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橡胶技术网专业英语
LessonOne
TheDevelopmentofRubber
Hereisastoryaboutrubber.
Intheearlypartoftheeighteen-hundreds,theAmericansmadeuseofnaturalforthefirsttime.Firsttheymadeovershoestokeeptheirfeetdry.ThencameacertainMr.Mackintosh,whomadecoatsofclothcoveredwithnaturalrubber.Butthesefirstrubberovershoesandraincoatswereallsoftandstickyinsummer,andhardandunelasticinthewinterwhenitwascold,therubberwehavetodayisnotstickybutsoftandelastic,thoughverystrong-eveninthewarmestsummerandthecoldestwinter.Therewouldbenoautomobilessuchaswehavetodaywithoutit.Butatthattimeeveryattempttomakerubberhardandstrongcometonothing.Theearlyovershoesandraincoatsweresimplynotgoodenoughandtheirmakerswentoutofbusiness.
Goodyearwaslivingnearsomeofthesepoormenandhegottoworkonthisquestionofmakingrubberhardandstrong.Oncehestartedonthiswork,hewasthesortofmanwhosimplyhadtogoontillhehadovercomethetrouble.Firstcamethediscoverythatnitricacid(HNO3)madetherubbermuchbetter,andinashorttimehewasdoingasmallbusinessinrubbershoesproducedinthisway.
Water,afriendofhishadtheideathatrubbermightbemadehardandstrongifmixedwithsulphurandputinthesun.Goodyearputhisideatothetest,andsawthatitdidhavemoreorlessthedesiredeffect,butonlyontheoutsideoftherubber.Itiscommonknowledgenowthatthewaytomakerubberhardandstrong-to“vulcanize”it,aswesay,isbyheatingitwithsulphur.Goodyearspentanotherfouryears,inwhichthingswentveryhardlywithhim,beforehemadethediscoveryhowtovulcanizerubbercompletely.Whenatlasthedidit,hehadnothingleftatall.Everythingofthesmallestvaluehadusedtogetmoney,evenhischildren’sschool-books.
Almosteverydiscoveryorinventionhascomeasortofstorybehinditthoughtheyarenotallquitesuchunhappystories.
NewWordsandExpressions
1.madeuseof使用,利用
2.overshoe套鞋(常用复数)
3.sticky粘性的,(天气)湿热的
4.elastic弹性的,灵活的,有伸缩性的
5.unelastic没有弹性的
6.not…..but……不是…..而是…..
7.automobilerr(美语)汽车
8.cometonothing没有结果,失败
9.simply简单地,真正地,朴素地
10.outofbusiness停业,歇业
11.gettoworkonsth开始做某事
12.overcome克服
13.overcame,overcome
14.nitric含氮的
15.acid(化学)酸,酸的
16.nitricacid硝酸
17.sulphur,sulfur(化学)硫,硫磺
18.put…..tothetest对……进行试验
19.vulcanize硫化
20.atall究意,全然,一点儿
21.value价值,评价
22.school-books教科书
LessonTwo
ThePartbyRubberinModernCivilization
Rubberisindispensabletomoderncivilization.Itsimportanceineveryformoftransportfortyresandtubesisself-evidentandhasbeenfullybroughtout.About80persentofallrubbersisusedinthemotorindustry,mainlyfortyres.Thisappliestopassangers,goodstransport,andprivatecars.Withoutrubber,therariousformoftransportationcouldnotrun,thecommunicationsystemwouldbreakdown.
Alargeproportionoftheremaindergoesintowhatareknownasmechanicalgoods,whichincludesucharticlesasbelting,packing,mouldedgood,hoseandinnumberableothertyresofproducts.Mostofthesearticlesareabsolutelyvitaltotheoperationoftheindustryingeneral.Withoutthemindustrywouldcometoastandstill.
Rubberisofthegreatestpossibleimportanceintyresontractorsforagriculturaluse.Thechange-overformsteelwheelstopneumatlicshashadaprofoundaffectonagriculturaldevelopment.
Theelectricalindustryisthelargeconsumer.Rubberisofoutstandingsignificanceintheelectricalindustryasinsulation,particularlyforeables.Thereasonsforitspreeminentpositionareoutstandingelectricalproperties,thegoodmechanicalproperties,andtheeasewithwhichitcanbehandled.
NowWordsandExpressions
1.toplayapartin在…方面起作用,对…起作用
2.modern现代的,近代的,新式的
3.civilization文明,文化
4.indispensable绝对必要的,不可缺少的
5.transport运输
6.tyre,tire轮胎
7.tube管子,内胎
8.self-evident自明的,不言而喻瓣
9.bringout说明,产生,显出,发表,出版
10.percent百分数
11.motor发动机,电动机,马达
12.industry工业,产业,刻苦
13.mainly主要地,大部分
14.apply应用,申请
15.passenger乘客,旅客
16.private私人的,私有的,秘密的
17.communication通讯,传播,交通
18.system系统,体制,制度
communicationsystem通讯系统,交通体系
19.proportion比例
20.remainder剩余,余数,剩下的人
21.tobeknownas通称的,以…著称
22.mechanical机械的,力学的,工业的
23.article物品,文章
24.belt带,胶带
25.pack包,捆,堆,垫圈
26.mould模型
27.hose软管,皮带管
28.inaumberable无数的,数不清的
29.absolutely绝对地,完全地
30.vital生命的,非常的,有生命力的
31.ingeneral总之,通常,一般说来
32.cometoastand停顿
33.tractor拖拉机
34.agricultural农业的
35.change-over调换,转换
36.wheel车轮
37.pneumatic装满空气的
38.profound深远的,很深的
39.affect影响
40.electrical电的
41.consumer消费者,消费品
42.outstanding显著的,杰出的,未解决的
43.significance意义,重要性
44.insulation绝缘体
45.cable电缆
46.pre-eminent杰出的,卓越的
47.property财产,性质
48.witheasewith轻易地
LessonThree
NaturalRubber、SyntheticRubberandReclaimedRubber
NaturalRubberisahighmolecularweighthydrocarbonwhichcomesfromthelatexofmanyplantsandisobtainedbycoagulationwithchemicals,bydrying,electricalcoagulationandotherprocesses.ThemostimportantproducerisHeveaBrasiliensis.Thewildrubberproducedformlatexcontains,besidesthehydrocarbon,smallquantitiesofprotein,carbohydrates,resin-likesubstances,mineralsaltsandfattyacids.Theseotherconstituentsactinpartasnaturalacceleratorsandanti-oxidantsandgivetheproductprocessingpropertieswhichdonotexistinthepurehydrocarbon.
[Naturalrubberiscis-1,4-polyisoprenewiththeempiricalformular(C5H8)n]andthestructuralformular.
CH3
︳
[—CH2—C=CH—CH2—]
Whenvulcanized,rubberbecomeshighlyextensible,showsfastrecovery,andishighlyelastic.
“Syntheticrubber”isthecommonterm,infactincorrect,forchemicallydifferentpolymerswithrubber-likeproperties.Sincethetermrubberappliestotheoriginalproduct,i.c.polyisoprene,thetermsyntheticrubbershouldstrictlylerasedonlyforsynthetic“NaturalRubber”(cisl,4-polyisoprence).Forpolymers,withrubberyproperties,whichdonothaveanidenticalstructuretonaturalrubber,thetermsartificialrubber,chemicalrubberorsynthesizedrubberhavebeensuggested.Inmodernusagothetermrubbernolongerreferstoachemicallydefinedproductbutrelatessophysicalproperties,allsyntheticpolymerswithpropertiessimilartothoseofnaturalrubbermaythereforebeclassifiedaspropertiesrubbers.
Ingeneral,itmaybestatedthtsyntheticrubberdonothaveallqualitiesofnaturalrubbers,buttheirspecialpropertieshavemadethemmoresuitablethannaturalrubberforcertainapplicationsandtheyhaveachievedaphenomenaltechnicalimportance.
Reclaimedrubberisobtainedbytreatingscrapvulcanizedrubberbyoneofseveralmethods,sothatitbecomesplasticagainandcanbehandledonamillandincorporatedinarubbercompound,togetherwithcruderubber.
Reclaimedrubbercontainsalltheingredientsoftheoriginalcompound,exceptfortheuncombined,orfreesulfur.Itwasfirstusedforeconomicalreseanthatistoreducethemanufacturingcost.However,itwasfoundthathasalsootheradvantagesinadditiontoitslowercost.Itfancilitatesmasticationandhasverybeneficialeffectoncalendaringandextruding.Thequantityusedvariestoagreatextentandsomecompoundsarebasedexclusivelyonreclaimedrubber.However,reclaimedrubberaffectssomeofthemechanicalpropertiesofthevulcanizeateunfavorably.Therefore,itisnotusedincasewherehighabrasionoftearresistanceortensilestrengthisrequired.
NowWordsandExpressions
1.natural天然的,自然的,简单的
2.synthetic人工的,合成的
3.reclaim收回,改正
4.molecular分子的
5.hydrocarbon烃,碳氢化合物
6.latex胶乳
7.coagulation凝固,凝结,凝聚
8.producer生产者
9.HeveaBrasiliensis巴西三叶橡胶树
10.wild野生的
11.quantity数量,数
12.protein蛋白质
13.carbohydrate碳水化合物
14.resin-like类树脂的
15.substance物质
16.mineral矿物,矿质的
17.salt盐
mineralsalt金属盐
18.fatty脂肪的
fattyacid脂肪酸
19.constituent成分,组分
20.accelerator促进剂
21.oxidant氧化剂
anti-oxidant防老剂,抗氧剂
22.process方法,过程
23.exist存在
24.pure纯的,纯净的
25.cis-polyisoprene顺式聚异戊二烯
26.empirical经验主义的,以经验为根据的
27.formula式,公式,配方
28.structural结构上的
29.extensible可伸长的
30.recovery复原,复原性
31.infact事实上,实际上
32.incorrect不正确的
33.polymer聚合物
34.original最初的,原来的
35.i.e.那就是,即
36.strict严格的
37.identical同一的,完全相同的
38.artificial人工的,人造的
39.synthesise合成,综合
40.usage使用,用法,惯例,习惯
41.refer读到,提到
referto参考,查阅,指
42.define解释,给……下定义
43.relate叙述,讲,有关,涉及(to)
44classify分类,分级,把…分类
45.state陈述
46.quality质量
47.suitable合适的
48.application使用,应用
49.phenomenal惊人的
50.scrape刮,削,擦
51.mill开炼机
52.incorporate加入,综合的
pound化合物,胶料
54.crude天然的,未加工的
55.ingredient配料,配合剂
56.uncombined未化合,未结合
57.economical经济的,节约的
58.manufacture制造
59.cost成本,花费
60.inaddition另外
61.facilitate使容易,使便利,推进
62.mastication塑炼
63.beneficial有益的,有利的
64.calendar压延机,压延
65.extrude挤出,压出
66.extent范围,广阔,程度
67.tobebasedon以…为根据,根据
68.exclusive孤高的,排外的,专有的,唯一
69.vulanizate硫化胶
70.unfavorably不利的,不顺利地
71.case情况,事例
72.abrasion摩擦,磨损
73.tear撕裂
74.resistance抗耐性,耐力
75.tensile拉力的,抗张力的
76.strength力,强度
LessonFour
VulcanizingAgents、AcceleratorsandActivators
Duringvulcanization,thelongchainoftherubbermoleculesbecomecrosslinkedbyreactionswiththevulcanizingagenttoformthree-dimensionalstructures.Inpratice,sulfurisusedalmostexclusivelyforvulcanizationofrubber.Othervulcanizingagents,suchassulfurchloride,selenium,tellurium,andthiuramdisulfide,areusedonlyinspecialcases.
Accelerationscanincreasethespeedofreactionbetweensulphurandrubber,orlowerthevulcanizationtemperature.Theycanalsodecreasethephysicalandtechnicalproperitiesofthevulcanizate.
Inorganicaccele