Rubber is an important engineering material and is widely used as a building material. The general uses of rubber are as follows:
- Rubber is used as a gasket to make doors and windows airtight.
- Rubber latex, a solution of rubber hydrochloride, is used for bonding rubber to metal, wood and similar surfaces.
- Rubber is an important material used for repair of building works.
- Rubber is used as a sealant in water-retaining structures.
- Rubber can be used as a joint filler – cellular rubber and granulated cork compounds are used as fillers.
- Rubber flooring and carpet mats are used in buildings.
- Rubber coatings and linings are used for corrosion protection in offshore engineering.
- Rubber can be used as sound absorbers.
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