What is the role of natural rubber?

Rubber tree is an important tropical cash crop for the production of natural rubber. Rubber and steel, oil, coal together known as the world's four major industrial raw materials, but also indispensable strategic materials for the defense industry. Due to the rubber has a strong elasticity, good insulation, tough wear resistance, gas, waterproof airtight and flexural resistance, automobiles, airplanes, artillery, tanks, ships, and all kinds of vehicles and ships, machinery need a lot of rubber, such as a 4t truck needs about 300kg dry rubber, an aircraft needs about 600kg more than one tank needs 800kg. rubber is also used for all kinds of cable outer skin And a variety of insulators, conveyor belts and many mechanical parts, water life-saving products, rain gear. Concentrated latex processed from rubber is suitable for making all kinds of rubber film products, especially medical gloves, blood transfusion hose and so on. According to statistics, the world's rubber products have reached more than 70,000 kinds, with the development of modern industry, many new uses such as rubber asphalt road, earthquake-proof building, chlorinated rubber, etc. are being researched and developed and utilized. In addition, the seed oil of rubber tree is also a good industrial oil. Rubber tree wood texture is meticulous, suitable for processing into various types of furniture.