Rubber
A natural or synthetic elastomer that recovers its shape after large deformation.
How it connects
Rubber is a kind of Polymer.
Rubber includes EPDM, Latex, Natural rubber, Chloroprene rubber and Styrene-butadiene rubber.
Other kinds of Polymer: Acrylic, EVA, Man-made cellulosic, Plastic, Polyamide, Polyester, Polyolefin, Polyurethane, PTFE, Resin and Silicone.
In other taxonomies
- RubberUniclass, Ma_60_74nearly the same
- rubber (material)Getty AAT, 300012941theirs is narrower
- rubberWikidata, Q18113858nearly the same
For developersRecord, identifiers and graph
Where it sits
One rule per term beside it, taller for each narrower term
Record
- Broader
- Polymer
- Narrower
- EPDM · Latex · Natural rubber · Chloroprene rubber · Styrene-butadiene rubber
- Provenance
- referencedWikidata Q18113858 rubber, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18113858; Wikidata Q131877 natural rubber, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131877, read 11 Sep 2026
For machines
Permanent address
/id/material/rubberKnowledge graph
Stored incoming and outgoing relations from the public V1 graph. Ancestors, descendants, and siblings are labelled as derived views rather than stored facts.
- has-conceptMaterialincoming
- has-conceptMaterialincoming
- broaderEPDMincoming
- broaderLatexincoming
- broaderNatural rubberincoming
- broaderChloroprene rubberincoming
- narrowerPolymerincoming
- belongs-to-axisMaterialoutgoing
- belongs-to-facetMaterialoutgoing
- broaderPolymeroutgoing
- narrowerEPDMoutgoing
- narrowerLatexoutgoing
- narrowerNatural rubberoutgoing
- narrowerChloroprene rubberoutgoing
- narrowerStyrene-butadiene rubberoutgoing
- broaderStyrene-butadiene rubberincoming
Derived hierarchy views
- ancestor (derived)Polymeroutgoing
- descendant (derived)EPDMoutgoing
- descendant (derived)Latexoutgoing
- descendant (derived)Natural rubberoutgoing
- descendant (derived)Chloroprene rubberoutgoing
- descendant (derived)Styrene-butadiene rubberoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Acrylicoutgoing
- sibling (derived)EVAoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Man-made cellulosicoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Plasticoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Polyamideoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Polyesteroutgoing
- sibling (derived)Polyolefinoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Polyurethaneoutgoing
- sibling (derived)PTFEoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Resinoutgoing
- sibling (derived)Siliconeoutgoing
Crosswalks
| Scheme | Identifier | Their label, or the search | How close |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uniclass | Ma_60_74 | Rubber | nearly the same |
| Getty AAT | 300012941 | rubber (material) | theirs is narrower |
| Wikidata | Q18113858 | rubber | nearly the same |