Synthetic rubber

Synthetic rubber refers to all elastomersthat are not natural rubber and is a product of organic chemistry. It is produced from heavy gasoline (naphtha), which is obtained from crude oil in a refinery. The building blocks (monomers) of heavy petrol are polymerized and then converted into rubber by vulcanization. The monomer (smallest molecular unit) can be varied in different ways, which explains the wide range of different synthetic rubbers and properties.