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It's more than just the chain length. The most common synthetic rubbers are styrene-butadiene copolymers. Natural rubber is polyisoprene. While it is true that
by spqr0a1 3y ago
It's more than just the chain length.
The most common synthetic rubbers are styrene-butadiene copolymers. Natural rubber is polyisoprene. While it is true that shorter chain synthetic polyisoprene is available, it is a much smaller part of the market than styrene-butadiene.
- dpeckett 3y agoDoes look like both natural and synthetic polyisoprene is at-least somewhat biodegradeable: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC92035/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC92035/