Latex spreading
- combining and doubling
- Lattices as binders for non woven fabrics
- Latex Carpet Backing
- Lattices in Carpet underlay materials
Unit 5 Latex Based Surface Coatings
- Surface coatings based upon Vinyl Acetate Homoploymer & Copolymer Lattices
- Surface coating based upon :polystyrene latex
- Polytetrafloro ethylene latex
- Vinyl choloride-vinylidene chloride copolymer lattices
Unit 6 Latex & Paper
- Beater or wet-end addition of lattices to paper pulp
- Paper saturation using lattices
- Paper coating using latex containing compounds
Unit 7 Latex Based Adhesives
- Formulattery principles for latex based adhesives
- Latex based adhesives for Paper
- Leather & wood
- plastics & glass
- Latex based rubber to textile bonding adhesives
- effect of nature of adherend surface upon nature of surface of films derived from latex adhesives
- Effect of high humidity and liquid water upon strength of adhesive bonds produced from latex based adhesives
Unit 8 Latex & Cement
- General Considerations
- advantages of latex- cement compositions over conventional concrete in flooring application
- Typical latex cement compositions
- effect of various factors upon behaviour of latex – cement compositions
- implications for mechanism of setting
- use of latex-cement compositions for repair of damage concrete
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