AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -The simplest answer: latex is rubber. Typically, it is composed of about fifty-five percent water and around forty percent rubber material. Latex is the soft white substance found beneath the bark of a mature rubber tree .

Detailed explanation-2: -Many people think latex is another word for rubber. But latex and rubber are not the same thing. Latex is a milky white substance that may be used in production as is or collected, treated, and processed to become rubber.

Detailed explanation-3: -Not all types of latex are from natural rubber and contain the proteins responsible for natural rubber latex allergy. For example, products containing nitrile and polyvinyl chloride are made of synthetic latex that does not contain those proteins and will not cause a latex allergy.

Detailed explanation-4: -Synthetic latex is also a liquid emulsification of polymers, but to make synthetic rubber, petroleum based products are used. Synthetic rubber is stronger and more stable than natural rubber when it comes to products like vehicle tires, so synthetic rubber is widely used in manufacturing vehicle tires.

Detailed explanation-5: -(ˈleɪtɛks ˈrʌbə ) rubber used to make many products such as gloves, condoms, etc, and which is made from latex, a whitish milky fluid containing protein, starch, alkaloids, etc, that is produced by many plants.