Handbook of Adhesives and Sealants
Covering structural and non-structural applications, this handbook lets you thoroughly explore the use of polymeric adhesives and sealants for joining or bonding metals, plastics, composites and elastomers.
TABLE OF CONTENTS Handbook of Adhesives and Sealants
16.8: Elastomers
16.8 Elastomers
There are over 30 broad groupings of chemical types of elastic polymers. These are arranged by ASTM D 1418 into categories of materials having similar chemical chain structures. These elastomer categories are shown in Table 16.20. Included is information regarding their surface energy.
| ASTM D 1418 Nomenclature | Elastomer generic name | Common name | Polymer source | Critical surface energy, mJ/m 2 | Water contact angle, degrees |
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| ABR | Acrylate-butadiene rubber | None | Uniroyal B.F.Goodrich Polymer Corporation |
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| BR | Butadiene rubber | None | B.F.Goodrich Goodyear Chemical Phillips Petroleum General Tire Polymer Corporation | 32 |
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| CR | Chloroprene rubber | Neoprene | DuPont | 38 |
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| IIR | Isobutylene-isoprene rubber | Butyl | Enjay B.F.Goodrich Polymer Corporation | 27 | 115 |
| IR | Isoprene, synthetic | Synthetic natural rubber | Goodyear Chemical Shell Chemical B.F.Goodrich | 31 | 106 |
| NR | Cis-polyisoprene | Natural rubber | Various |
| 120 |
| NBR | Nitrile butadiene rubber | Bune-N or nitrile | Fire stone Goodyear Chemical B.F.Goodrich Uniroyal Polymer Corporation | 37 | 97 |
| SBR | Styrene butadiene rubber | SBR | B. F. Goodrich Firestone Uniroyal Phillips Petroleum Goodyear Chemical Shell Chemical | 33 | 95 |
| CSM | Chlorosulfonated polyethylene | Hypalon | DuPont | 37 | 96 |
| EPDM | Ethylene-propylene-unsaturated dieneterpolymer | EPDM | Enjay DuPont Uniroyal |
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| EPM | Ethylene propylene copolymer | EPM | Enjay | 28 | 105 |
| FKM | Vinylidine fluoride hexafluoropropylene copolymer | Viton Fluorel Kel-F | DuPont 3M |
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| CO | Epichlorohydrin elastomer | Hydrin | B. F. Goodrich Chemical Hercules, Inc. | 35 | 95 |
| AU | Polyester urethane rubber | Ester urethane | General Tire Uniroyal |
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| EU | Polyether urethane rubber | Ether urethane | DuPont |
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| None | Polysulfide rubber | Polysulfide | Thiokol |
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| MQ or Si | Dimethyl silicone | Silicone rubber |
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