Vulcanize
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈvʌl.kə.naɪz/ · Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Vulcanize is a verb meaning (transitive) To treat rubber with heat and (usually) sulfur to harden it and make it more durable.
Meaning
(transitive) To treat rubber with heat and (usually) sulfur to harden it and make it more durable.
More Meanings
- (intransitive) To undergo such treatment.
Example Sentences
These vulcanized hearts, they only become more resistant when you ask for mercy.
Natural rubber […] vulcanizes readily at the double bonds to give a strong cross-linked structure.
Local workers hike up the side of the mountain and down into the crater at the top to harvest its sulfur—a byproduct of the gas that escapes from the volcano’s vents and collects near the shores of an acidic lake at the crater’s center. The chemical is used in industry worldwide, from making matchsticks to vulcanizing rubber, but Ijen’s sulfur goes mostly to local factories, which use it to bleach sugar.
Word Forms
- vulcanizes
- vulcanizing
- vulcanized
- vulcanise
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include vulcanise, revulcanize, volcanize, rubberize, rubberise, precure.
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