| Chemical designation | Nitrile rubber | Silicone rubber | Natural rubber | High temp. Polyurethane material | Polyurethane | Vulkollan | Polyvinyl chloride | Fluorcaoutchuc (AF = no making) | Chloroprene | (AF = no making) propylene-rubber | |||
| Trade name | Perbunan (AS = antistatic) | Silicone (AS = antistatic) | |||||||||||
| Abbreviation | NBR | NBR-AS | SI | SI-AS | NK | HT1 | PU | VU 1 | PVC | FPM | FPM-AF | CR | EPDM (foam r.) |
| Wear resistance |
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| Resistance to permanent deformation |
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| General weathering resistance |
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| Resistance to ozone |
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| Resistance to oil |
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| Resistance to fuels |
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| Resistance to alcohol, ethanol 96% |
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| Resistance to solvents |
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| General resistance to acids |
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| Resistance to steam | ●● | ●● | ●● | ●● | ● | ●●● | ● | ● | ●●● | ●● | ● | ●● | ●●● |
| Tensile strength | ●● | ●● | ● | ● | ●● | ●● | ●●● | ●●●● | ●● | ●● | ●● | ●● | ●● |
| Abrasion value in mm3 to DIN 53516 (approx.) |
100–120 at 55 Sh. |
100–120 at 55 Sh. |
180–200 at 55 Sh. |
180–200 at 55 Sh. |
100–120 at 40 Sh. |
100–120 at60 Sh. |
60–80 at 55 Sh. |
10–12 at 72 Sh. |
100–120 at 50 Sh. |
200–210 at65 Sh. |
200–210 at65 Sh. |
120–140 at 60 Sh. |
Not suitable for foam rubber |
| Specific resistance in [Ω· cm] |
– | ≤107 | – | ≤107 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Short-term temperature* resistance in °C (< 30 sec.) |
-30° to +120° | -30° to +120° | -50° to +220° | -35° to +220° | -35° to +120° | -30° to +170° | -40° to +130° | -40° to +100° | -30° to +65° | -10° to +250° | -10° to +250° | -40° to +100° | -35° to +130° |
| Longer-term temperature resistance in °C |
-10° to +70° | -10° to +70° | -30° to +180° | -20° to +180° | -25° to +80° | -10° to +140° | -30° to +100° | 40° to +80° | -15° to +50° | -10° to +200° | -10° to +200° | -20° to +70° | -25° to +100° |
| Shore hardness to DIN 53505 | 40 to 90 | 55 ± 5 | 30 to 85** | 55 ± 5 | 30 to 90 | 60 ± 5 | 55 | 72 | 50 | 65 ± 5 | 65 ± 5 | 20 – 60 | ~15**** |
| Colour / coding | black, grey,blue, light blue | black | white,translucent | black | grey,light brown, black | blue | blue, green | dark green | blue, translucent | black | black | black, grey |
black |