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The process of heating natural rubber with sulfur to improve its strength and elasticity is called:

1. Galvanization
2. Polymerization
3. Annealing
4. Vulcanization

Answer

D. Vulcanization

Solution

Discovered by Charles Goodyear; sulfur forms cross-links between polymer chains.

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