The oxidation of latex and rubber compounds can have different effects, depending on the type of polymer involved. Problems include adverse colour changes, loss of flexibility, loss of tensile strength and reduced impact resistance, ageing, cracking and other surface deterioration. The use of our antioxidants protects against the effects of oxidation during production and storage.

Vulcanization is a cross linking process in which individual molecules of rubber (polymer) are converted into a three dimensional network of interconnected (polymer) chains through chemical cross links(of sulfur). An accelerator is the chemical added into a rubber compound to increase the speed of vulcanization and to permit vulcanization to proceed at lower temperature and with greater efficiency. Accelerator also decreases the quantity of sulphur necessary for vulcanization thus improving ‘aged’ properties of the rubber compound. The pre-vulcanization inhibitor PVI(CTP) functions as vulcanization retarder which is a part of accelerator system