Guide table for material-specific Rubber selection

Guide table for material-specific Rubber selection
Type ASTM abbreviation Feature Working temperature (℃) Main application
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.
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※ The material codes are in line with SO1692 and ASTM1418.
※ Viton®, Kalrez® are the original trademarks of Dow Elastomer, DuPont.