verb
definition
To treat rubber with heat and (usually) sulphur to harden it and make it more durable.
definition
To undergo such treatment.
Examples of vulcanized in a Sentence
Vulcanized rubber overshoes were first made in Naugatuck, and in 1843 the Goodyear's Metallic Rubber Shoe Company was established here.
Uncombined sulphur is injurious, and often leads to the decay of vulcanized goods, but an excess of sulphur is generally required in order to ensure perfect vulcanization.
It will thus be seen that for nearly all practical purposes, including tires, vulcanized rubber mixed with mineral matter is employed.
Vulcanized rubber is a Massachusetts invention.
The silk to be opened is placed on a latticed sheet or feeder, and thus slowly conveyed to a series of rollers or porcupines (rollers set with rows of projecting steel pins), which hold the silk firmly while presenting it to the action of a large receiving drum, covered with a sheet of vulcanized rubber, set all over with fine steel teeth.
Flanged joints are made to bolt together on washers of vulcanized rubber.
Fortunately, for die-hard Blazer fans, the sneaker still features a durable Vulcanized rubber outsole with herringbone pattern for increased traction.
A dry suit can be made out of foam neoprene, crushed neoprene, vulcanized rubber or heavy-duty nylon.
Vulcanized rubber is also now largely used as an electrical insulator for the construction of cables, &c., instead of gutta-percha.
And with features like vulcanized sole construction and padded collars, these shoes aren't just for lounging.
The outsole is vulcanized for durability and strength, ensuring that the shoes last longer and perform well even under the harshest circumstances.
It is made of nubuck leather and features a tough, vulcanized rubber shell.
In the specification of the patent applied for on the list of July 1877 he showed a sketch of an instrument which consisted of a diaphragm, with a small platinum patch in the centre for an electrode, against which a hard point, made of plumbago powder cemented together with india-rubber and vulcanized, was pressed by a long spring, the pressure of the carbon against the platinum disk being adjusted by a straining screw near the base of the spring.
Most articles made of cut sheet rubber would, however, be of very limited utility were they not hardened or vulcanized by the action of sulphur or some compound of that element.
The manufacture of springs, valves and washers does not require any very special notice, these articles being generally fashioned out of mixed rubber, and vulcanized either in moulds or in powdered French chalk.