LATEX

Latex is the white liquid (milk)

produced by a rubber tree.
 Latex contains 30% of natural rubber
polymers and 70% of water that exist in
colloidal solution.

 Naturally,latex will took about a day to

solidify and the process is called
coagulation of latex.

 Ourfolks usually add “cuka getah” to

quicken the process. Is the “cuka getah”
acid or alkali?
 Sometimes, coagulation of latex must be
prevented for specific use such as in the
making of latex foam, mattress and
cushion.
 Problem statement.

1. How to quicken the rate of coagulation

for latex?
2. What can we do to prevent latex from
coagulating?
 Experiment 2.8 (page 113)
 Apparatus
 Beaker
 50 cm3 measuring cylinder
 Pipette
 Glass rod

 Materials
 Latex
2 mol dm-3 of ethanoic acid.
 2 mol dm-3 of ammonium solution.
 Litmus paper.
 Observation.
Ethanoic acid solution
 Beaker A
Stirred

Latex
 Ammonium solution
 Beaker B

After a day, no
coagulation
occur.
 Beaker C
 Discussion:
1.How the natural coagulation of
latex can occur?
 Positive charge from
bacteria’s action
H+ H H H+
+ +
H+ H+
H+ - - - H +
H+
- Negative charge H + - - -
- H+ -
H +
- - H+
- Rubber polymer H+ -
- H
+ -
- H
+
H -
+

- H+ H+ -
- H+
H+ - - + -
H+ Protein membraneH -
- - H+
H H - -
- -H+
+ +
- H+ H+
- - -
H +
H+ H+ H+ H
+

Neutralized particle
rubber
 H+ H H H+
+ +
H+ H+
- - H +
H+
H+ - - H + - - -
- H+ -
H+ - - H+
H+ -
- -
- H
+
- H
+

H+ - H+ -
- H+ - H+
H -
+
- H+ - -
H+
- - - - H+
H+ - - - + H
+
H+ - H+
H - -
H+ H+ H+ H+ H
+
2. How acidic solution can quicken
the coagulation process of latex?
 ETHANOIC ACID
Positive charge from acid

H+ H H H+
+ +
H+ H+
- - H +
H+
H+ - - H + - - -
- H+ -
H+ - - H+
H+ -
- -
- H
+
- H
+

H+ - H+ -
- H+ - H+
H -
+
- H+ - -
H+
- - - - H+
H+ - - - + H
+
H+ - H+
H - -
H+ H+ H+ H+ H
+

Neutralized particle
rubber
 H+ H H H+
+ +
H+ H+
- - H +
H+
H+ - - H + - - -
- H+ -
H+ - - H+
H+ -
- -
- H
+
- H
+

H+ - H+ -
- H+ - H+
H -
+
- H+ - -
H+
- - - - H+
H+ - - - + H
+
H+ - H+
H - -
H+ H+ H+ H+ H
+
3. Why alkaline solution able to
prevent coagulation to occur?
 Ammonium solution / alkaline solution
Rubber particles still
remain it negative charges
- - and coagulation can not
OH- OH OH - -
- OH OH
OH - occur. OH -
- H +
H + OH
OH H+ H+ OH- H+ H H
+ +

- - H+
H + - - - H+ - - -
- H + OH - + OH
-
-
OH H+ - - - H
OH H + -
- + OH
-
- -
- H - H+ OH

-H+ -
OH OH- H -
+
- H+ OH- - H+OH-
H+ - - H+ - -
OH -
- - H +
OH -
- H+OH-
OH - -
H+ - - - H+ H+ - - H+
-
OH- H+ H+ H+ OH- OH- H+ H+ H+ OH-
OH- OH- OH- OH- OH- OH-

Hydroxide ions from alkaline

solution will neutralise the acid
produced by bacteria.
TEST YOUR UNDERSTANDING

 Complete the given worksheet

individually.
 Students are given 10 minutes to
complete the task.
 Discussion on the worksheet.
 The answers.
1. Please complete the report
on the experiment today at
home.

2. Send your report books

tomorrow morning.

3. Put them on my desk.