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latexFluid of some plants (such as the rubber tree and poppy), an emulsion of resins, proteins, and other organic substances. It is used as the basis for making rubber. The name is also applied to a suspension in water of natural or synthetic rubber (or plastic) particles used in rubber goods, paints, and adhesives. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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I learned to paint silicones and foam latexes, sculpt clay to make creatures, create old age likenesses, work with gelatin appliances, as well as do regular "beauty" makeup. Vanderbilt; "Additives for antimicrobial latexes and biofilm resistant materials," Svoboda Tabakova, Vera Mircheva and Nadejda Assenova, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria; and "Effect of fillers on the surface properties of NR and DPNR sheets," The latexes, starches, carbonates, titanium dioxide, dispersants, and defoamers contained in these brokes often showed up in machine deposits, and broke flows correlated directly to reduced additive efficiencies. |
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