what is vulcanised rubber??

Natural rubber has low durability and flexibility. In order to improve and enhance this property, natural rubber is heated with sulphur which makes cross linking between polymers. This process is called vulcanization and the rubber after vulcanization is called vulcanized rubber.. For example as shown in figure below:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2f/Vulcanisation.GIF

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