Two pieces of synthetic rubber(butadiene-styrene copolymer)

Made:
1951 in England
maker:
Dunlop
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Two pieces of synthetic rubber(butadiene-styrene copolymer)
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Two pieces of synthetic rubber(butadiene-styrene copolymer)
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Two pieces of synthetic rubber(butadiene-styrene copolymer)
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum

Two pieces of synthetic rubber(butadiene-styrene copolymer), made by Dunlop in England in 1951. First sample is shapeless and grey, and is the first synthetic rubber to be made by Dunlop in England. The second is black, flat and rectangular and is thought to be from the first production of International-Synthetic-rubber made by Dunlop in England.

Details

Category:
Plastics and Modern Materials
Object Number:
1988-635
type:
two pieces of synthetic rubber
credit:
BTR Industries Limited

Parts

One of two pieces of synthetic rubber(butadiene-styrene coplymer)

One of two pieces of synthetic rubber(butadiene-styrene coplymer)

One of two pieces of synthetic rubber(butadiene-styrene coplymer), made by Dunlop in England in 1951. The sample is shapeless and grey, and is the first synthetic rubber to be made by Dunlop in England.

Object Number:
1988-635/1
type:
two pieces of synthetic rubber
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Two pieces of synthetic rubber

Two pieces of synthetic rubber

One of two pieces of synthetic rubber(butadiene-styrene copolymer), made by Dunlop, England, 1951. The sample is black, flat and rectangular and is thought to be from the first production of International-Synthetic-rubber made in England by Dunlop.

Measurements:
overall: 5 mm x 90 mm x 47 mm, .018kg
Materials:
synthetic rubber
Object Number:
1988-635/2
type:
sample and synthetic rubber
Image ©
The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum