ECO GARDEN Recyled Rubber Plant Pot, Slate, 50cm

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Common Names: Rubber Fig, Rubber Tree, Rubber Plant, Rubber Bush, or Indian Rubber Bush, Indian Rubber Tree Charles Marie de La Condamine is credited with introducing samples of rubber to the Académie Royale des Sciences of France in 1736. [13] In 1751, he presented a paper by François Fresneau to the Académie (published in 1755) that described many of rubber's properties. This has been referred to as the first scientific paper on rubber. [13] In England, Joseph Priestley, in 1770, observed that a piece of the material was extremely good for rubbing off pencil marks on paper, hence the name "rubber". It slowly made its way around England. In 1764, François Fresnau discovered that turpentine was a rubber solvent. Giovanni Fabbroni is credited with the discovery of naphtha as a rubber solvent in 1779. [ citation needed] Charles Goodyear redeveloped vulcanization in 1839, although Mesoamericans had used stabilized rubber for balls and other objects as early as 1600 BC. [14] [15] There is growing concern for the future supply of rubber due to various factors, including plant disease, climate change, and the volatile market price of rubber. [43] [44] [45] [46] Producers of natural rubber range are mostly small family-held plantations, often serving large industrial aggregators. High volatility in the price of rubber affects rubber plantation investment, and farmers may remove their rubber trees if the international market spot price of a seemingly more profitable crop, (for example palm oil) surges in relation to rubber. Rainfall of around 250 centimetres (98in) evenly distributed without any marked dry season and with at least 100 rainy days per year

Storage & organisation Furniture Textiles Kitchenware & tableware Kitchens Lighting Decoration Rugs, mats & flooring Beds & mattresses Baby & children Smart home Bathroom products Laundry & cleaning Plants & plant pots Home electronics Home improvement Outdoor living Food & beverages Christmas Shop Shop by roomThe first use of rubber was by the indigenous cultures of Mesoamerica. The earliest archeological evidence of the use of natural latex from the Hevea tree comes from the Olmec culture, in which rubber was first used for making balls for the Mesoamerican ballgame. Rubber was later used by the Maya and Aztec cultures – in addition to making balls, Aztecs used rubber for other purposes, such as making containers and to make textiles waterproof by impregnating them with the latex sap. [11] [12]

Kang, H.; Kang, M.Y.; Han, K.H. (2000). "Identification of Natural Rubber and Characterization of Biosynthetic Activity". Plant Physiol. 123 (3): 1133–1142. doi: 10.1104/pp.123.3.1133. PMC 59076. PMID 10889262.The parallel chains of stretched rubber are susceptible to crystallization. This takes some time because turns of twisted chains have to move out of the way of the growing crystallites. Crystallization has occurred, for example, when, after days, an inflated toy balloon is found withered at a relatively large remaining volume. Where it is touched, it shrinks because the temperature of the hand is enough to melt the crystals. Tully, John (2011). The Devil's Milk: A Social History of Rubber. NYU Press. ISBN 978-1-58367-260-0.

On a microscopic scale, relaxed rubber is a disorganized cluster of erratically changing wrinkled chains. In stretched rubber, the chains are almost linear. The restoring force is due to the preponderance of wrinkled conformations over more linear ones. For the quantitative treatment see ideal chain, for more examples see entropic force. To achieve this for your rubber plant, a good option is to place it near an east or west-facing window so direct sunlight can shine through during the early part of the day while protecting it from the heat of the afternoon sun. To get the right balance of bright indirect light, you can simply push your rubber plant against a wall, or behind furniture to create the shade it needs. Rubber plant light tip Smith, James P. Jr/ (2006). "Plants & Civilization: An Introduction to the Interrelationships of Plants and People. Section 8.4, Latex Plants". Humboldt State University Botanical Studies Open Educational Resources and Data, Humboldt State University Digital Commons. pp.137–141 . Retrieved 8 June 2019.Rubber plants should be placed in a room with bright, but indirect sunlight, and do best when they receive at least 90% shade throughout the day. Place a clear plastic bag over the top of the rubber plant’s container and bring it down until there is about 2 inches of space between the bag and the bottom of the pot. This will allow the rubber plant to breathe while the bag retains moisture from escaping upwards, much like a greenhouse. Hoven, Vipavee P.; Rattanakaran, Kesinee; Tanaka, Yasuyuki (1 November 2003). "Determination of Chemical Components that Cause Mal-Odor from Natural Rubber". Rubber Chemistry and Technology. 76 (5): 1128–1144. doi: 10.5254/1.3547792.

Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference Brydson, J.A. (1988). Rubbery Materials and their Compounds. Springer Netherlands. ISBN 978-1-85166-215-9.The rubber plant is a medium-sized indoor plant that belongs to the ficus plant family and are native to southeast Asia.