Polymer Technology
Mastication of rubber means

Depression of its freezing point
Improving its curing rate
Its softening
A treatment to retard its deterioration due to oxidation

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Polymer Technology
Peptizers like aromatic mercaptans (e.g. thiophenes) are added in rubber to

Increase its viscosity
Reduce its viscosity to permit easier processing
Reduce the time of vulcanisation and quantity of vulcanising agent
Protect rubber goods from attack by oxygen & ozone present in the atmosphere

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