Monday, October 19, 2026

Making tires from dandelions


Not your regular dandelion, but rather the Russian dandelion, which grows in temperate climates and marginal soils, whose roots contain 3% to 12% rubber by dry weight of high-molecular-weight cis-1,4-polyisoprene, making it chemically identical to traditional Hevea tree rubber. 


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