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The most important types of rubber and their properties
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| Common Name | ASTM Name | General Properties |
| Butyl Rubber | IIR | excellent weather resistance |
| low air and gas permeability | ||
| good acid and caustic resistance | ||
| good physical properties | ||
| good heat and cold resistance | ||
| no resistance to mineral-oil-derived liquids | ||
| Chorbutyl Rubber | CIIR | an interesting variant of butyl rubber from the chemical point of view |
| Chlorinated Polyethylene | CM\CPE | exellent resistance to ozone and weather |
| medium resistance to oil and aromatic compounds | ||
| excellent flame resistance | ||
| Ethylene Propylene Rubber | EPDM | excellent ozone ,chemical.and ageing properties |
| very good steam resistance | ||
| good cold and heat resistance -40°C to 150°C | ||
| good resistance to brake fluid besed on glycol | ||
| Hydrogenated Nitrile Rubber | HNBR | good resistance to mineral oil-based fluids, vegetable and animal fats,aliphatic,hydrocarbons,diesel fuel,ozone,acid gas,diluted acids and caustics |
| suitable for high temperatures | ||
| Chlorosulfonated Polyethylene | CSM | excellent weather,ozone,and acid resistance |
| limited resistance to mineral-oil-derived liquids | ||
| Natural Rubber | NR | excellent physical properties |
| high elasticity,flexibility | ||
| very good abrasion resistance | ||
| limited resistance to acids | ||
| not resistant to oil | ||
| Polychloroprene | CR | excellent weather resistance |
| flame-retardant | ||
| medium oil resistance | ||
| good physical properties | ||
| good abrasion resistance | ||
| Acrylo-nitrile Rubber | NBR | excellent oil resistance |
| limited resistance to aromatic compounds | ||
| the resistance of fuel and flexibility to cold depends on ACN content | ||
| NVC | NBR/PVC | excellent oil and weather resistance forboth ining and cover |
| not particularly resistant to cold | ||
| Acrylate Rubber | ACM | excellent oil tar resistance at high temperatures |
| Styrene-butadiene Rubber | SBR | good physical properties |
| good abrasion resistance | ||
| low resistance to mineral-oil-derived liquids | ||
| Silicone Rubber | MQ/MVQ | very good hot-air resistance-up to 250°C for short periods of time |
| good low temperature behaviour,ozone and weather resistance | ||
| limited oil resistance | ||
| not resistant to petrol and acids | ||
| Fluorinated Rubber | FPM/FKM | excellent high-temperature resistance-up to 225°C and up to 250°C for short periods of time especially in fuel and oil |
| very good chemical resistance |
