TY - BOOK AU - Rodrigues Judity F AU - Cardoso Andre L H AU - Rodrigues Angelo S TI - Characterization of Natural Rubber from Manicoba (Manihot glaziovii): Microstructure and average molecular weight PY - 1991/// PB - Journal of Natural Rubber Research KW - Manihot glaziovii KW - Natural Rubber N2 - The microstructure and average molecular weight of Manihot glaziovii rubber, are presented. the natural rubber constitutes mainly of cis-1,4-isoprene units and shows Mv values ranging from 1.0 x 10 raised to 6 and 1.5 x 10 raised to 6. Mn and Mw were found to be 1.1 x 10 raised to 6 and 2.0 x 10 raisedto 6, respectively, with a polydispersity of 1.3. The structural determination was based on infra-red (ir), 1H and 13C NMR. The average molecular weights were obtained from viscosity experiments and GPC ER -