Chemical and Environmental Resistance Properties

Resistance Tables

	Natural Rubber	SBR	Butyl	Butadiene	EPDM	Neoprene	Nitrile	Urethane	Silicone	Fluorocarbon	Epichlorohydrin
Impermeability to gases	F	F	E	F	F	F-G	G	P-F	P-F	G-E	E

	Natural Rubber	SBR	Butyl	Butadiene	EPDM	Neoprene	Nitrile	Urethane	Silicone	Fluorocarbon	Epichlorohydrin
Oxidation resistance	F-G	F-G	E	F-G	G-E	G-E	F-G	G-E	E	E	G-E
Ozone resistance	P	P	G-E	P	E	G	P	E	E	E	E
Weathering resistance	F	F	E	F	E	G	F-G	G-E	E	E	G-E
Sunlight resistance	P-F	F	E	F	E	G-E	P-F	G-E	E	E	G-E
Water resistance	E	G-E	E	E	E	G	G-E	G	G	G-E	G
Flame retardance	P	P	P	P	P	G	P	P-G	F-G	G-E	F-G
Heat resistance	F	F-G	G	P-F	G-E	F-G	G	F-G	E	E	G-E
Low temperature flexibility	G-E	G	F-G	G-E	G-E	F	F-G	G	E	F-G	F-E

	Natural Rubber	SBR	Butyl	Butadiene	EPDM	Neoprene	Nitrile	Urethane	Silicone	Fluorocarbon	Epichlorohydrin
Oil and gasoline	P	P	P	P	P	F-G	G-E	G-E	P-F	E	G-E
Animal and vegetable oils	F	F	G-E	F	G	G	G-E	G	F-G	E	G-E
Alcohols	G	G	G	G	F-G	G-E	F-G	F-G	G	F-E	G
Alkalies	F	F	E	F	G-E	E	G-E	P	P	F-G	F-G
Acids	F-G	F-G	G-E	F-G	G	G	G	P-F	G	E	G-E
Aliphatic hydrocarbon solvents	P	P	P	P	P	G	E	G	P-F	E	G-E
Aromatic hydrocarbon solvents	P	P	P	P	P	P-F	F-G	P-F	P-F	E	G
Oxygenated solvents	G	G	G-E	G	G-E	P-F	P	P	F	P	P-F