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Materials

Physical Properties   (print PDF)
Properties Natural Rubber Styrene-Butadiene Ethylene Propylene Neoprene Nitrile
                     
Hardness Range
(Shore A)		 20-90 40-90 30-90 10-95 20-98
Tear Resistance Good Fair Good Good Fair
Abrasive Resistance Excellent Good Good Excellent Good
Compression Set Good Excellent Good Fair to Good Good
Permeability to Gases Fair Fair Fair to Poor Low Fair
ACID RESISTANCE:        
Dilute Fair to Good Fair to Good Excellent Very Good Good
Concentrated Fair to Good Fair to Good Good Good Good
SOLVENT RESISTANCE:           
Aliphatic Hydrocarbons Poor Poor Poor Good Excellent
Aromatic Hydrocarbons Poor Poor Poor Fair Good
Oxygenated
(ketones, etc.)		 Good Poor Good Poor Poor
Lacquer Solvents Poor Poor Good Poor Fair
Swelling in Lubricating Oil Poor Poor Poor Good Very Good
RESISTANCE:        
Oil and gasoline Poor Poor Poor Good Excellent
Water absorption Very Good Very Good Excellent Good Fair to Poor
Ozone Fair Fair Excellent Excellent Fair
Sunlight Poor Fair Very Good Very Good Poor
Temperature Range °C -55 to +80 -50 to +100 -80 to +150 -40 to +100 -40 to +100
Major Attributes Resilience General purpose General purpose Oil & gas resistance, weatherability Oil resistance

  Physical Properties (cont'd)

Properties Natural Rubber Silicone Urethane Rubber Fluoro-carbon Flurosilicone
                   
Hardness Range
(Shore A)		 20-90 10-85 10A to 80D 50-95 40-80
Tear Resistance Good Poor Excellent Fair Fair
Abrasive Resistance Excellent Poor Outstanding Good Good
Compression Set Good Fair Good Very Good Fair
Permeability to Gases Fair Fair Fair Very Low Low
ACID RESISTANCE:        
Dilute Fair to Good Fair Poor Excellent Good
Concentrated Fair to Good Fair Poor Excellent Fair
SOLVENT RESISTANCE:           
Aliphatic Hydrocarbons Poor Poor Excellent Excellent Fair
Aromatic Hydrocarbons Poor Poor Fair to Good Excellent Fair
Oxygenated
(ketones, etc.)		 Good Fair Poor Poor Poor
Lacquer Solvents Poor Poor Poor Poor Poor
Swelling in Lubricating Oil Poor Fair Excellent Excellent Good