The Compounding of Guayule Rubbers. Effect of Accelerator-Curing Agent Combinations
Abstract The accelerator-curing agent combinations in most cases have the same effect on the three guayule rubbers as they have on smoked sheet. No accelerator-curing agent combination produces smoked-sheet stocks or guayule stocks excelling in every property; each rubber must be specially compounded for the purpose in mind. The authors conclude from the test data reported above that stocks prepared from domestic deresinated guayule rubber do not show sufficient advantages over similar stocks prepared from domestic resiniferous guayule rubber to justify the extra expense involved in the preparation of the former rubber. On the other hand, stocks prepared from Mexican resiniferous guayule rubber are definitely of poorer quality than similar stocks prepared from the domestic products.