Office Desk: Rubber Researcher/Designer Mauricio Carranza
Product rubber
Type recycle rubber
Reference http://www.rubbersidewalks.com/

Product Summary:

The purpose of the rubber desk was to use recycle materials and creates a surface for cutting and easy to clean after building models.

Product Summary:

Rubber is a polymeric, elastomeric material consisting of large organic molecules. Its elastomeric property means that an object made of this material comes close back to its original dimensions after a deformation caused by weak tension, and after having been freed of this tension

Synthetic rubber comprises about 60 % of the total volumes. Approximately 44 % of synthetic rubber and 77 % of natural rubber are consumed by the tyre industry. Of synthetic rubber types SBR (styrene butadiene rubber) is the most used one. EPDM (ethylene propylene diene) has, however, a faster growth rate. The fastest growing demand is experienced by thermoplastic elastomers. These are materials with properties between traditional rubbers and thermoplastic plastics.

Architectural Applications:

Rubber sidewalks had been used because it molds the roots of the trees. Unlike concrete that buckles.

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