Type | ASTMabbreviation | Feature | Working temperature(℃) | Main application |
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Natural rubber | NR | Provides best texture touch, excellent mechanical property. Easy to age in air so impossible at high temperature by sunlight, ozone, etc. | -40~60 | Automobile tire, industrial truck tire, shoes, hose, belt, air spring for general use and industrial products |
Nitril rubber | NBR | Oil/abrasion/aging-resistive, shock absorption | -40~110 | Most widely utilized, Pneumatic Power equipment, automobile, ship, aircraft fuel system, construction equipment, highly resistive against hydraulic oil, water, alcohol, silicon, grease, hydrocarbon fuel, HFA< HFB, HFC, and Ester |
Nitril hydride rubber | HNBR | Excellent weather/ozone-resistance | -32~135 | Excellent physical properties and abrasion-resistance; automobile fuel system, hydrocarbon/diesel fuel, refrigerants R-11, R-12, R-13, R-134a oxidation preventive; highly resistive against hydraulic oil, oil additive, ozone, mild acid and base, ozone, etc. Provides high tensile strength. |
Chloroprene rubber | CR | Excellent weather/ozone/drug/aging/flame resistance General-purposed with EPDM and NRP properties | -45~120 | Widely used in transportation sectors including automobile and railway transportation. Especially resistive against refrigerants such as ammonia, freon, Suva, Acid/base/flame/weather/ozone/aging by sunlight and oxygen resistive Good elasticity and permanent compression reduction ratio |
Ethylene –propyrene rubber | EPDM | Aging/ozone/polar liquid-resistance Good electrical properties Diverse blisters and flexibility | -40~140 | Strong against or good to use for steam, hot water, ozone, sunlight, hydraulic oil, automobile brake/cooling system, polar solvents such as Acetone MEK, silicon oil/grease, mild acid and alkali, mobile brake oil, etc. Good tensile strength and permanent compression reduction ratio. |
Acryl rubber | ACM ANM |
Good oil resistance at high temperature | -10~160 | Excellent resistance against hot oil, auto transmission oil, and power steering oil Resistive against ozone, hydrocarbon fuel, sunlight, weather and gas permeation |
Silicon rubber | Q | High heat/cold-resistance | -95~260 | Used for fixing. Silicon to use at high temperature up to 315℃. Some material is operable at extremely lower temperature. Excellent resistance against ozone and sunlight. Weak tear strength, tensile strength and abrasion resistance |
Fluorine rubber | FPM FKM Viton® |
Excellent heat/drug/oil-resistance | -45~250 | Used for heat resistance; aircraft engine, automobile fuel system, high temperature low-pressure permanent axis reduction rate, high vacuum, hydrocarbon fuel, gasoline, UV light, ozone, gasoline/alcohol-mixed diesel fuel, silicon, grease, LP gas, city gas, naphtha, Kerosens resistive |
Perfluorinatedrubber | FFPM Kalrez® |
Best functional material, highest fluorine content, Excellent heat/plazma/chemical resistance | -35~340 | Of the elastic bodies currently existing on earth, it has the strongest heat resistance. It is resistive against approximately 2,000 kinds of chemicals and about 2,000 kinds of chemical-resistive drugs, similar to Teflon. |