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Latex is a natural ingredient that comes from rubber trees in the form of a milky liquid. There are thousands of species of plants that produce different types of latex, including the Chicle tree that yields the raw material for producing the rubbery material in chewing gum.
Reactivity Profile. LATEX, [LIQUID CONTAINING ACRYLONITRILE] is an aqueous emulsion containing particles of polymerized acrylonitrile. Forms stickly films by loss of water when exposed to the air at temperatures exceeding the glass transition temperature of the polymer [Kirk-Othmer, 4th Edition 15:55].