What are the advantages of Vulcanized Rubber?

Vulcanized rubber has increased strength and elasticity and greater resistance to changes in temperature than crude rubber. It is impermeable to gases, and resistant to abrasion, chemicals, heat, and electricity. Vulcanized rubber also exhibits high frictional resistance on dry surfaces and low frictional resistance on water-wet surfaces.

Why would Vulcanized Rubber be important in transportation?

Vulcanized Rubber is a wonderful thing in the world of transportation. It has a wide variety of practical uses while also relatively easy to obtain. Uses of vulcanized rubber range from tires for a car, bike, scooter, tractor, wheelbarrow etc (see Figure 4). Having such tires would be vital on Arda, where paved roads would not be present. Vulcanized rubber could also be used in the hulls of boats or rafts.