Crosslink International Inc. Rubber to Metal applications Manufacturer

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