Polymer Technology
Mastication of rubber means

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

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

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

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