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Natural rubber is polyisoprene, so the monomer is isoprene. Vulcanization is the process of hardening natural rubber (which is a very soft, gummy substance) by reacting it with sulfur. The process causes crosslinking of the polymer strands via strings of S atoms (the addition sites are where the C=C’s were in the original rubber).
