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Rubber Properties
The chart below is intended to help in the material selection stage of designing rubber parts / products. Rubber compounding is a very broad and technical field, since basic rubbers or elastomers are mixed with various chemicals and ingredients (and even with each other) to obtain desired physical properties. A wide variety of basic polymers (rubbers) are available, and a literally infinite array of compounds exhibiting unique physical properties as well as chemical, fluid, and temperature resistances are possible. This chart, therefore, deals only with very general features of the most common basic rubber or elastomer compounds, but more specific information is available upon request.
General Chemical Resistance3 Designation2 Composition General Properties1 Good Weathering Resistance. Flame retarding. Moderate resistance to pertroleum-based fluids. Resistent to: Moderate chemicals and acids, ozone, oils, fats, greases, many oils, and solvents. Attacked by: Strong oxidizing acids, esters, ketones, chlorinated, aromatic and nitro hydrocarbons.

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Common Name (s)

Neoprene

CR

Chloroprene

EPDM

EPDM, EPM

Ethylene-propylenediene; Ethylenepropylene

Excellent ozone, chemical, and aging resistance. Poor resistance to pertoleumbased fluids.

Animal and vegetable oils, Mineral oils and solvents, ozone, strong and oxidizing aromatic hydrocarbons. chemicals.

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Buna-N NBR Nitrile-butadiene

Excellent resistance to Many hydrocarbons, fats, pertoleum-based fluids. Good oils, greases, hydraulic physical properties. fluids, chemicals.

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Butyl IIR Isobutene-isoprene SBR SBR Styrene-butadiene Silicone Q, Si Polysiloxane Excellent high and low temperature properties. Fair physical properties. Good physical properties and abrasion resistance. Poor resistance to petroleumbased fluids. Moderate or oxidizing chemicals, ozone, concentrated sodium hydroxide. Most moderate chemicals, wet or dry, organic acids, alcohols, ketones, aldehydes.

Ozone (except PVC blends), ketones, esters, aldehydes, chlorinated and nitro hydrocarbons. Many solvents, oils, concentrated acids, dilute sodium hydroxide. Ozone, strong acids, fats, oils, greases, most hydrocarbons.

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Hypalon CSM Chloro-sulfonylpolyethylene Isoprene, Polyisoprene IR Isoprene, synthetic Natural, Gum Rubber NR Isoprene, natural

Very good weathering resistance. Excellent dialectric properties. Low permeability to air. Good physical properties. Poor resistance to petroleumbased fluids.

Animal and vegetable fats, Petroleum, solvents, coal tar oils, greases, ozone, strong solvents, aromatic and oxidizing chemicals. hydrocarbons.

Excellent physical properties including abrasion and low temperature resistance. Poor resistance to petroleumbased fluids.

Most moderate chemicals, wet or dry, organic acids, alcohols, ketones, aldehydes.

Ozone, strong acids, fats, oils, greases, most hydrocarbons.

Similar to natural rubber.

Similar to natural rubber.

Similar to natural rubber. Concentrated oxidizing acids, esters, ketones, chlorinated, aromatic, and nitro hydrocarbons.

Excellent ozone, weathering, Similar to Neoprene with and acid resistance. Good improved acid resistance. and abrasion and heat resistance. Fair resistance to petroleum-based fluids.

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HexaflouropropyleneChlorinatedpolyethylene CPE Chlorinatedpolyethylene Urethane AU, EU Acrylic, Poly Acrylate ABR, ACM Acrylate-butadiene, copolymer of acrylic ester and acrylic halide

Excellent resistance to high temperature, oil and air, ozone, and weathering. Poor low temperature properties. Not recommended for water service.

Ozone, extreme pressure, lubricants, hot oils, petroleum solvents, animal and vegetable fats.

Water, alcohols, glycols, alkali, esters, aromatic and halogenated hydrocarbons, phenol.

Good aging and excellent abrasion, tear, and solvent Polyethylene-apdate, Poly (oxy-1, 4, butylene) resistance. Poor high temperature properties. ether Excellent ozone and weathering resistance; good heat resistance. Moderate resistance to petroleumbased fluids.

Ozone, hydrocarbons, moderate chemicals, fats, oils, greases.

Concentrated acids, ketones, esters, chlorinated and nitro hydrocarbons.

Excellent oil and air All aliphatic, aromatic and Ketones, low molecular weight resistance both at low and halogenated hydrocarbons, esters and nitro containing high temperatures. Very good acids, animal and compounds.

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Viton 4, FPM Fluoro-elastomer Butadiene rubber

vinylidene flouride

chemical resistance.

vegetable oils.

BR

Polybutadiene

Excellent abrasion resistance Similar to SBR and low temperature properties. High resilience. Excellent chemical resistance. Excellent high and low temperature properties. Excellent oil and ozone resistance. Good flame resistance and low permeability to gases. Fair low temperature properties. Good low temperature properties. Excellent oil and ozone resistance. Fair flame resistance. Low permeability to gases.

Similar to SBR

Kalrez 4

AFMU

Tetraflouroethyleneflouronitrosomethaneperflourobutyric acid

Hydrin, Herchlor CO

Polychloromethyl oxirane

Similar to nitrile with ozone Ketones, esters, aldehydes, resistance. chlorinated and nitro hydrocarbons.

ECH, Hydrin, Herchlor

ECO

Ethylene oxide and chloromethyl oxirane

Similar to nitrile with ozone Ketones, esters, aldehydes, resistance. chlorinated and nitro hydrocarbons.

Fluoro-silicone

FSi

Flourocarbon

Moderate or oxidizing Brake fluids, hydrazine, chemicals, ozone, aromatic ketones. chlorinated solvents, bases.

Footnotes 1. From the "Sheet Rubber Handbook - Gasket and Packing Materials" publication #IP-40 of the Rubber Manufacturers Association (RMA). 2. ASTM D 1418-79 3. 1979 Yearbook of the Los Angeles Rubber Group, Inc. 4. "Viton" and "Kalrez" are registered trademarks of E.I. Dupont, Inc. If its made from rubber, contact us!

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