Contents include: the compounding and vulcanization of rubber; physical testing of vulcanizates; natural rubber; styrene-butadiene rubbers; ethylene-propylene rubber; nitrile and polyacrylic rubbers; fluorocarbon elastomers; polyurethane elastomers; reclaimed rubber; latex and foam rubber. This second edition updates information in the 1973 edition, regarding the structure, properties, and technology of the various elastomers used in industry. The two new chapters are: thermoplastic elastomers, miscellaneous elastomers. -- AATA