Varias culturas mesoamericanas tenían conocimiento para crear polímeros (plásticos) desde hace 3,500 años
Se han encontrado balones y figuras de goma pero los arqueólogos no han dicho si estas culturas descubrieron los condones.
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Flourishing from at least 2,000 B.C. to the Spanish invasion in 1521 in what is now parts of Mexico and Central America, the Mesoamerican civilization engineered the properties of latex from the native Castilla elastica tree..
A sticky liquid that dries to a brittle solid, natural latex, which contains an oily chemical called isoprene, was mixed with juice from the morning glory species Ipomoea alba.
Xiuhtecuhtli offers rubber ballsAs the first polymer scientists, the Mesoamerican people stirred the liquid until it solidified into a white mass which they shaped by hand into rubber balls, hollow rubber figurines, and other rubber artifacts.
Se han encontrado balones y figuras de goma pero los arqueólogos no han dicho si estas culturas descubrieron los condones.
Enlace: Mesoamericans Were The First Polymer Scientists