Polymers
6.0 Synthetic Rubber
6.0 Synthetic Rubber
There are many different formulations for synthetic rubbers, but the simplest is a polymer of $1,3-$butadiene. Specialized Ziegler – Natta catalysts can produce $1,3-$butadiene polymers where $1,4-$addition has occurred on each butadiene unit, and the remaining double bonds are all cis. This polymer has properties similar to those of natural rubber, and it can be vulcanized in the same way.
