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The original rubber!

A widely developed material, natural rubber is produced from tree sap (latex).
In addition to having the lowest cost of all the rubbers, it also has the advantage of coming from a naturally replenishable source. The rubber trees are used to make furniture at the end of their 'rubber' lives and are replaced by young trees for future rubber production.

Advantages: Good dynamic, mechanical and fatigue properties; high strength, resilience and abrasion properties.

Limitations: Suffers from poor oxidation, ozone, oil and solvent resistance. Temperature resistance is also relatively poor.

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