Resins and Gums

Question 1

Plant resins and latex are mainly made of….

Answer 1

Terpenes o terpenoid compounds

Question 2

Why do plants have resins and latex?

Answer 2

To defend and to heal

Question 3

Where are resins made?

Answer 3

In resins ducts in the bark

Question 4

Where is latex made?

Answer 4

Latex canals

Question 5

What is the most useful latex?

Answer 5

Rubber

Question 6

Why is Charles Goodyear important?

Answer 6

Developed vulcanizing process for rubber

Question 7

What does vulcanizing rubber do?

Answer 7

Makes it elastic rather than sticky

Question 8

What happens on a rubber plantation?

Answer 8

gets latex from the bark, adds sulphur, flatten rubber, cure under heat and high pressure

Question 9

Why are Michelin tires important?

Answer 9

made the radial tire

Question 10

What is Gutta-Percha used for?

Answer 10

Furniture, electrical insulator, golf balls, root canal

Question 11

t/f: gutta percha is a natural thermoplastic

Answer 11

true

Question 12

What is the principle ingredient in chewing gum?

Answer 12

Chicle but got replaced by synthetic compounds in 1940s

Question 13

Who was the founder of the chewing gum industry?

Answer 13

Thomas Adams

Question 14

What is Gum Arabic used for?

Answer 14

Glue, pharmaceutical drugs, lickable adhesives, candy

Question 15

T/F Lacquer is the same as it was before

Answer 15

no the one today is synthetic

Question 16

what are some types of resins?

Answer 16

Rosin, Amber, Lacquer

Question 17

T/F maple is a resin and latex

Answer 17

False its a sap