Biodegradation rubber hydrocarbon

Microbial degradation of synthetic rubbers will be a subject of fiirther study. A rubber product is made from a number of complex ingredients, and smaller molecules in a synthetic polymer (e.g., stearate, process oils, and waxes in vulcanized synthetic rubber) may be decomposed by microorganisms. A clear distinction must be made between the superficial growth of microorganisms on non-rubber constituents in a synthetic polymmrs and the biodegradation of the rubber hydrocarbon [23]. 

Uses Solvent standardized hydrocarbon manufacturing paraffin products biodegradable detergents Jet fuel research rubber industry paper processing industry distillation chaser component of gasoline and similar fuels organic synthesis. 

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