Commercial Name

Acrylic Rubber

Polyboron Rubber

Epichlorohydrin Rubber

Butyl Rubber

Hydrogenated Rubber

Natural Rubber

Acryonitril Butadiene Rubber

Chloroprene Rubber

Styrene Butadiene Rubber

Silicone Rubber

EPDM Ethyiene-propylene-diene Rubber

Chlorosulphonated Polyethylene

Fluorinated Rubber

International designation

ACM

PNR

ECO

IIR

HNBR

NR

NBR

CR NEOPRENE

SBR

SI

EPDM

CSM HYPALON

FPM VITON

Hardness available

50-80 Shore A

10-80 Shore A

50-90 Shore A

40-85 Shore A

40-90 Shore A

25-95 Shore A

25-95 Shore A

30-90 Shore A

35-95 Shore A

40-80 Shore A

30-90 Shore A

50-95 Shore A

65-90 Shore A

Resistance to temperatures

-35°C to +175°C

-40°C to +80°C

-40°C to +175°C

-40°C to +130°C

-40°C to +175°C

-40°C to +80°C

-40°C to +80°C

-30°C to +120°C

-30°C to +110°C

-40°C to +150°C

-40°C to +150°C

-40°C to +120°C

-30°C to +225°C

Short-Time Peak temperature

+200°C

+100°C

+150°C

+150°C

+100°C

+100°C

up to +160°C

up to +150°C

up to +150°C

up to +225°C

up to +180°C

up to +175°C

up to +350°C

Tensile strength in kp/sq.cm(N/sq.mm)

160 (16)

170 (17)

170 (17)

170 (17)

300 (30)

250 (25)

250 (25)

250 (25)

250 (25)

80 (8)

200 (20)

180 (18)

200 (20)

Tensile Elongation in %

up to 350

300 to 700

150 to 500

400 to 800

150 to 600

800

500

450

450

250

450

300

400

Properties

Abrasion

moderate

good

moderate

good

very good

good

very good

good

very good

moderate

good

moderate

moderate

Flex cracking resistance

moderate

moderate

good

moderate

very good

good

moderate

very good

good

bad

very good

good

good

Flexibility

low

as required

moderate

slight

good

excellent

good

good

good

good

good

good

moderate

Notch strength/structure strength

-

moderate

good

good

good

excellent

good

good

good

moderate

moderate

good

almost good

Light resistance

good

good

good

very good

good

bad

bad

very good

moderate

excellent

excellent

excellent

excellent

Oxidizing resistance

very good

good

good

very good

good

moderate

moderate

good

moderate

very good

excellent

excellent

excellent

Ozone resistance

very good

good

very good

very good

good

moderate

moderate

very good

moderate

excellent

excellent

excellent

excellent

Wear-and-tear resistance

good

good

-

good

good

very good

very good

very good

very good

bad

good

good

almost good

Weathering effect

very good

good

good

very good

good

good

moderate

very good

good

excellent

excellent

excellent

excellent

Resistance to…

Lyes

not suitable

moderate

bad

very good

good

good

good

very good

good

not suitable

excellent

very good

very good

Petrol

not suitable

not suitable

good

not suitable

good

not suitable

excellent

moderate

not suitable

not suitable

not suitable

moderate

excellent

Benzole

not suitable

not suitable

good

not suitable

moderate

not suitable

bad

not suitable

not suitable

not suitable

not suitable

not suitable

good

Foodstuffs *

not suitable

not suitable

not suitable

suitable

not suitable

suitable

suitable

suitable

suitable

excellently suitable

suitable

suitable

not suitable

Solvents.aliphatic

bad

not suitable

good

not suitable

very good

not suitable

very good

moderate

not suitable

not suitable

bad

moderate

very good

Solvents.aromatic

bad

not suitable

good

not suitable

conditional

not suitable

conditional

moderate

not suitable

not suitable

not suitable

moderate

good

Solvents.halogene

bad

not suitable

not suitable

not suitable

conditional

not suitable

bad

bad

not suitable

not suitable

not suitable

moderate

good

Oils and greases

very good

conditional

very good

not suitable

very good

not suitable

excellent

good

not suitable

good

bad

good

good

Acids

not suitable

moderate

moderate

very good

moderate (conditional)

conditional

conditional

good

conditional

not suitable

very good

very good

very good

Water

good

excellent

moderate

good

very good

good

good

very good

very good

good

very good

good

good

* special formulations only

The properties presented hereby are for guidance only, and are affected by temperature, concentration, etc, in specific applications and cannot be guaranteed