Provided herein are organic solvent-based processes for the removal of rubber from non-Hevea plants such as guayule shrubs. By the use of the processes, solid purified rubber can be obtained that contains 0.05-0.5 weight % dirt, 0.2-1.5 weight % ash, and 0.1-4 weight % resin (when it has been dried so as to contain 0.8 weight % volatile matter).

Provided herein are organic solvent-based processes for the removal of rubber from non-Hevea plants such as guayule shrubs. By the use of the processes, solid purified rubber can be obtained that contains 0.05-0.5 weight % dirt, 0.2-1.5 weight % ash, and 0.1-4 weight % resin (when it has been dried so as to contain 0.8 weight % volatile matter).

A method for recovering an unreacted α,β-ethylenically unsaturated nitrile monomer contained in a latex of a nitrile rubber obtained by emulsion polymerizing a monomer mixture comprising an α,β-ethylenically unsaturated nitrile monomer and a carboxyl group-containing monomer is provided. The method includes the steps of: adjusting a pH of the latex of the carboxyl group-containing nitrile rubber to 6.5 or more; decompressing the latex of the carboxyl group-containing nitrile rubber having the pH adjusted to 6.5 or more under a heating condition; and recovering a component evaporated by the decompression under the heating condition.

A processing method of natural rubber latex using creaming includes the following steps: adding a surfactant, a pH adjuster, and deionized water to natural rubber latex, adding a preservative and a creaming agent, mixing and standing a resulting mixture until phase separation occurs, and collecting an upper rubber latex phase and a lower skim latex phase, separately; diluting the upper rubber latex phase with deionized water, adding a preservative, a pH adjuster, a surfactant, and a creaming agent, mixing and standing a resulting mixture until phase separation occurs, and collecting an obtained upper rubber latex phase; and adding a preservative, a pH adjuster, a surfactant, and a creaming agent to an obtained lower skim latex phase, mixing and standing a resulting mixture until phase separation occurs, and collecting an obtained upper rubber latex phase.

A processing method of natural rubber latex using creaming includes the following steps: adding a surfactant, a pH adjuster, and deionized water to natural rubber latex, adding a preservative and a creaming agent, mixing and standing a resulting mixture until phase separation occurs, and collecting an upper rubber latex phase and a lower skim latex phase, separately; diluting the upper rubber latex phase with deionized water, adding a preservative, a pH adjuster, a surfactant, and a creaming agent, mixing and standing a resulting mixture until phase separation occurs, and collecting an obtained upper rubber latex phase; and adding a preservative, a pH adjuster, a surfactant, and a creaming agent to an obtained lower skim latex phase, mixing and standing a resulting mixture until phase separation occurs, and collecting an obtained upper rubber latex phase.

Systems and methods for extracting useful by-products and natural rubber from non-Hevea rubber bearing plants are disclosed.

Systems and methods for extracting useful by-products and natural rubber from non-Hevea rubber bearing plants are disclosed.

Systems and methods for extracting useful by-products and natural rubber from non-Hevea rubber bearing plants are disclosed.

Systems and methods for extracting useful by-products and natural rubber from non-Hevea rubber bearing plants are disclosed.

A method for concentrating rubber emulsion and a product prepared by the method are provided, the method includes: a concentrated latex is obtained by separating a superabsorbent resin added in advance into a rubber emulsion with a solid content of 0.01-70% after stirring and concentrating the resin-added rubber emulsion. The method requires simple equipment and consumes less energy, and the prepared polymer emulsion has a solid content up to 76%; the superabsorbent resin adopted herein is reusable after drying, which therefore effectively reduces the production cost; natural latex concentrated by the method has rather high yields of dry rubber and little wastewater production; products prepared from the concentrated natural latex have excellent mechanical property, aging resistance and adhesive property; and concentrating natural latex according to this method does not require advance agglomeration, which reduces the production procedures and improves the production efficiency significantly.