Rubber Properties Chart

The rubber properties chart provides a guide for making initial decisions about the suitability of an elastomer for a given application or service environment, most of the main rubbers are included in the properties chart below. White Cross Rubber's capability also extends to a wide variety of more specialist blends and formulations, please contact us for more details.

ELASTOMER	Butyl	EPDM	Hypalon	Natural	Neoprene	Nitrile
	*IIR*	*EPDM*	*CSM*	NR	CR	*NBR*
Operating Temperature	-45 to 150ºC	-50 to 140ºC	-35 to 150ºC	-45 to 95ºC	-35 to 110ºC	-35 to 125ºC
Mechanical Strength	Fair / Poor	Fair / Good	Good / Excellent	Excellent	Good / Excellent	Good
Abrasion Resistance	Good	Fair	Good	Good / excellent	Good	Excellent
Flex Resistance	Good	Fair	Good	Excellent	Good	Fair
Low Temp. Flexibility	Good	Good / Excellent	Fair / Good	Good	Fair / Good	Fair / Good
Ozone/Weather Resistance	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	Poor / Fair	Good	Fair
Water Resistance	Excellent	Excellent	Good	Good	Good	Good
Impermeability to Gases	Excellent	Good	Good / Excellent	Fair	Good	Good
Oil Resistance	Poor	Poor	Fair	Poor	Fair	Excellent
Fuel Resistance	Poor	Poor	Poor / Fair	Poor	Poor/ Fair	Good
Resistance to Dilute Acid	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	Good	Fair	Excellent
Resistance to Dilute Alkali	Excellent	Good	Excellent	Fair	Fair	Good
Special Properties			Self extinguishing, good pigmentation		Self extinguishing	Fuel and oil resistance
ELASTOMER	Polyurethane	SBR	Silicone	Thermoplastic elatomers	Vamac	Viton
	PU	*SBR*	*VMQ*	*TPE*	*AEM*	*FKM*
Operating Temperature	-50 to 90ºC	-40 to 95ºC	-60 to 300ºC	-40 to 80ºC	-30 to 175ºC	-20 to 250ºC
Mechanical Strength	Excellent	Good	Poor	Good	Fair / Good	Good
Abrasion Resistance	Excellent	Excellent	Fair	Good / Excellent	Good	Good
Flex Resistance	Excellent	Good	Poor / Fair	Good / Excellent	Fair / Good	Poor / Fair
Low. Temp Flexibility	Good	Good	Excellent	Good	Fair	Poor / Fair
Ozone/Weather Resistance	Excellent	Poor / Fair	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent	Excellent
Water Resistance	Fair	Good	Excellent	Good	Excellent	Excellent
Impermeability to Gases	Good	Fair	Poor	Good	Good / Excellent	Good / Excellent
Oil Resistance	Good / Excellent	Poor	Poor / Fair	Poor / Fair	Good	Excellent
Fuel Resistance	Good	Poor	Poor	Poor	Poor / Fair	Excellent
Resistance to Dil. Acid	Fair	Fair	Fair	Fair	Fair	Good
Resistance to Dil. Alkali	Good	Fair	Fair	Fair	Poor	Fair
Special Properties	Abrasion resistance		Heat resistance		Non halogen / low smoke emission	Heat and chemical resistance