A technical guide to Elastomer Compounds and Chemical Compatibility Precision Polymer Engineering Ltd The contents of this document are confidential to and the copyright of Precision Polymer Engineering Limited (PPE). No use of all or any part of this document or the designs, drawings, concepts, representations, specifications and ideas set out in this document can be reproduced without the prior written permission of PPE nor may it be made available to any third party with a view to such third party carrying out work based upon the contents of this document. © Precision Polymer Engineering Limited. May 2006. All rights reserved. Contents Precision Polymer Engineering Ltd A Technical Guide to Elastomers Contents 1 Introduction 4 2 Why use PPE? 5 3 PPE Services 6 Component design and computer modelling 6 Polymer materials consultancy and testing 7 Online seal selection resource for engineers 9 4 Perlast® high performance perfluoroelastomers 11 5 How to select the correct seal 12 6 Elastomer compound types & typical properties 14 Material temperature comparison graph 18 7 Industry specific elastomers 19 8 Elastomer trade names 22 9 Chemical compatibility guide 23 10 Elastomer terminology & definitions 47 11 O-ring groove design guidelines 52 12 O-ring moulding tolerances 54 13 International standard O-ring sizes 57 14 A-Z index 65 Introduction Precision Polymer Engineering Limited delivers elastomer sealing solutions to the world’s leading industrial markets. Industries in which PPE has supplied sealing solutions include: • Aerospace • Bio-analytical Founded in 1974, Precision Polymer Engineering Ltd (PPE) has over 30 years experience in designing and manufacturing high performance O-rings and technical elastomer components. • Chemical Processing • Food, Dairy and Brewing • Marine Diesel Engines • Military / Defence • Nuclear With an unrivalled materials range of over 350 different compounds, PPE has an elastomer for every application. • Oil and Gas • Pharmaceutical • Power Generation • Semiconductor The combination of advanced materials, technical expertise, rapid tooling, design and manufacturing support services is unmatched in the sealing industry. • Water This guide describes the different types of elastomer available, their typical characteristics and chemical compatibility, plus factors to consider when selecting an elastomer for a particular sealing application. • O-rings (0.25mm up to 2m diameter) Seals and components any size, any geometry. PPE can provide an infinite number and variety of fully moulded parts including: • Flat Seals & Gaskets • Diaphragms • Pipe Couplings • Flanges • ‘X’ rings • Hygienic seals • Inflatable seals • Pneumatic seals • Micro parts • Bonded parts (onto metal or plastics) • Fabric reinforced parts • Composite parts • Custom designed parts 4 Question: What if you could extend maintenance cycles, optimize process conditions, reduce cost of ownership, and/or increase the efficiency, performance and reliability of your equipment? PPE gives you access to the latest skills and expertise in elastomer technology to ask “what if?” With many years experience across a wide range of industries, PPE can make a valuable contribution to your business and help you achieve your goals. PPE aims to become the partner of choice for original equipment manufacturers, end-users and distributors around the world. If you are interested in developing your “what ifs” into viable business solutions, call PPE today on: +44 (0) 1254 295400. Standard and non-standard O-rings High performance, fully moulded O-rings are manufactured to order and available in an infinite range of sizes between 0.25mm and 2000mm internal diameter, with order quantities ranging from 1 to medium volumes. Range of materials With a range of over 350 high performance elastomers on offer and an extensive knowledge base of material compatibility and performance, PPE ensures the perfect match of material to your application. Every year we develop many new compounds and sealing solutions, so if the ideal sealing material has not yet been created, we can develop it for you. Material approvals From the 17 elastomer types detailed in this brochure, PPE offers many that meet various international approvals and conformance requirements, such as FDA, USP Class VI, 3-A, WRC, DTD, MIL and NES 337, enabling PPE to provide superior sealing solutions that meet the needs of specific industries. Lead-times Responsive rapid manufacturing service and express delivery enable parts to be supplied with some of the shortest lead times in the industry, measured in days rather than weeks. Technical design service for customised solutions Technical Support Support and expert technical advice are always on hand at PPE. Our engineers and material technologists are able to provide support on component design, material selection and compatibility, testing and analysis. Our consultancy service and field support includes on-site assistance with problem solving and troubleshooting. Why Use PPE? Why Use PPE? In-house tooling Tool design and manufacture is undertaken in-house using the latest CAD and CNC machining techniques. This allows PPE to manufacture competitive tooling within hours of the initial design concept, which results in exceptionally short lead times for non-standard and custom designed components. Manufacturing facilities/capabilities PPE’s manufacturing facility contains some of the most advanced equipment in Europe, with the capability of producing fully moulded rubber components up to 2 metres in diameter. In addition, critical parts are manufactured in a clean room environment and a policy of continuous improvement, supported by extensive investment in facilities, promotes constant efficiency improvements. In-house test capabilities Equipped with a state-of the-art Materials Characterisation Centre and latest test apparatus, PPE’s Material Technology Department can provide a range of services including: material analysis, product development, characterisation, testing and detailed analysis of polymeric materials. (See page 7 for more details). Quality standards PPE’s quality systems are third-party registered to BS EN ISO 9001:2000 and AS9100:2004 with no exclusions to any clauses. In addition, PPE is regularly assessed by a wide range of customers including leading multi-national corporations. PPE offers full batch traceability of materials throughout the full production process together with certification of conformity supplied on request. Training and education With the benefit of over 30 years experience in polymer technology and precision component manufacturing, PPE offers bespoke training courses which are tailored to your needs. Our experts will provide delegates with a wealth of knowledge relating to polymer and sealing technology, from a basic level right up to advanced and specialist subjects. Problem solving is central to our culture, providing customers with optimal design solutions which exceed expectations. PPE has the ability to produce and import electronic Computer Aided Design (CAD) drawings using the latest software, as well as using 2D and 3D Finite Element Analysis (FEA) modeling to explore ‘what if’ scenarios, ensuring the final seal design is right first time. (See page 6 for more details). PPE offers a ‘One Stop Shop’ for all your elastomer sealing requirements. 5 PPE Services Component design and computer modelling services Precision Polymer Engineering Ltd (PPE) offers a comprehensive design and modelling service for seals, custom moulded elastomers and bonded components. Typical services include: • Material recommendations, based upon chemical and mechanical constraints • O-ring size optimisation to maximise sealing efficiency and life expectancy • Groove size recommendations • Custom seal design PPE is design-certified to ISO 9001:2000; our team of designers captures customer requirements and translates these into hardware recommendations and custom designs. Various formats of electronic drawings are accepted including IGES, STEP, PARASOLID, PRO-E® , Inventor, DXF, DWG, plus many others. These can be imported into SolidWorks® for our team of design engineers to work with. Components are designed in 3D CAD, and when required, are modelled using FEA. PPE engineers design components using SolidWorks®, which offers three dimensional parametric Computer Aided Design (CAD) capabilities. Design intent is captured once into CAD and then reused to drive all design and manufacturing processes: • 2D & 3D non-linear Finite Element Analysis (FEA) using ANSYS® • Tool manufacture • 3D work instruction generation • 2D inspection drawings Computer generated model showing an inflatable seal for a pharmaceutical application. Finite Element Analysis (FEA) FEA is used to predict contact forces, deformation and stress levels within the component. In order to maximise the accuracy of modelling, PPE engineers generate temperature specific material models for specific applications. By minimising stresses within an elastomer we can reduce the effect of stress-induced chemical attack and therefore prolong the life of a component in application. Drawing from a wide range of in-house compounds and a comprehensive supply chain, our design team is able to recommend the most suitable materials for your application, either using solely elastomers, or augmenting them with metals or thermoplastics such as PTFE or PEEK® . Integrated Computer Aided Manufacture (CAM) facilities are used by our experienced team of tool designers to ensure that design intent is maintained when manufacturing tooling within our in-house tool manufacture facilities. Full configuration management is maintained throughout the design and manufacturing process including the generation of 2D inspection drawings and 3D manufacturing instructions. This ensures that requirements are correctly captured and that the product we deliver meets the needs defined by our customers. By working closely with our customers we can provide technical expertise to maximise the performance of our materials in your application. Make PPE your sealing partner. 6 FEA rendering showing the equivalent stresses produced by the installation, and then compression of a seal. Precision Polymer Engineering offers an extensive range of independent testing and consultancy services for companies and organisations which are looking for assistance in investigating polymer materials of any sort. Some of the key testing aspects: • chemical compatibility testing PPE Services Polymer materials consultancy & testing services • failure analysis As our core operations are very closely connected with material development, industrialisation and processing, we are not just another test house or consultant. We are an ideal partner for organisations seeking practical support to solve a challenge – be it manufacturing, processing, evaluation, failure analysis or optimisation. • microscopy • thermo-mechanical evaluation • physical property determination Testing resources: Utilising advanced techniques in material analysis, PPE provides material characteristics and test data using the following equipment: • Differential Scanning Calorimeter (DSC) • Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) • Fourier-transform infra-red (FTIR) with attenuated total reflectance (ATR) accessory • Melt-flow indexer • Shore A hardness meter • IRHD hardness meter • IRHD micro-hardness tester • Tensometer, with environmental chamber and laser extensometer • Reflux and extraction apparatus. • Densometer • Explosive decompression (ED) testing rig • High pressure seal leak testing Testing capabilities Utilising the most modern analytical techniques, PPE provides detailed analysis of materials. This work takes a number of different forms: Analysis capabilities: • Formulation and deformulation Failure Analysis A seal that has failed in an application is analysed using various techniques to identify the cause and mode of failure. This often includes differentiating between thermal and chemical degradation and investigating other possible causes - such as mechanical failure, environmental stress, premature ageing, contaminants/inclusions and poor design. PPE provides assistance in recommending alternative designs or materials. Chemical compatibility Seal materials are often used in unique combinations of fluids over a wide variety of temperatures. Test facilities at PPE allow chemical compatibility trials to be performed to address specific customer needs. Changes in physical properties for various materials can be examined and the most cost effective solution found. • Research and development • Failure analysis • Methods/process development • Data interpretation • Polymer identification • Molecular weight distribution (Rheological method) • Chemical composition • Thermal analysis • Process chemistry and catalyst testing • Monomer ratios in mixed copolmers/terpolymers • Reaction kinetic studies • Dispersion analysis • Troubleshooting 7 PPE Services Polymer materials consultancy & testing services Thermo-mechanical Evaluation Using environmental chambers to test the physical properties of materials at actual or elevated operating temperatures provides practical results which are much more representative of real-life applications. The data is then used in computer modelling to create accurate simulations of appropriate seal designs. Thermal Analysis Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) DSC analysis compares the exothermic and endothermic reactions of samples and a reference, as the sample and reference are heated through a defined heating regime. The technique enables the accurate determination of glass transition temperatures, crystallization and melting points and in the case of elastomers, cure characteristics. This technique is valuable for failure analysis and compound development. Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA) TGA analysis accurately weighs a sample as it is heated, from typically 25°C to 1000°C. As the heating progresses, different components of the elastomer formulation ‘burn off’ thereby reducing the weight. A step-like pattern emerges which correlates quantitatively with the components of the formulation. This technique is valuable for compound development, reverse-engineering, process control and failure analysis. Spectroscopy Infra-red Spectroscopy (FTIR) FTIR involves passing an infra-red light through or impinging on a sample of material. The light gives up some of its energy, causing various molecular structures in the sample to vibrate, twist or stretch; the resultant light is then compared with a reference light stream and the result is represented as a characteristic plot of peaks. This technique is helpful in ‘fingerprinting’ materials, failure analysis and compound development. Explosive Decompression Testing Explosive decompression (ED) damage of elastomer seals occurs when seals are under high pressure for some time and then rapidly de-pressurised. Gases absorbed into the elastomer rapidly expand causing the seal to rupture. PPE’s ED test equipment can pressurise seals of various geometries up to 70 MPa (10,000 psi) and can decompress over any desired cycle or time, whilst at temperatures of up to 300°C. Using this equipment, compounds can be developed and tested to overcome this condition, with pressure, temperature and pressure release cycles simulating actual field operation, the performance of seal types and grades can be confirmed before installation. With a 3L cylinder, the ED test rig has been designed to meet Total, NACE, NORSOK and Shell test requirements with all temperatures, pressures, gas mixtures and depressurisation rates detailed therein. The O-ring carrier insert is interchangeable to allow O-rings to be tested at various squeeze levels, in face and piston geometries. This equipment also tests high-pressure sealing capability versus diametral clearance and back-up ring performance. The services of the Material Characterisation Centre are available at very competitive rates – see our website (www.prepol.com) for more details. 8 More information on the types of tests undertaken can be found in the ‘Elastomer Terminology’ section of this brochure. www.prepol.com A one-stop seal selection resource for engineers. Includes useful tools and wizards which are quick, free and easy to use. PPE Services Online seal selection resource for engineers Chemical Compatibility Lookup Wizard / Material Selector Tool If you would rather not spend time looking up numerous chemicals from pages of lists and tables, we have made it much easier by transferring all this information onto our website. With just a few clicks to select the appropriate chemicals, the wizard instantly scores the various elastomer types against each chemical individually and collectively. The wizard then allows you to shortlist the chemicals and finally suggests the most appropriate PPE elastomer grades for the short-listed chemicals, which can be sorted and ranked by various criteria including temperature, hardness, colour, compression set, etc. Select ‘Technical’ and ‘Material Selector Tool’ from the menu. Datasheets, Specifications and Elastomer Guides All the technical specifications and datasheets you will ever need are available in our datasheet download library enabling you to print-off the latest information for PPE elastomers. Select ‘Technical’ and ‘Datasheet Library’ from the menu. The document library includes PDF newsletters and technical guides covering: types of elastomer compounds, chemical compatibility, food and pharmaceutical seals and seals for diesel engines. Select ‘Technical’ and ‘Literature Library’ from the menu. 9 PPE Services Online seal selection resource for engineers www.prepol.com A one-stop seal selection resource for engineers. Includes useful tools and wizards which are quick, free and easy to use. O-ring and Groove Dimension Look-up Wizard AS and BS dimensions in a flash. This easy to use wizard allows you to quickly identify the best fit standard sized O-ring for your equipment and print off a full dimensional drawing. No longer do you have to spend hours thumbing through tables and calculating the seal size, the wizard does it all within seconds. It provides AS and BS sizes for the most common seals used in plant equipment, specifically, rod seals, piston seals, face seals and trapped seals. It also provides a detailed technical drawing of the groove showing all dimensional measurements which can be included in other reports and drawings. Select ‘Technical’ and ‘Hardware Design Tool’ from the menu. Online Helpdesk Need help? Got a sealing problem? Look no further than our experts If you have a question relating to any aspect of elastomer seals we’ve probably been asked it before. For a quick answer, consult our Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) page which is constantly updated. If your question doesn’t already appear, don’t be afraid to ask our team of experts, and they will respond promptly. Select ‘Technical’ and ‘FAQ’ from the menu. 10 As part of the PPE Group of companies, Perlast Limited specialises in the manufacture of the latest generation of perfluoroelastomer materials. Perfluoroelastomers is a third generation perfluoroelastomer developed to meet the increasing need for seals with outstanding mechanical properties combined with excellent chemical resistance. This high performance material combines the chemical and thermal resistance of polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) with the elastomeric properties of fluorocarbon (FKM). is available as AS, BS, metric and custom O-rings, custom mouldings, bonded parts and sheets, in a range of hardnesses from 50 to 90 Shore and in a range of colours. • • • • • • Steam resistant grades • Low out-gasing under vacuum • Good long-term high temperature compression set resistance • Low permeability • Longevity characteristics: High temperature stability up to 330°C Exceptional chemical resistance Total reliability High purity Assured quality Designated by ASTM as an ‘FFKM’ (a perfluoro rubber of polymethylene type, generically known as a perfluoroelastomer) the range of elastomers offer performance characteristics that span the most demanding of applications in industries as diverse as pharmaceutical processing,semiconductor manufacture, large diesel engines for ocean liners and power generation plants in remote locations. perfluoroelastomer parts are produced in a wide range of grades, many of which carry the respective approvals for food, pharmaceutical and semiconductor applications. Key Industries Semiconductor & Flat Panel Display (FPD) Plasma resistant and ultra-pure grades. The flexibility of Perlast provides a number of advantages: Pharmaceutical & Bio-anaylitical FDA and USP Class VI compliant grades. • Available as AS, BS, metric and imperial standard O-rings and non-standard sized O-rings, plus custom components, composite parts and bonded parts. Chemical Processing Fully fluorinated compounds offer the highest level of chemical resistance. Food and Dairy FDA and FCN compliant materials and metal detectable seals. • In-house tooling means that non-standard O-rings and custom components can be supplied just as easily as standard sizes. Diesel Engines High temperature and fluid resistant grades. • An extensive range of material grades ensuring the optimum material for each application. Oil & Gas High pressure and high temperature resistant materials. • Rapid production with exceptionally short lead-times. For more information on Perlast , request a copy of the Perlast Brochure or visit www.perlast.com. ® 11 Seal selection Selecting the correct seal The process of selecting a seal must take account of a range of different criteria to ensure that the optimal material grade and seal size or design is suitable for the application. Key selection criteria broadly fall into three main categories: the service conditions; hardware and seal design considerations; and regulatory or approval requirements. Service conditions Design considerations • What process media will the seal be exposed to (including those used in cleaning or maintenance operations)? • What are the shape and dimensions of the housing (or gland) where the seal must fit? • What temperature will the seal be subjected to (both maximum and minimum) – in storage, normal operation and extreme conditions (such as equipment overload scenarios)? • Will a standard size O-ring be acceptable, or is a non-standard size O-ring or a custom design required? • Will the seal be exposed to low or high pressure? Will this be constant or cycling? • Will the seal be used in a static or dynamic environment? • If used dynamically, will the movements be reciprocating or rotary? • Are there other constraints such as exposure to weathering (eg, UV light, ozone), flame retardancy, electrical conductivity? • What is the seal life expectancy and what are the consequences of seal failure? • How will the seal be installed? Does it need to be self-retained during hardware assembly? • Are there other constraints which will affect seal dimensions and tolerances, such as hardware out of flatness? • What is the surface finish of the hardware? • Are there any constraints on cost versus reliability? Approval/Specification requirements • What customer specifications are required? • What regulatory body standards are required? (e.g. FDA, USP, 3A) • Does the seal need to be a specific colour? The flowchart opposite summarises the main steps involved in a selecting the correct seal. To assist engineers further with the selection process, PPE has developed various online tools available at www.prepol.com 12 material selector hardware design bespoke design Material selector tool – an interactive elastomer chemical compatibility guide to identify the material grades which are compatible with various process media. More details on page 9. Hardware design wizard – an interactive groove/gland dimension calculator to select standard BS4518 and BS1806 O-ring sizes, with a full dimensional drawing available to print. More details on page 10. For the selection of non-standard O-rings and gland design or the design of custom seals, please consult the PPE technical sales team for assistance. Tel. +44 (0) 1254 295400 Identify process media and environment Identify operating temperature range (max. & min.) Seal selection Selecting the correct seal Identify possible material types using PPE’s Chemical Compatibility Guide Compare operating temperature ranges of each type of material with the application requirements to produce a short-list of materials Is the application static or dynamic? DYNAMIC Select material types with high Tensile Strength. (Avoid materials such as VMQ/FVMQ) STATIC LOW PRESSURE Is the operating pressure high or low? HIGH PRESSURE Select softer material grades Select harder material grades Are any industry approvals required? (e.g. FDA) YES Short-list material grades comparing specification requirements against datasheets NO CUSTOM PART Is an O-ring or custom part required? O-RING Contact PPE to discuss requirements Identify standard size availability (metric/imperial) Standard (metric) Select a BS4518 O-ring groove design from PPE’s Hardware Design Tool Standard (imperial) Select an AS568 or BS1806 O-ring groove design from PPE’s Hardware Design Tool 13 Elastomer types and properties Elastomer types and properties Elastomer types are often referred to under standard designations/acronyms listed in ASTM D1418 or ISO 1629. A brief description of each elastomer type and their typical characteristics follows: ACM (Polyacrylic or Polyacrylate) These rubbers are usually copolymers of ethyl acrylate and a vinyl ether and are resistant to heat, hydrocarbon oils and in particular, oil additives, especially sulphurised types used for lubrication under extreme pressure conditions. ACM elastomers offer excellent heat resistance; they can typically be used at temperatures of 150°C (up to 175°C for limited periods). They provide high resistance to ozone, weathering and oxidation but are extremely susceptible to hydrolysis, hence their unsuitability for use in aqueous media. Compression set and low temperature flexibility depends on the base polymer and compounding choice. ACM elastomers are used primarily where combined resistance to heat and oil is required, typical uses include O-rings, seals and gaskets mainly for the automotive industry, particularly under-bonnet applications. AEM (Ethylene Acrylic) These elastomers are terpolymers of ethylene, methyl acrylate and a cure site monomer. AEM elastomers offer good resistance to heat ageing, weathering, aliphatic hydrocarbons and good low temperature performance. They show poor resistance to strong acids, hydrolyzing agents and some polar fluids. AEM applications are similar to those of ACM elastomers, but AEM has the advantage where low temperature flexibility is concerned. Applications typically include shaft seals, spark plug boots, CV joint bellows and ignition wire jackets. AU / EU (Polyester and Polyether Urethane) These elastomers generally show outstanding tensile strength, tear and abrasion resistance, and give excellent protection against oxygen and ozone (except in hot climates, due to greater risk of microbiological attack in AU types, and ultraviolet light in the case of EU types). EU elastomers have a better low temperature flexibility (-35°C typically) and both have excellent resistance to high-energy radiation. CR (Chloroprene) Chloroprene rubbers are essentially chlorinated polyisoprenes, which exhibit medium resistance to high molecular weight oils. Chloroprene rubbers contain chlorine in the polymer to reduce the reactivity to many oxidising agents, as well as to oil and flame. CR elastomers also have good resistance to ozone cracking, heat ageing and chemical attack. Some of the important applications of CR elastomers include Vee-belts, coated fabrics, cable jackets, tyre-sidewalls, seals and gaskets in contact with refrigerants, mild chemicals and atmospheric ozone. CSM (Chlorosulphonylpolyethylene or Chlorosulphonatedpolyethylene) CSM grades contain 24-43% chlorine content to provide excellent ozone and weather resistance, high resistance to many oxidising and corrosive chemicals, good resistance to dry heat to 150°C, low flammability and gas permeability, and also good resistance to hot water (when cured with lead oxide). The low temperature properties are generally limited, depending on the chlorine content of the CSM grade used, and the compression set is not very good. CSM elastomers are generally useful in electrical applications, weather resistant membranes, hoses and acid resistant tank linings. ECO (Epichlorohydrin) These halogenated linear aliphatic polyethers show excellent resistance to ozone and weathering and very good resistance to hydrocarbon oils bettered only by polysulphides, fluoroelastomers and high-acrylonitrile nitrile rubbers. They exhibit good mechanical properties but are susceptible to sour gas attack. They are unsuitable for use with ketones and esters, alcohols, phosphate ester hydraulic fluids, sour gas, water and steam, and generally not recommended for rubber to metal bonding (they are corrosive to metals). The main applications for ECO elastomers are centred on the automotive industry, for use as seals, gaskets, diaphragms, cable jackets, belting, plus low temperature Natural Gas diaphragms. Polyurethane rubbers are used where high abrasion resistance and oil / solvent resistance are required together, e.g. hydraulic seals and gaskets, diaphragms, hoses and roller-skate and skateboard wheels. In all applications, consideration should be given to hydrolysis and limited heat resistance. A complete list of current PPE material grades is available on our website: www.prepol.com 14 EPR/EPDM (Ethylene-Propylene) These rubbers are mainly available in two structures – as the copolymer (EPR), or as the terpolymer (EPDM). The properties for both types of rubber are very similar with the polymers exhibiting outstanding resistance to weathering, ozone, water and steam. These rubbers have good chemical resistance and are particularly recommended for use with phosphate ester based hydraulic systems. They are typically used in the production of window and door seals, wire and cable insulations, waterproofing sheets and hoses. They are not suitable for use with mineral oils or petroleum based fluids. These rubbers can either be sulphur or peroxide-cured, in general sulphur-cured grades have superior mechanical properties and inferior high temperature properties and viceversa for peroxide cured grades. FEP/PFA (Fluoroethylene Propylene-Perfluoroalkoxy) These chemically modified fluorocarbon copolymers (fluoropolymers) appear more like plastic than rubber, they are extremely resilient and show excellent chemical resistance. Mechanical properties are very good even at high temperatures. Non-stick characteristics are excellent and abrasion resistance can be classified as moderate. The effective continuous temperature range is from -100°C to +200/250°C for FEP/PFA respectively. Typical applications include door seals and sealing systems in diaphragm pumps, cryogenic plants, sealed filter units, corrosive fluid plants, relief and emergency valves and pneumatics. Fluoropolymers are often used to encapsulate other elastomers to produce composite seals. FEPM or TFE/P (Tetrafluoroethylene/Propylene) A copolymer of tetrafluoroethylene and propylene, FEPM is solely produced by the Asahi Glass Company, and sold under the name Aflas®. FEPM vulcanisates exhibit similar thermal stability to FKM elastomers, but better electrical resistance and a different chemical resistance profile. FEPM compounds have the ability to resist a wide range of chemical combinations such as sour gas and oil, acids and strong alkalis, ozone and weather, steam and water, all hydraulic and brake fluids, alcohols, amine corrosion inhibitors, water-based drilling and completion fluids, high pH completion fluids and high energy radiation. However, they are not compatible with aromatic hydrocarbons, chlorinated hydrocarbons (e.g. M.E.K. and acetone), organic acetates and organic refrigerants. FEPM elastomers are suitable for long-term service in air up to 225°C and for short periods up to 250°C, but are limited in low temperature applications. They are finding wide applications mainly in oil-field operations and chemical processing as O-rings, seals and gaskets, cable insulating and jacketing and hose liners. Elastomer types and properties Elastomer types and properties FFKM/FFPM (Perfluoroelastomer) FFKMs exhibit outstanding high temperature properties and are the most chemically resistant elastomer available; effectively a rubber form of PTFE. They are superior to FKM elastomers, showing continuous dry-heat resistance to 260°C, with extended performance to 330°C for high temperature grades. They are extremely inert chemically and show excellent resistance to the majority of chemicals that attack other elastomers. Other notable properties include excellent resistance to oil-well sour gases, high temperature steam, low out-gassing under vacuum and good long-term high temperature compression set resistance. Typical applications are sealing systems for oil refineries, pharmaceutical plant, aerospace, chemical plant and the semiconductor industry. See Page 11 for details of Perlast®, the FFKM Perfluoroelastomer material from PPE. FKM/FPM (Fluoroelastomer or Fluorocarbon) This class of rubber is available as a copolymer, terpolymer or tetrapolymer; the type determines the fluorine content and thus, chemical resistance. FKM materials are either bisphenolcured or peroxide-cured for better resistance to wet environments. General properties include excellent resistance to heat, aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons, chlorinated solvents and petroleum fluids. Fluoroelastomers have a clear superiority in O-ring sealing force retention over most other oil-heat resistant rubbers with the exception of perfluoroelastomers such as Perlast® (see page 11). FKM/FPMs do show poor resistance to ethers, ketones, esters, amines and hydraulic fluids based on phosphate esters. Special compounds are required to provide suitable resistance to hot water, steam and wet chlorine. Typical applications are for valve-stem seals, crankshaft seals, diesel engine cylinder O-ring seals, pinion seals, glow plug seals, ducting expansion joints and seals for the aerospace industry. A complete list of current PPE material grades is available on our website: www.prepol.com 15 Elastomer types and properties Elastomer types and properties Copolymer, Terpolymer or Tetrapolymer Fluoroelastomer or fluorocarbon (FKM/FPM) materials are available in three general types depending on their fluorine content and the number of monomers contained within the polymer: Type Copolymer (A/E) Terpolymer (B or F) Tetrapolymer (G) Fluorine Content Advantages/Disadvantages 65-65.5% Contains two monomers (simple molecules from which polymers are built). General purpose, most common, most widely used for sealing. Best compression set and very good fluid resistance. Often referred to as 'A' and 'E' type grades. These are normally the least cost types of compound. 67% 67-69% Contains three monomers. Better fluid and oil/solvent resistance than copolymers but at the expense of poorer compression set resistance. Often referred to as 'B' or ‘F’ type grades. ‘F’ grades offer superior fluid resistance over ‘B’ grades. Contains four monomers. Improved fluid, acid, solvent resistance over other types. Compression set better than terpolymers. These are sometimes known as 'G' grades. In addition, certain tetrapolymers have good low-temperature flexibility. Tetrapolymers are the most costly of the three types listed here. Tetrapolymer materials can also be referred to as GF, GLT and GFLT grades which correspond to Viton® FKM materials. GF – Good high temperature performance and chemical resistance but reduced mechanical properties and low temperature performance. GLT – Improved low temperature performance but reduced chemical resistance. GFLT – Good all-round low/high temperature performance and chemical resistance. Viton® is a registered trade name of Dupont Performance Elastomers. FVMQ (Fluorosilicone) FVMQ elastomers are modified silicone rubbers, which have many of the properties associated with silicone rubber but show great improvements in oil and fuel resistance. Typical properties include excellent resistance to ozone, oxygen, weathering and non-adhesive characteristics. They have a very wide service temperature range and low chemical reactivity. They do however have low tensile strength, poor tear and abrasion resistance and high gas permeability. Typical uses include sealing systems requiring wide temperature exposure and resistance to aerospace fuels and oils. IIR (Butyl) This copolymerised structure of isobutene and isoprene has an effective long-term temperature range of -50° to +120°C. The key properties for this rubber are very low gas permeability and water absorption with very good resistance to ozone, weathering and oxygen. All grades have very low elastic resilience and are suitable for use with many fluids except for mineral and petroleum based chemicals. Typical applications are tyre inner tubes, vacuum seals and membranes, pharmaceutical enclosures and shock absorbers. IR (Polyisoprene) Synthetic version of natural rubber; its strengths and uses are similar, but its relative purity means that IR materials tend to 16 crystallise less at low temperatures. Consequently, it has better performance at lower temperatures but, at normal temperatures, its performance is inferior to natural rubber. NBR (Nitrile or Acrylonitrile Butadine) The properties of this copolymer are governed by the ratios of the two monomers acrylonitrile and butadiene. Nitrile rubber can be classified as three types based on the acrylonitrile (ACN) content (low, medium and high). The higher the ACN content, the higher will be the resistance to aromatic hydrocarbons. The lower the ACN content, the better will be the low temperature flexibility. The most commonly specified, and the best overall balance for most applications is, therefore, 'medium nitrile'. High Nitrile: >45% ACN content Medium Nitrile: 30 – 45% ACN content Low Nitrile: < 30% ACN content General characteristics of NBRs include excellent resistance to aliphatic hydrocarbon oils, fuels and greases, very low gas permeability, improved heat ageing and ozone resistance, improved tensile and abrasion strength, hardness, density and low compression set. Typical applications are as gaskets and seals, hoses and cable jacketing in hydraulic/pneumatic systems and oil/hydrocarbon based environments. HNBR (Hydrogenated Nitrile) HNBR elastomers are a saturated version of NBR, showing superior heat resistance. General properties include excellent wear resistance, high tensile strength, high hot-tear resistance, low compression set and very good ozone and weathering resistance. They also exhibit good resistance to many oil additives, hydrogen sulphide, high-energy radiation and amines present in crude oil. HNBRs fill the gap between NBRs and FKMs in many areas of application where resistance to heat and aggressive media are required simultaneously, and may therefore provide a lower cost alternative to FKM elastomers. Typical applications are in extreme environments such as oil-fields and under-bonnet automotive. SBR (Styrene-Butadiene) This copolymer of styrene and butadiene is used in general applications where exposure to mineral oils is not required. Originally developed to replace natural rubber, it performs better at high temperatures, although tensile strength, resilience and abrasion resistance are inferior at lower temperatures. SBRs have inferior weathering and chemical resistance to most other elastomers. Typical applications are sealing requirements for hydraulic braking systems. TFE/P (Tetrafluoroethylene/Propylene) See FEPM. VMQ/PVMQ (Silicone) These elastomers, which include the phenyl substituted silicones are noted for their high and low temperature applications (phenyl silicones offer exceptionally low temperature flexibility). They have excellent resistance to ozone and weathering and good resistance to compression set at high temperatures. They do, however, have poor tensile strength, low tear and abrasion resistance and high gas permeability. Silicones have a low level of combustible components; even when exposed to flame, the elastomer is reduced to a nonconducting silica ash. Silicones also exhibit excellent compression set and high physiological inertness (tasteless, odourless and completely non-toxic). Silicones are also resistant to bacteria, fungi, a wide range of media including high energy radiation and excellent release properties (except to glass). Platinum-cured silicones offer enhanced levels of purity and low extractables making them ideal for pharmaceutical, biomedical and food & drink applications. Elastomer types and properties Elastomer types and properties NR (Natural rubber ) Natural rubber (tapped from the cultivated rubber tree) exhibits high tensile strength, abrasion resistance, resilience, tear strength and low hysteresis. These rubbers exhibit the best long range elasticity. The chemically similar IR (polyisoprene) has lower strength properties than the natural form but better low-temperature performance. Both rubbers are susceptible to degradation by weathering, and both show poor resistance to mineral and petroleum-based oils and fuels. Main applications apart from tyres are for vibration mounts, springs and bearings. PTFE (Polytetrafluoroethylene) Polytetrafluoroethylene is not an elastomer but an extremely inert thermoplastic, unaffected by virtually all known solvents. It also exhibits this inert characteristic over a wide range of temperatures. Its hardness and lack of elasticity prevents its general use as an elastomeric sealing ring, but it is often used as a back-up ring. Typical applications are backing rings, bearings and non-stick requirements, or for use in composite seals when combined with elastomers. A complete list of current PPE material grades is available on our website: www.prepol.com 17 Elastomer types and properties Elastomer types and properties This graph positions the various elastomer types according to typical temperature and chemical resistance. Elastomers which are in the top right-hand corner are considered high performance elastomers. Typical temperature capability of elastomers This graph shows the typical useful operating temperature range of each elastomer type. Normal operating temperature short-term operation or special high temperature grade required short-term operation or special low temperature grade required A complete list of current PPE material grades is available on our website: www.prepol.com 18 In some industries, elastomers must meet certain requirements or comply with specific regulations and standards. Below is a summary of criteria required in various industries:Aerospace/Defence Approved to ISO 9001/2000 and AS9100, PPE’s short lead-times and production capabilities fit well with the requirements of maintenance, repair and overhaul operations. Military customers, in particular, take advantage of our efficient make-to-order capabilities where limitations on cure dates (shelf life) prevent speculative stock holding of spares. A range of materials are available which conform to the test requirements of the DTD and MIL specs, these materials are used in a wide range of aircraft and support systems. long-term resistance to coolants, lubricating oils, corrosion inhibitors and fuels - from high grade diesel and unrefined gases to aggressive heavy fuel oils (HFO). Our materials have a proven track record in the most arduous areas such as the cylinder liners, flame deck, fuel delivery and exhaust valve seat applications where planned maintenance schedules are met and even exceeded. For applications calling for the use of SF6 (sulphur hexafluoride) insulating gas and oil filled transformers, our specially formulated E70V EPDM grade with low electrical conductivity ensures long service life in extreme weather conditions. Elastomers typically used in this industry include EPDM, NBR, HNBR, fluorocarbons (FKM), silicone (VMQ) and perfluoroelastomers (FFKM) for ultimate temperature and chemical resistance. In addition to the more traditional areas of sealing such as in electrical and fuel systems, our materials with extreme temperature capabilities such as phenyl silicones and Perlast® perfluoroelastomers are being specified for demanding applications such as jet engines, laser infra-red counter measures and high pressure gas generators. Elastomers typically used in this industry include high FKMs, low temperature FKM, ultra-low compression set FKM, low temperature fluorosilicones, nitriles (NBR), special EPDMs and ultra-high temperature FFKMs. Defence Standard 02-337 (NES 337) defines O-ring seals used on UK Ministry of Defence Surface Ships & Submarines and their associated systems and equipment. Typical system applications include hydraulics, lubrication systems, fuel systems and pneumatics. PPE offers a complete range of nitrile and fluorocarbon elastomer materials to meet the requirements of this specification. Nuclear Expertise and capabilities in the design and development of seals for high containment applications, from material process through to transportation and storage. A wide range of materials are available that are suitable for use with ionising radiation and hazardous materials, including industry-accepted EPDM, Nitrile, FKM and Polyurethane grades. Marine Diesel, Generator Sets and Power Generation PPE is a world-leading supplier of seals for diesel and gas engines for both marine propulsion and electricity generation (gen sets). Our seal designs and high performance materials continue to be specified on 2 and 4 stroke engines from small to large capacity, where typical life expectancy of >20,000 hours is required. PPE materials have been developed for Ask for a copy of our ‘High Performance Elastomer Seals for Diesel Engines’ brochure or download it from our website www.prepol.com. Elastomers for specific industries and applications Elastomers for specific industries and applications Chemical Processing Sealing for the chemical processing industry requires high performance materials which offer excellent high temperature and aggressive chemical resistance. The diverse range of markets within this industry, including petrochemical and pharmaceutical, demand outstanding sealing performance, reliability and increased service life, which in turn extends preventative maintenance cycles of mechanical seals. From our extensive range of elastomer compounds we can offer materials that meet various international approvals and conformance requirements, enabling us to provide superior sealing solutions for pumps, valves, mechanical seals, pipe couplings and reactors which meet the needs of our customers. Pharmaceutical & Bio-analytical PPE offers a full range of sealing solutions for pharmaceutical and bio-analytical industries where both mechanical and chemical properties are crucial, and hygienic sealing capability is critical. PPE's pharmaceutical material grades include EPDM, Nitrile, Silicone, FKM and FFKM, which have been specially developed to withstand steam-in-place (SIP) and clean-inplace (CIP) procedures within pipework and vessels. In addition, many of these materials are compliant with the requirements of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), United States Pharmacopeia - Class VI (USP Class VI) and 3-A Sanitary Standards. Request a copy of our ‘Elastomer Seals for the Food and Phamaceutical Industries’ brochure or download it from our website www.prepol.com. 19 Elastomers for specific industries and applications Elastomers for specific industries and applications Semiconductor Semiconductor production environments represent some of the most aggressive environments encountered by seals. Seals have to be made of ultra-pure materials, survive extreme temperatures and a mixture of fluorinated gases. For these reasons, seals for the semiconductor industry are at the cutting edge of material technology. PPE scientists and technicians have created a range of specially developed high performance materials for use in critical semiconductor environments. Emphasis is placed on providing a comprehensive range of materials, including the latest generation of Perlast® Perfluoroelastomers, which offer enhanced performance and improved functionality. The relentless drive to improve productivity and increase wafer yields has resulted in increased process temperatures, use of more aggressive gases and increased plasma density, all of which place escalating demands on current sealing technology. Perlast® compounds have been created to withstand temperatures up to 330°C in aggressive media such as activated fluorine-based chemistries. The result is a new range of materials that will help extend maintenance cycles, reduce particle generation and lower chamber leakage rates. In addition, PPE can also provide FKM copolymers in black, white, brown and green, fluorosilicones in blue and translucent, plus the innovative Nanofluor™ ultra pure, nano-filled fluoropolymer. Request a copy of our ‘Perfluoroelastomers for Semiconductor Applications’ brochure or download it from our website. Offshore (Oil & Gas) Precision Polymer Engineering has supplied high performance O-ring seals and custom mouldings into the oilfield industry for over 25 years. Specialist grades of elastomer are specifically tailored to meet the challenges of the most inhospitable operating environments in the world, encountering explosive decompression, sour gas, extreme temperatures and aggressive chemicals. PPE supplies components into a wide range of applications, including safety critical rubber/metal bonded blow-out preventor seals, low friction sampling cylinder seals and fully moulded O-rings up to 2 metres in diameter for use on pipe couplings and large pumps. We offer components with high sealing efficiency for systems operating in environments with high temperature combined with high pressure such as ultra-deep water drilling to 210 MPa (30,000 PSI) and 260°C. Our broad range of compounds allows our material and engineering teams to specify the right solution for every sealing system. Elastomers typically used in this industry include NBR, HBNR, fluoroelastomer (FKM - copolymers, terpolymers & tetrapolymers), Kemex™, Aflas® and perfluoroelastomer (FFKM). Explosive decompression (ED) resistant grades are available from PPE in Aflas®, FKM and HNBR. In addition, ED testing is available in our state-of-the-art material characterisation centre – see page 8 for more details. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) The Food and Drug Administration is the US Federal Agency responsible for ensuring that foods are safe, wholesome and sanitary; human and veterinary drugs, biological products and medical devices are safe and effective; cosmetics are safe; and electronic products that emit radiation are safe. Although the jurisdiction of the FDA is in theory restricted to the United States, FDA regulations are commonly adopted as international control standards. Through its Codes of Federal Regulations the FDA provides a list of materials and chemicals that are approved for contact with foodstuffs. CFR 21.177.2600 describes the relevant regulations for ‘Rubber articles intended for repeated use’. This lists the ingredients and any quantitative limits that may be used in a rubber compounds for moulded products intended for repeated use in all stages of food manufacture, preparation and transportation. CFR21.177.2600 also specifies limits on extractable products if the elastomer is to be used in contact with aqueous or fatty foods. The regulation specifies extraction test limits in water and n-hexane. It is important to note that for an elastomer to be compliant to these requirements, then this claim must be supported with appropriate documentation. The FDA does not ‘approve’ products to CFR21.177.2600; it is for the manufacturer of the finished rubber product to demonstrate compliance. It is also important to note that whilst a component may be made from a material that is suitable for food contact, this does not mean that the part is technically suitable for its intended application. PPE offers an extensive range of FDA-compliant material grades that is unrivalled in the sealing industry. The range includes EPDM, nitrile (NBR), HNBR, silicone, chloroprene, fluoroelastomer (FKM) and perfluoroelastomer (FFKM). In addition, PPE has developed an exciting new range of metal detectable elastomer compounds designed specifically to meet the stringent demands of the food processing industry. The DETECTASEAL™ range includes FDA-complaint grades with compounds available in blue, white and black. DETECTASEAL™ O-rings have been tested and proven in use at leading food manufacturing plants in the UK. PPE materials which are suitable for all the above industries are listed on our website: www.prepol.com 20 Food Contact Notification (FCN) The Food and Drug Administration Modernisation Act of 1997 provides a system whereby a manufacturer or supplier of food-contact material may submit an FCN to the FDA regarding the identity and use of the new food contact substance, together with necessary data to demonstrate that the substance is safe for its intended use. FCN is a formal acceptance of a material by the FDA, so it is fundamentally different to self-certification to FDA CFR21.177.2600. An FCN application requires a detailed analysis of the compound, its constituents, toxicological effects and intended uses, and is much more rigorous than the requirements of CFR21.177.2600. The complexity and high cost of the FCN process means that only a limited range of very high performance perfluoroelastomer materials, that are used in critical and very demanding applications, have FCN acceptance. PPE offers a number of perfluoroelastomer (FFKM) grades which are FCN accepted, ranging in hardness. USP Class VI The United States Pharmacopeia is a US non-government organisation that promotes public health by establishing stateof-the-art standards to ensure the quality of medicines and other health care technologies. Whilst this organisation is concerned with the pharmaceutical and bio-technology industries, many manufacturers of hygienic equipment will be producing multi-purpose designs to be used in a range of different industry sectors. Standards are published by the United States Pharmacopeia in the National Formulary (USP-NF). Compliance to USP Class VI is often requested by end users. Testing for compliance involves an assessment of the effects of the material, and extractables, on tissue. PPE offers a range of material grades approved to USP 29, NF24, 2006 for the Biological Test for Plastics, Class VI including EPDM, Silicone, Fluoroelastomer (FKM) and Perfluoroelastomer (FFKM). 3-A Sanitary Standards Inc. Formed by the US food and dairy industry, 3-A Sanitary Standards Inc. defines specifications and best practice for the design, manufacture, installation and use of hygienic equipment. As with FDA, the 3-A Standards are adopted on a worldwide basis. Standard no. 18-03, ‘3-A Sanitary Standard for multiple-use rubber and rubber-like materials used in product contact surfaces in dairy equipment’ describes requirements for food quality materials that must also be suitable for cleaning and sanitising. To comply with the requirements of the Standard, the elastomer materials must comply with FDA CFR21.177.2600 and also be resistant to steam sterilisation, milk fat, acid and alkali cleaning solutions and chlorine sanitising agents. The PPE elastomers meeting Classes I, II and III of the 3-A Standard include Fluorocarbon (FKM), Silicone, EPDM and Nitrile, allowing manufacturers to select the most appropriate elastomer according to temperature, chemical and physical performance criteria. Potable Water Grade Seals In the UK, FDA-compliant materials approved for drinking water applications, must also satisfy the requirement of British Standard BS2494 (type W) for the Water Research Council in the United Kingdom. The testing regime for WRC approval is different to FDA testing, in that it requires elastomer products to be tested to ensure that they do not promote the propagation of bacteria and do not give any taint to potable water. KTW (Germany) specifies the requirements of elastomers in potable water as set out by the German Technical and Scientific Association for Gas and Water (DVGW) in the regulation “Arbeitsblatt W270”. In France, the medical control of the water intended for human consumption is controlled by l’Autorite de Controle Sanitaire (ACS). Drinking water approvals vary from country to country, although it is common for one country to use a material that has been approved under the standard of another country. Our technical team can advise on which products are suitable for drinking water applications against a number of national standards. Request a copy of our ‘Elastomers for the Food, Water and Dairy Industries’ or download it from our website. Elastomers for specific industries and applications Elastomers for specific industries and applications Explosive Decompression Resistant Permeation of a gas into an elastomer under high pressure may not result in any long term effect provided the pressure is released gradually, allowing the gas to permeate out of the elastomer. However, if the pressure is released rapidly, the pressurised gas can expand explosively, rupturing the elastomer in a catastrophic manner. PPE offers a number of materials which have been formulated to be resistant to explosive decompression including Aflas®, FKM and HNBR PPE posses one of the most advanced explosive decompression testing units in Europe. Capable of testing seals of various geometries up to 10,000 psi, under varying compression, over any desired cycle/time within a temperature range from subzero up to +250°C. With pressure, temperature and pressure release cycles simulating actual field operation, independent testing can be carried out to confirm the performance of seal types and grades before installation (see page 8 for more details). Gas Specification Materials Materials formulated in accordance with British Standard BS2494 (type ‘G’) are suitable for gas applications in the United Kingdom. The British Gas Specification BGC/PS/LC6 sets out the physical properties and quality requirements for seals and gaskets used in gas applications. PPE offers a range of nitrile (NBR) grades which are formulated in accordance with this specification. NES 337 Materials Defence Standard 02-337 (NES 337) defines O-ring seals used on UK Ministry of Defence Surface Ships & Submarines and their associated systems and equipment. Typical system applications include hydraulics, lubrication systems, fuel systems and pneumatics. PPE offers a complete range of nitrile and fluorocarbon elastomer materials to meet the requirements of this specification. 21 Elasomer trade names Elastomer trade names ASTM D1418 Abbreviation Chemical name Trade names PPE Prefix ACM Polyacrylate (Polyacrylic) Europrene-AR®, Krynac®, Nipolar®, Hycar®, Cyanacryl®, Noxtite-PA® P AEM Ethylene Acrylic Vamac® W AQU EU Polyester Urethane Vibrathane®, Pellethane®, Urepan®, Elastothane®, Adiprene®, Desmopan®, Vulkollan®, Estane® Q Chloroprene Neoprene®, Skyprene®, Butclor®, Baypren®, Denka® C CSM Chlorosulphonylpolyethylene (Chlorosulphonated polyethylene) Hypalon®, Noralon® L ECO Epichlorohydrin Hydrin®, Herclor®, Gechron® H Ethylene-Propylene Copolymer Buna-AP®, Dutral® Ethylene-Propylene Terpolymer Epsyn®, Nordel®, Epcar®, Keltan®, Royalene®, Polysar-EDM® Fluoroethylene Propylene Perfluoroalkoxy Teflon FEP®, Neoflon FEP® Teflon PFA®, Neoflon PFA® D See TFE/P Aflas®, Dyneon BRE® A Perfluoroelastomer Perlast®, Kalrez®, Chemraz® G Fluoroelastomer Viton®, Dai-el®, Fluorel®, Tecnoflon® V FVMQ Fluorosilicone Silastic LS®, FSE® F HNBR Hydrogenated Nitrile Therban®, Tornac®, Zetpol® Z IIR Butyl Rubber Exxon Butyl®, Polysar Butyl®, Esso Butyl® J IR Isoprene Shell Isoprene Rubber® R NBR XNBR Nitrile Butadine Breon, Butakon®, Chemigum®, Hycar® Carboxylated Nitrile Buna-N®, Butacril®, Paracil®, Perbunan®, Krynac®, Europrene-N®, Nipol® N NR Natural Rubber Natsyn® R Styrene Butadine (Buna-S) Cariflex S®, Plioflex®, Europrene®, Pliolite®, Buna Huls®, Carom®, Solprene® B TFE/P Tetrafluoroethylene/Propylene Aflas®, Flourel ll®, Fluoraz® A VMQ PVMQ Silicone Silastic®, Siloprene®, Rhodorsil®, Silplus® S CR EPD EPDM FEP PFA FEPM FFKM/FFPM* FKM/FPM* SBR Polyether Urethane E ASTM D1418 – Standard practice for rubber and rubber lattices – nomenclature * ISO 1629 – Rubber and rubber lattices – nomenclature Registered trademark holders: Perlast® - Precision Polymer Engineering. Aflas® - Asahi Glass. Baypren®, Therban®, Polysar Butyl®, Perbunan®, Krynac®, Tornac®, Polysar EPDM®, Siloprene®, Vulkollan®, Urepan®, Desmopan® – Bayer. Epcar®, Estane®, Hydrin®, Hycar® – BF Goodrich. Breon®, Butaclor® – BP Chemcials. Carom® – Chemisches Kombinat. Buna Huls®, Buna AP®, Buna-N® – Chemische Werke Huls. Elastothane® – Compounding Ingredients. Epsyn® – Copolymer Rubber. Dai-el®, Neoflon FEP®, Neoflon PFA® - Daikin Industries. Noralon® – Denki Kagugi Chemcial. Pellethane® – DOW Chemical. Silastic®, Silastic LS® – DOW Corning. Keltan® – DSM. Neoprene®, Hypalon®, Teflon FER®, Teflon PFA®, Nordel®, Vamac®, Viton®, Kalrez® – Dupont Performance Elastomers. Fluorel®, Fluorel II®, BRE® – Dyneon. Cyanacryl®, Europrene®, Europrene N®, Europrene AR® – Enichem Elastomeri. Esso Butyl® – Esso. Exxon Butyl® – Exxon Chemical. Solprene® – Fina Chemicals. Silplus®, FSE® – General Electric. Chemigum®, Natsyn®, Pliolite®, Plioflex® – Goodyear. Chemraz®, Fluoraz® – Greene Tweed. Herclor® – Hercules Chemcial. Denka®- JSR. Dutral®, Tecnoflon® – Solvay-Solexis. Noxtite PA® – Nippon Oil Seal Industry. Butakon® – Revertex. Rhodorsil® – Rhone Poulenc. Shell Isoprene Rubber®, Cariflex® – Shell International Chemical. Skyprene® – Todo Soda. Royalene®, Paracil®, Adiprene®, Vibrathene® – Uniroyal Inc. Butacril® – Was Ugine Kuhlmann. Gechron®, Nipol®, Nipolar®, Zetpol® – Zeon Chemicals. The trade names listed above are correct at the time of printing. 22 This guide is intended to provide assistance in determining the suitability of various elastomer types in different chemical environments. The ratings are based on volume swell data which has been compiled from published literature, laboratory tests, actual field experience and informed judgments. As laboratory tests do not necessarily predict end-use performance, it is the user’s responsibility to ensure suitability in application. Rating System Volume Change Comments Excellent <10% Little or no effect. 2 Good 10–20% Moderate swelling and change in physical properties. May be suitable for static applications. 3 Doubtful 20–40% Significant swelling and noticeable change in physical properties. Questionable performance, caution advised if used. 4 Do not use >40% Rating Description 1 No data available Chemical compatibility Chemical compatability guide Not suitable. Insufficient information available for rating. Volume change (swell) is only an indicator of fluid compatibility and is intended as a typical guideline for comparative purposes. Fluid attack of the polymer may affect various physical properties, including tensile strength, hardness and elongation. Elevated temperatures can exacerbate chemical attack on elastomers, therefore in some cases it may be necessary to select special formulations which offer improved performance. Please contact PPE for technical support and assistance when choosing the right elastomer for a specific application. Online Interactive Chemical Compatibility Wizard / Material Selector The following chemical compatibility table is available as an interactive wizard online at www.prepol.com. Simply select the appropriate chemicals from the list and the wizard will instantly score the various elastomer types against each chemical individually and collectively. The wizard then allows a shortlisting of the chemicals and finally suggests the most appropriate PPE elastomer grades for the short-listed chemicals, which can be further sorted and ranked by various criteria including temperature, hardness, colour, compression set, etc. Select ‘Technical’ and ‘Chemical Compatibility’ from the menu. NOTE: The information given in this guide is provided in good faith and believed to be accurate and reliable. For actual applications, appropriate testing and validation is mandatory. No representation, guarantee of performance or warranties of any kind are made. 23 PPE Prefix G A B C D E H J N P Q R V W Z Dynamic And Static Applications Chemical or Media Acetaldehyde Acetamide Acetic acid (dilute) Acetic acid (glacial) Acetic acid (hot, high pressure) 1 1 1 1 1 Acetic anhydride Acetic oxide (Acetic anhydride) Acetone Acetone cyanohydrin Acetonitrile (Methyl cyanide) 1 1 1 1 1 Acetophenone Acetyl acetone Acetyl chloride Acetyl salicylic acid (Aspirin) Acetylene (Ethyne) 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 1 4 4 4 1 Acetylene tetrabromide Acrolein (Acrylaldehyde) Acrylaldehyde Acrylonitrile (Vinyl cyanide) Adipic acid 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 Alkane (Dodecyl benzene) Alkane sulfonic acid Alkazene (Dibromoethylbenzene) Alkyl aryl sulfonate Allyl alcohol 1 1 1 1 1 Allyl bromide Allyl chloride Alum Aluminium acetate Aluminium bromide 2 2 3 3 2 2 4 VMQ (Silicone) CSM FVMQ (Fluorosilicone) HNBR AEM FKM (Fluorocarbon) NR (Natural Rubber) AU & EU ACM NBR (Nitrile) IIR (Butyl) ECO EPR & EPDM FEP & PFA * = Special formulation CR 4 = Do not use SBR 3 = Doubtful FEPM 2 = Good PERLAST® Chemical compatibility 24 1 = Excellent F L S Static Only 3 4 2 3 4 3 2 1 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 3 4 2 2 4 4 2 2 1 2 4 3 1 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 2 2 4 4 3 1 2 2 3 4 4 4 4 3 2 2 2 3 4 1 2 4 4 3 2 1 4 4 4 4 3 3 2 2 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 4 1 4 4 4 2 2 1 1 4 4 4 4 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 4 3 4 4 4 4 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 3 4 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 1 4 4 4 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 4 4 4 4 4 3 1 1 4 4 4 2 1 4 4 4 2 4 4 4 1 2 4 4 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 4 3 3 3 1 2 2 2 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 2 4 4 4 4 2 1 2 2 4 1 4 2 2 4 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 3 1 1 1 1 3 1 4 4 4 2 4 1 2 4 4 4 1 4 2 2 3 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 4 3 4 4 1 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 1 3 2 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 4 1 4 4 2 4 3 4 4 1 1 1 2 2 1 3 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 4 4 1 1 1 3 1 3 4 1 1 4 1 4 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 1 3 1 4 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 Aluminium chloride Aluminium fluoride Aluminium hydroxide Aluminium nitrate Aluminium phosphate 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 Aluminium potassium sulfate Aluminium salts Aluminium sodium sulfate Aluminium sulfate Amines 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 Aminobenzene (Aniline) Aminobutane (Butyl amine) Aminosalicylic acid Ammonia , anhydrous Ammonia gas, cold 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 3 4 4 2 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 2 2 4 3 4 1 1 4 3 1 1 1 4 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 4 2 1 1 1 1 4 4 1 1 3 3 4 3 4 1 4 3 4 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 4 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 3 4 3 1 2 2 2 3 4 4 2 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 1 1 3 1 1 1 2 1 4 4 4 3 4 1 4 4 4 4 4 1 2 1 1 2 3 4 4 4 4 1 2 4 4 2 1 1 4 4 1 1 4 4 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 3 2 1 4 4 4 2 1 1 1 2 PPE Prefix G A B C D E H J N P Q R V W Z Dynamic And Static Applications Chemical or Media Ammonia gas, hot Ammonium acetate Ammonium bicarbonate Ammonium bifluoride Ammonium bisulfite 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 Ammonium bromide Ammonium carbonate Ammonium chloride Ammonium cupric sulfate Ammonium dichromate 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Ammonium fluoride Ammonium fluosilicate Ammonium hydrogen fluoride Ammonium hydroxide, 3 molar Ammonium hydroxide, conc. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 Ammonium iodide Ammonium nitrate Ammonium nitrite Ammonium oxalate Ammonium perchlorate 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Ammonium persulfate Ammonium phosphate Ammonium salts Ammonium sulfate Ammonium sulfide 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Ammonium sulfite Ammonium thiocyanate Ammonium thiosulfate Amyl acetate Amyl alcohol (Pentanol) 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 2 1 1 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 Amyl amine Amyl borate Amyl chloride (Chloropentane) Amyl chloronaphthalene Amyl naphthalene 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 2 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 Amyl nitrate Amyl phenol Aniline (Aminobenzene) Aniline dyes Aniline hydrochloride 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 3 Aniline oil Aniline sulfate Animal oils & fats Anisole (Methyl phenyl ether) Anone (Cyclohexanone) 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 3 4 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 2 2 1 2 1 3 4 2 4 2 4 4 4 4 1 1 2 3 4 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 4 3 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 4 2 2 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 4 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 3 4 4 3 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 2 1 4 4 4 4 2 1 3 4 4 2 2 3 4 4 4 1 4 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 4 2 1 2 2 4 2 4 3 4 4 1 1 4 1 4 1 2 3 1 2 1 1 3 4 2 2 1 2 3 2 2 2 1 4 1 2 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 1 3 1 1 3 1 1 1 3 3 4 3 4 4 1 4 4 1 4 2 4 3 3 4 4 2 4 2 4 4 1 1 1 1 2 4 4 4 3 4 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 4 4 3 3 3 1 3 2 2 4 3 1 4 4 4 4 1 4 2 4 4 3 1 4 4 4 VMQ (Silicone) CSM 4 4 2 1 1 3 1 2 3 2 1 2 1 3 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 4 2 4 4 F L S Static Only 4 1 1 2 3 4 1 1 1 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 FVMQ (Fluorosilicone) HNBR AEM FKM (Fluorocarbon) NR (Natural Rubber) AU & EU ACM NBR (Nitrile) IIR (Butyl) ECO EPR & EPDM FEP & PFA CR * = Special formulation SBR 4 = Do not use FEPM 3 = Doubtful PERLAST® 2 = Good Chemical compatibility 1 = Excellent 4 4 4 4 2 4 2 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 1 2 2 1 2 4 1 1 1 3 4 4 3 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 4 4 2 4 1 2 4 4 2 2 2 3 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 1 4 3 4 4 4 2 3 2 2 2 4 4 4 2 3 4 3 3 4 1 3 4 1 4 3 1 3 1 1 4 4 2 3 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 2 4 2 25 PPE Prefix G A B C D E H J N P Q R V W Z Dynamic And Static Applications Chemical or Media Anthraquinone Antifreeze Antimony pentachloride Antimony trichloride Aqua regia 1 1 1 1 1 Argon Aromatic fuels Arsenic acid Arsenic trichloride Ascorbic acid 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 Askarel Asphalt ASTM fluid 101 ASTM fuel A (aliphatic) ASTM fuel B (30% aromatic) 1 1 1 1 1 1 ASTM fuel C (50% aromatic) ASTM fuel D ASTM oil 1 (high aniline) ASTM oil 2 (medium aniline) ASTM oil 3 (low aniline) 1 3 1 1 4 2 4 1 2 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 3 1 2 2 4 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 4 1 4 3 2 2 2 3 1 4 3 1 4 3 4 2 2 4 2 4 1 1 2 1 2 2 4 4 3 4 4 2 4 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 4 4 2 2 1 2 3 2 2 1 4 4 1 1 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 4 2 4 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 1 3 1 2 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 3 1 1 4 2 4 2 4 4 2 4 1 2 4 4 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 4 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 1 2 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 3 4 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 2 1 1 1 1 4 2 1 1 1 4 3 1 2 2 4 1 1 1 1 1 4 ASTM oil 4 (high aniline) Automatic transmission fluid Barium carbonate Barium chlorate Barium chloride 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 4 4 1 4 1 4 2 1 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 1 2 1 1 3 1 2 1 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 Barium cyanide Barium hydrate Barium hydroxide Barium nitrate Barium salts 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Barium sulfate Barium sulfide Beer Benzal chloride Benzaldehyde 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 Benzene (Benzol) Benzene sulfonic acid, 10% Benzine (Ligroin) (Nitrobenzine) Benzochloride Benzoic acid 1 2 1 1 1 3 2 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 4 4 4 1 Benzophenone Benzoyl chloride Benzoyl peroxide Benzyl acetate Benzyl alcohol 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 1 1 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 1 1 VMQ (Silicone) CSM F L S Static Only 4 4 1 4 4 1 1 1 1 4 2 4 FVMQ (Fluorosilicone) HNBR AEM FKM (Fluorocarbon) NR (Natural Rubber) AU & EU ACM NBR (Nitrile) IIR (Butyl) ECO EPR & EPDM FEP & PFA * = Special formulation CR 4 = Do not use SBR 3 = Doubtful FEPM 2 = Good PERLAST® Chemical compatibility 26 1 = Excellent 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 4 2 4 4 1 4 2 4 4 1 1 4 2 4 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 4 4 2 4 4 4 4 1 4 3 2 2 1 2 1 1 3 1 1 1 4 4 3 4 1 2 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 1 3 4 4 1 1 2 1 2 3 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 3 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 2 3 4 1 1 1 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 1 1 1 1 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 4 4 4 4 1 4 4 4 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 4 4 4 2 4 4 4 1 2 1 1 2 2 4 4 4 2 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 1 1 4 4 4 4 1 2 4 2 4 4 2 4 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 4 4 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 PPE Prefix G A B C D E H J N P Q R V W Z Dynamic And Static Applications Chemical or Media Benzyl benzoate Benzyl chloride (Chlorotoluene) Benzyl dichloride Beryllium chloride Beryllium sulfate 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 Biphenyl (Phenylbenzene) Bismuth carbonate Black sulfate liquors (cold) Blast furnace gas Bleach liquor 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 Borax (Sodium borate) Bordeaux mixture Boric acid (Boracic acid) Boron fluids (HEF) Boron trichloride 1 1 1 1 1 Brake fluid (glycol base) Brake fluid (mineral oil base) Brake fluid (silicone oil base) Brine (Salt water) Bromide 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 4 1 1 4 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 2 4 1 4 4 2 4 4 4 1 2 4 3 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 4 4 2 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 4 2 2 2 2 4 1 1 1 1 1 Bromine Bromine pentafluoride Bromine trifluoride Bromobenzene Bromochloro trifluoroethane 1 2 2 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 Bromochloromethane Bromoethane (Ethyl bromide) Bromotoluene Bromotrifluoromethane Bunker oil 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 4 3 4 1 4 4 4 Butadiene Butane (Butyl hydride) (LPG) Butanediol Butanol (Butyl alcohol) Butene (Butylene) 1 1 1 1 1 Butoxyethanol (Butyl cellosolve) Butter Butydigol (Butyl carbitol) Butyl acetate Butyl acetyl ricinoleate 1 1 1 1 1 Butyl acrylate Butyl alcohol (Butanol) Butyl amine (Aminobutane) Butyl benzoate Butyl bromide 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 VMQ (Silicone) 4 4 4 3 1 1 1 1 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 3 1 2 2 3 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 1 2 4 4 4 4 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 4 2 4 1 4 1 2 4 3 3 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 3 4 4 4 3 4 3 4 2 2 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 2 1 2 2 1 2 4 1 1 4 2 1 1 4 1 4 1 2 4 4 1 4 2 2 4 2 1 3 1 3 1 4 4 1 4 4 4 1 4 3 4 4 4 4 1 4 1 1 4 1 4 1 3 1 3 1 4 1 4 1 2 2 2 1 3 3 3 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 4 4 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 4 4 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 4 4 1 4 4 2 4 1 1 4 4 4 1 4 2 1 2 1 1 4 4 1 2 4 4 1 4 2 2 4 4 2 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 2 4 1 4 1 4 4 4 4 1 4 1 2 1 1 1 4 1 4 3 1 1 4 4 2 2 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 1 2 4 4 1 3 1 2 4 1 4 4 4 4 4 3 2 3 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 1 3 1 1 4 2 2 1 2 1 4 1 2 4 1 3 4 4 4 1 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 4 2 3 1 4 4 4 4 4 2 4 1 4 1 CSM 4 4 4 1 1 1 4 3 Static Only 4 4 3 3 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 F L S 4 4 4 1 3 2 4 2 4 3 FVMQ (Fluorosilicone) HNBR AEM FKM (Fluorocarbon) NR (Natural Rubber) AU & EU ACM NBR (Nitrile) IIR (Butyl) ECO EPR & EPDM FEP & PFA CR * = Special formulation SBR 4 = Do not use FEPM 3 = Doubtful PERLAST® 2 = Good 2 4 1 4 3 2 1 1 2 4 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 1 4 4 2 4 1 4 4 1 4 2 4 4 4 2 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 4 3 4 1 1 1 1 4 1 2 1 2 4 2 2 1 4 4 1 4 1 4 4 2 4 1 4 4 2 4 3 4 4 2 4 2 4 4 4 1 4 4 4 1 4 1 4 1 4 4 4 1 3 3 4 4 4 1 4 4 Chemical compatibility 1 = Excellent 4 4 4 4 1 4 4 2 4 4 3 4 27 PPE Prefix G A B C D E H J N P Q R V W Z Dynamic And Static Applications Chemical or Media Butyl butyrate Butyl carbitol Butyl cellosolve (Butoxyethanol) Butyl chloride (Chlorobutane) Butyl ether 1 1 1 1 1 Butyl hydride (Butane) Butyl oleate Butyl phenol Butyl phthalate (Dibutyl phthalate) Butyl stearate 1 1 1 1 1 Butylene (Butene) Butyraldehyde Butyric acid Butyric anhydride Butyrone (Dipropyl ketone) 1 2 1 1 1 Cadmium chloride Cadmium nitrate Cadmium sulfate Calcine liquors Calcium acetate 1 1 1 1 1 Calcium bisulfate Calcium bisulfide Calcium bisulfite Calcium bromide Calcium carbonate 1 1 1 1 1 Calcium chlorate Calcium chloride Calcium cyanide Calcium hydrosulfide Calcium hydroxide 1 1 1 1 1 Calcium hypochloride Calcium hypochlorite Calcium nitrate Calcium oxichloride Calcium oxide 1 1 1 1 1 Calcium permanganate Calcium phosphate Calcium salts Calcium silicate Calcium sulfate (Gypsum) 1 1 1 1 1 Calcium sulfhydrate Calcium sulfide Calcium sulfite Calcium thiosulfate Caliche liquors 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 1 1 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 3 3 4 3 4 4 4 4 2 4 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 4 2 4 1 4 4 2 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 4 2 2 1 4 4 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 3 1 4 1 4 3 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 4 2 2 2 1 2 3 3 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 2 4 2 4 1 4 1 4 4 4 2 1 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 3 2 2 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 4 1 1 3 3 3 1 3 4 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 4 3 4 4 1 1 1 2 1 4 3 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 4 4 4 1 1 VMQ (Silicone) CSM F L S Static Only 4 4 4 4 4 1 2 4 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 1 1 3 1 4 4 4 3 4 1 4 2 1 1 1 FVMQ (Fluorosilicone) HNBR AEM FKM (Fluorocarbon) NR (Natural Rubber) AU & EU ACM NBR (Nitrile) IIR (Butyl) ECO EPR & EPDM FEP & PFA * = Special formulation CR 4 = Do not use SBR 3 = Doubtful FEPM 2 = Good PERLAST® Chemical compatibility 28 1 = Excellent 4 4 3 1 4 4 1 3 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 1 4 1 2 1 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 4 4 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 4 1 1 1 1 4 1 2 1 2 1 2 4 3 3 3 1 2 4 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 1 1 4 3 1 3 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 4 4 3 4 1 4 4 3 4 1 4 3 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 1 1 3 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 2 4 4 3 4 3 4 4 1 4 4 1 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 1 1 3 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 2 PPE Prefix G A B C D E H J N P Q R V W Z Dynamic And Static Applications Chemical or Media Camphor Cane sugar liquor Capric acid (Caproic acid) Caproic aldehyde Capryl alcohol (Octanol) 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 2 4 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 4 2 1 2 2 1 2 1 4 2 4 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 Carbamate Carbinol (Methanol) Carbitol Carbolic acid (Phenol) Carbon bisulfide 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 4 1 2 4 4 2 1 2 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 4 4 4 2 1 2 2 4 3 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 Carbon dioxide, dry Carbon dioxide, wet Carbon disulfide Carbon monoxide Carbon tetrachloride 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 4 2 2 4 3 4 2 2 4 3 4 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 4 2 4 1 1 4 1 2 2 2 4 2 3 1 1 4 1 2 2 2 3 1 4 Carbonic acid Castor oil Caustic potash Caustic soda Cellosolve 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 4 1 1 2 2 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 4 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 4 Cellosolve, acetate Cellosolve, butyl Cellosolve, methyl Cellulose acetate (CA) Cetane (Hexadecane) 1 1 1 1 1 3 2 2 3 1 4 4 4 4 3 3 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 1 Cetyl alcohol China Wood oil (Tung oil) Chloral hydrate Chloramine-T Chlordane 1 1 2 1 1 1 4 3 1 4 2 3 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 3 1 4 3 3 1 4 1 1 4 1 2 Chlorextol Chloric acid Chlorinated brine Chlorinated lime Chlorinated solvents 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 4 3 4 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 4 2 4 4 2 4 2 4 2 4 4 2 4 2 4 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Chlorine dioxide Chlorine trifluoride Chlorine, dry Chlorine, wet Chloroacetic acid 1 2 1 1 1 3 4 3 3 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 1 4 1 1 1 3 4 4 4 2 4 4 2 3 4 3 4 4 4 2 4 4 4 4 4 Chloroacetone Chlorobenzene Chlorobromomethane Chlorobutadiene (Chloroprene) Chlorobutane (Butyl chloride) 1 1 1 1 1 4 2 3 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 2 4 4 4 4 4 2 4 2 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 1 2 1 1 1 4 1 4 1 2 2 2 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 2 4 4 1 1 2 1 1 4 1 4 4 4 1 4 1 4 2 2 4 2 4 2 2 1 1 1 3 1 4 4 4 3 1 2 2 4 1 2 2 2 4 1 1 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 3 VMQ (Silicone) CSM F L S Static Only 2 1 1 4 1 1 4 1 FVMQ (Fluorosilicone) HNBR AEM FKM (Fluorocarbon) NR (Natural Rubber) AU & EU ACM NBR (Nitrile) IIR (Butyl) ECO EPR & EPDM FEP & PFA CR * = Special formulation SBR 4 = Do not use FEPM 3 = Doubtful PERLAST® 2 = Good 4 4 1 4 1 3 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 4 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 4 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 1 1 2 1 1 4 2 4 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 4 2 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 2 4 4 2 2 4 3 1 1 4 1 4 1 1 3 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 2 2 4 2 4 2 2 3 1 4 1 2 4 2 1 4 4 1 1 2 2 4 1 1 2 2 4 1 1 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 2 4 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 2 3 4 2 1 3 4 2 2 4 2 1 1 4 1 2 1 4 1 2 2 4 4 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 4 2 4 1 2 4 3 4 4 3 4 3 4 4 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 Chemical compatibility 1 = Excellent 4 29 PPE Prefix G A B H J N P Q R V W Z 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 4 4 4 4 1 4 4 4 4 1 4 2 4 4 1 4 4 4 4 1 4 4 Chloronaphthalene Chloronitroethane Chloropentafluoroethane Chloropentane (Amyl chloride) Chloroprene (Chlorobutadiene) 1 1 1 Chlorosulfonic acid Chlorothene (Trichloroethane) Chlorotoluene (Benzyl chloride) Chlorotrifluoroethylene (CTFE) Chlorotrifluoromethane 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 2 1 Chlorox Chrome plating solution Chromic acid, 50% Chromic oxide (aqueous) Chromium sulfate 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 4 4 4 Citric acid Cobalt chloride Coconut oil Cod liver oil Coffee 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Coke oven gas Coliche liquors Coolanol Copper acetate Copper carbonate 1 1 1 1 1 1 Copper chloride Copper cyanide Copper salts Copper sulfate, 10% Copper sulfate, 50% 1 1 1 1 1 Copper sulfide Corn oil Cottonseed oil Creosote (coal tar) Creosote (wood tar) 1 1 1 1 1 Cresol (Cresylic acid) Crotonaldehyde Crotonic acid Crude oil Cumene (Isopropyl benzene) 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 3 4 1 4 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 4 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 4 4 1 4 4 4 1 4 4 2 1 3 2 2 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 1 2 4 2 1 1 1 1 4 4 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 1 1 2 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 3 2 2 3 2 2 4 4 4 2 3 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 1 1 4 4 1 1 1 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 2 1 1 4 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 1 1 4 4 2 4 4 1 4 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 4 2 4 1 1 4 2 4 1 1 4 2 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 3 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 4 4 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 2 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 4 2 2 4 4 4 1 4 1 1 3 3 2 2 1 4 VMQ (Silicone) CSM F L S Static Only 1 4 4 3 4 4 4 1 4 4 FVMQ (Fluorosilicone) HNBR AEM FKM (Fluorocarbon) NR (Natural Rubber) AU & EU ACM NBR (Nitrile) IIR (Butyl) ECO EPR & EPDM C D E Dynamic And Static Applications Chemical or Media Chlorodifluoromethane Chlorodiphenyl Chlorododecane Chloroethylene (Vinyl chloride) Chloroform FEP & PFA * = Special formulation CR 4 = Do not use SBR 3 = Doubtful FEPM 2 = Good PERLAST® Chemical compatibility 30 1 = Excellent 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 3 2 2 4 4 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 1 1 3 1 4 3 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 3 4 4 2 4 4 4 2 1 2 3 2 2 4 2 1 2 2 3 2 3 3 3 1 4 1 1 4 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 3 3 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 2 1 1 2 1 2 1 4 4 1 4 2 4 2 4 4 4 4 4 1 4 1 4 1 3 1 4 1 1 2 1 2 4 1 2 4 4 4 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 4 4 3 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 4 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 4 4 1 1 4 4 4 1 2 4 4 4 2 4 2 4 4 4 2 2 4 1 2 3 1 1 4 4 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 4 1 4 4 2 2 4 2 1 4 4 4 4 4 2 1 4 2 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 PPE Prefix G A B C D E H J N P Q R V W Z Dynamic And Static Applications Chemical or Media Cupric chloride (Copper chloride) Cutting oil Cyclohexane Cyclohexanol Cyclohexanone 1 1 1 1 1 Cyclopentane Cymene (Isopropyltoluene) Decahydronaphthalene Decalin Decanal 1 1 1 1 1 Decane Decanol (Decyl alcohol) Denatured alcohol Detergent solution Developing fluid (photographic) 1 1 1 1 1 Dextron Dextrose Diacetone (Diacetone alcohol) Diazinon Dibenzyl ether 1 1 1 1 1 Dibenzyl sebacate Dibromoethyl benzene Dibutyl amine Dibutyl ether Dibutyl phthalate (DBP) 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 4 4 4 4 2 2 3 2 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 4 4 4 4 4 1 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 1 2 2 3 4 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 4 1 4 4 4 2 1 4 3 4 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 4 2 2 3 2 4 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 4 3 2 Dibutyl sebecate (DBS) Dichloro isopropyl ether Dichloroacetic acid Dichlorobenzene Dichlorobutane 1 2 1 3 1* 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 1 4 4 Dichlorodifluoromethane Dichloroethyl ether Dichloroethylene Dichlorofluoromethane Dichlorotetrafluoroethane 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 4 4 4 1 1 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 4 4 1 Dicyclohexylamine Diesel oil Diester synthetic lubricant Diethanol amine (DEA) Diethyl amine 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 4 4 4 2 3 4 3 4 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 3 Diethyl benzene Diethyl carbonate Diethyl ether Diethyl phthalate (DEP) Diethyl sebacate 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 2 4 4 4 VMQ (Silicone) CSM F L S Static Only 1 4 4 4 2 1 1 1 2 4 3 1 2 4 4 3 1 1 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 4 2 1 2 3 4 1 1 1 2 4 1 1 1 1 4 2 2 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 2 1 4 4 1 2 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 1 2 1 3 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 1 1 1 2 2 3 2 1 1 1 1 4 3 4 1 4 4 2 4 4 3 1 1 4 2 4 1 1 4 4 4 1 4 4 4 1 1 4 4 4 1 1 4 2 4 2 4 4 2 2 4 4 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 2 4 4 2 3 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 4 3 3 2 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 4 3 4 4 4 2 4 4 4 4 4 2 4 4 2 3 4 1 1 2 4 4 4 1 1 4 4 4 1 1 2 4 1 4 1 2 4 4 4 1 4 4 4 1 3 3 1 2 2 3 4 1 2 4 4 4 3 4 1 3 4 4 4 2 3 4 1 1 3 4 4 4 4 3 4 3 4 4 1 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 2 3 3 2 FVMQ (Fluorosilicone) HNBR AEM FKM (Fluorocarbon) NR (Natural Rubber) AU & EU ACM NBR (Nitrile) IIR (Butyl) ECO EPR & EPDM FEP & PFA CR * = Special formulation SBR 4 = Do not use FEPM 3 = Doubtful PERLAST® 2 = Good 1 4 4 1 4 3 4 1 2 1 4 1 4 3 4 1 2 1 4 4 4 4 1 1 1 3 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 4 2 1 4 2 2 4 1 4 3 4 4 1 4 4 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 2 4 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 3 4 2 4 3 4 4 2 3 2 4 4 4 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 2 1 1 2 2 4 2 4 1 4 1 3 4 2 1 4 4 4 4 4 1 4 4 2 3 1 2 2 3 4 1 2 1 4 4 4 4 2 3 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 4 4 3 3 4 3 2 Chemical compatibility 1 = Excellent 2 4 4 4 4 4 2 3 31 PPE Prefix G A B C D E H J N P Q R V W Z Dynamic And Static Applications Chemical or Media Diethylene ether (Dioxane) Diethylene glycol (Digol) Diethylene triamine Difluorodibromomethane Diisobutyl ketone 1 1 1 1 1 Diisobutylene Diisodecyl adipate (DIDA) Diisodecyl phthalate (DIDP) Diisooctyl adipate (DIOA) Diisooctyl phthalate (DIOP) 4 1 4 3 4 1 4 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 1 4 2 2 1 2 2 4 2 2 4 1 2 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 4 2 4 1 1 1 1 Diisooctyl sebecate (DIOS) Diisopropyl amine Diisopropyl benzene Diisopropyl ketone Dimethyl amine (DMA) 1 4 2 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 4 2 4 Dimethyl aniline Dimethyl ether Dimethyl formamide (DMF) Dimethyl ketone (Acetone) Dimethyl phthalate 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 4 2 4 4 4 3 4 4 3 4 3 4 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 2 Dimethyl sulfate Dimethyl sulfide Dinitrotoluene (DNT) Dioctyl phthalate (DOP) Dioctyl sebacate 1 1 1 1 4 2 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 Dioxane Dioxolane Dipentene (Limonene) Diphenyl (Phenylbenzene) Diphenyl oxide (Phenyl ether) 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 3 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 Dipropyl ketone (Butyrone) Dipropylamine Dipropylene glycol Divinyl benzene (DVB) Dodecyl benzene (Alkane) 1 1 1 1 1 Drinking water Dry cleaning fluids DTE light oil Epichlorohydrin Epoxy resin 1 2 1 2 1 1 3 1 4 2 2 4 4 4 1 1 4 2 4 1 Epsom salts Ethanal (Acetaldehyde) Ethane Ethanethiol (Ethyl mercaptan) Ethanol 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 4 4 1 2 3 2 3 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 4 2 1 4 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 VMQ (Silicone) CSM FVMQ (Fluorosilicone) HNBR AEM FKM (Fluorocarbon) NR (Natural Rubber) AU & EU ACM NBR (Nitrile) IIR (Butyl) ECO EPR & EPDM FEP & PFA * = Special formulation CR 4 = Do not use SBR 3 = Doubtful FEPM 2 = Good PERLAST® Chemical compatibility 32 1 = Excellent F L S Static Only 4 4 4 4 4 2 4 1 4 2 3 1 4 1 4 4 1 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 2 4 4 4 2 4 4 4 4 1 4 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 1 2 3 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 4 4 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 4 4 4 1 4 4 2 4 4 4 3 4 4 1 2 4 1 3 3 3 3 4 2 2 4 4 4 2 2 4 3 4 1 4 4 4 4 4 3 2 4 4 4 4 4 2 1 3 2 2 4 3 4 4 3 4 1 4 2 3 4 4 4 4 4 2 4 3 3 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 3 4 4 4 4 4 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 3 3 4 2 4 4 4 4 3 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 2 1 1 4 4 4 2 1 4 4 4 2 1 4 4 4 1 4 4 2 1 1 2 4 4 1 1 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 2 1 2 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 3 1 4 2 4 1 4 2 4 3 1 3 1 4 3 4 4 1 4 4 4 2 4 1 3 1 4 2 4 4 1 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 1 3 4 4 4 3 1 4 4 4 1 2 1 3 1 4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 4 1 3 1 4 1 2 1 4 1 4 4 4 1 4 4 4 3 2 3 4 4 1 1 4 1 1 1 2 3 2 4 2 1 3 1 4 2 1 4 2 3 1 1 3 2 2 1 1 2 4 3 1 3 PPE Prefix G A B C D E H J N P Q R V W Z Dynamic And Static Applications Chemical or Media Ethanol amine Ether Ethyl acetate Ethyl acetoacetate Ethyl acrylate 1 1 1 1 1 Ethyl acrylic acid Ethyl alcohol Ethyl aluminium dichloride Ethyl amine (Monoethylamine) Ethyl benzene 1 1 1 1 1 Ethyl benzoate Ethyl bromide (Bromoethane) Ethyl butyl acetate Ethyl butyl alcohol Ethyl butyl ketone 1 1 1 1 1 Ethyl butyraldehyde Ethyl butyrate Ethyl cellosolve Ethyl cellulose Ethyl chloride 1 1 1 1 1 Ethyl chlorocarbonate Ethyl chloroformate Ethyl cyanide (Propionitrile) Ethyl cyclopentane Ethyl ether (Ether) 1 4 4 3 1 2 3 1 2 4 4 3 4 2 3 4 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 2 2 3 2 3 4 4 4 4 1 4 3 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 4 4 4 4 2 3 3 4 1 4 3 4 4 4 2 4 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 4 3 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 3 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 2 1 4 2 4 4 2 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 2 4 1 4 1 2 4 1 3 4 4 1 4 3 4 4 4 1 4 4 1 1 4 3 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 4 2 4 1 4 4 4 4 3 4 2 1 1 4 1 1 4 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 4 1 4 2 2 2 1 4 4 4 2 1 4 4 3 4 2 2 4 2 1 4 3 4 4 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 1 3 4 4 1 2 3 4 4 4 1 3 4 4 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 3 2 1 2 1 4 4 1 4 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 4 2 4 1 1 4 1 2 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 3 4 3 3 Ethyl formate Ethyl hexanol Ethyl hexyl acetate Ethyl hexyl alcohol Ethyl iodide 2 1 1 1 2 1 4 2 4 2 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 4 2 1 2 Ethyl mercaptan (Ethanethiol) Ethyl oxalate Ethyl pentachlorobenzene Ethyl silicate Ethyl sulfate 1 1 1 1 1 Ethylene (Ethene) Ethylene alcohol Ethylene bromide Ethylene chloride Ethylene chlorohydrin 1 1 1 1 1 Ethylene diamine Ethylene dibromide Ethylene dichloride Ethylene glycol Ethylene oxide (ETO) 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 1 3 VMQ (Silicone) 3 3 4 4 4 4 2 3 1 1 CSM 4 3 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 1 1 Static Only 2 3 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 F L S 2 4 2 2 2 4 4 2 2 4 FVMQ (Fluorosilicone) HNBR AEM FKM (Fluorocarbon) NR (Natural Rubber) AU & EU ACM NBR (Nitrile) IIR (Butyl) ECO EPR & EPDM FEP & PFA CR * = Special formulation SBR 4 = Do not use FEPM 3 = Doubtful PERLAST® 2 = Good 4 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 4 1 4 1 1 3 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 4 1 1 4 4 3 1 4 1 4 1 3 4 4 4 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 2 4 1 1 1 1 2 4 4 4 4 1 3 1 4 4 2 3 1 4 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 4 4 2 1 1 2 1 4 4 2 1 1 4 4 4 1 4 4 4 4 2 3 4 4 4 3 3 4 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 2 4 4 1 4 1 4 4 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 1 3 1 4 4 1 3 1 4 4 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 4 4 2 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 1 4 2 4 4 2 4 4 2 4 4 4 1 4 4 2 2 4 4 2 2 3 1 3 4 4 2 4 4 1 1 2 4 1 2 4 1 2 1 2 3 3 4 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 4 4 4 1 4 2 4 4 4 2 4 2 2 2 Chemical compatibility 1 = Excellent 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 2 2 1 2 4 4 2 4 3 4 4 1 1 1 3 3 2 3 1 4 4 2 4 1 4 4 3 4 3 3 1 4 2 4 4 1 4 1 4 4 1 4 33 PPE Prefix G A B C D E H J N P Q R V W Z Dynamic And Static Applications Chemical or Media Ethylene trichloride Ethyne (Acetylene) Fatty acids Ferric chloride Ferric hydroxide 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 4 2 4 1 2 4 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 3 1 1 Ferric nitrate Ferric sulfate Ferrous chloride Ferrous sulfate Fish oil 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 4 2 2 2 2 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 Fluoboric acid (Fluoroboric acid) Fluorine Fluorobenzene Fluorochloroethylene Fluorol (Sodium fluoride) 1 2 1 2 4 4 1 3 4 1 4 1 1 3 4 1 1 1 1 1 Fluorolube (Fluorocarbon oils) Fluosilicic acid Formaldehyde Formamide Formic acid 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 4 3 3 3 2 1 2 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 Freon 11 Freon 12 Freon 13 Freon 13b1 Freon 14 2 2 1 2 1 4 4 1 2 4 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 2 1 1 1 Freon 21 Freon 22 Freon 31 Freon 32 Freon 112 (Freon BF) 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 2 2 1 4 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 Freon 113 (Freon TF) Freon 114 Freon 114b2 Freon 115 Freon 134a 3 3 3 3 2 4 4 4 4 4 2 1 3 1 3 1 1 1 1 2 Freon 502 Freon C316 Freon C318 Freon K-142b Freon K-152a 3 2 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Freon PCA Freon T-P35 Freon T-WD602 Freon TA Freon TC 3 2 2 3 2 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 4 4 4 1 3 4 2 3 1 3 1 1 4 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 2 1 3 4 3 1 4 4 4 1 1 2 2 1 2 1 2 3 3 3 3 1 1 4 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 4 2 1 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 4 1 1 1 1 2 1 4 1 4 1 3 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 4 1 2 1 2 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 4 4 4 4 VMQ (Silicone) CSM FVMQ (Fluorosilicone) HNBR AEM FKM (Fluorocarbon) NR (Natural Rubber) AU & EU ACM NBR (Nitrile) IIR (Butyl) ECO EPR & EPDM FEP & PFA * = Special formulation CR 4 = Do not use SBR 3 = Doubtful FEPM 2 = Good PERLAST® Chemical compatibility 34 1 = Excellent F L S Static Only 4 2 4 3 4 1 1 1 1 4 4 1 1 2 4 3 1 2 1 1 4 2 3 2 2 4 2 3 2 2 1 2 2 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 1 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 4 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 4 4 3 4 4 1 4 4 2 2 3 4 4 4 4 1 2 2 1 4 4 4 4 2 4 1 2 3 2 4 4 1 4 2 2 3 4 1 1 3 1 3 2 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 2 4 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 2 2 4 3 3 4 4 4 4 1 2 2 4 4 2 4 4 2 4 1 1 4 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 1 4 4 4 4 1 1 2 4 4 2 4 2 2 1 4 4 4 4 4 2 1 4 4 4 3 1 4 1 2 2 2 2 2 4 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 4 2 1 1 2 1 4 1 3 1 4 2 1 1 3 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 4 1 4 4 4 1 2 3 3 4 4 1 4 2 1 2 4 1 1 2 1 1 4 2 2 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 4 4 4 4 2 1 1 1 3 1 1 2 1 1 4 1 4 1 4 PPE Prefix G A B C D E H J N P Q R V W Z Dynamic And Static Applications Chemical or Media Freon TMC Fuel oil Fumaric acid Furan (Furfuran) Furfural (Furfuraldehyde) 2 1 1 1 2 Furfuryl alcohol Gallic acid Gasohol Gasoline Gelatin 1 1 1 1 1 Glauber's salt Gluconic acid Glucose Glycerine (Glycerol) Glycine 1 1 1 1 1 Glycol Glycolic acid Glycolmonoethylether Grease (petroleum base) Green Sulfate liquor 1 1 1 1 2 Halothane Halowax oil Heavy water HEF-2 (high energy fuel) Helium 2 2 1 1 1 Heptanal Heptane Hexachlorobutadiene Hexadecane (Cetane) Hexalin (Cyclohexanol) 1 1 1 1 1 Hexamine Hexane (n-Hexane) Hexanedioic acid (Adipic acid) Hexanol Hexone (MIBK) 1 1 1 1 1 Hexyl alcohol Hexylene (n-Hexene) Hexylene glycol (Brake fluid) Hydraulic oil (petroleum base) Hydrazine (Diamine) 1 1 1 1 2 Hydrazine, anhydrous Hydrobromic acid Hydrochloric acid, 3 molar Hydrochloric acid, 37% (cold) Hydrochloric acid, 37% (hot) 2 1 1 1 1 3 4 2 4 4 2 3 2 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 2 3 2 4 2 4 4 1 4 3 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 4 4 1 4 4 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 4 2 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 1 4 1 4 4 2 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 1 4 1 4 4 4 4 4 2 4 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 1 2 4 2 1 2 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 2 3 3 1 2 2 4 4 4 2 2 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 4 3 3 4 2 3 3 3 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 2 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 3 2 4 3 2 4 4 3 2 2 1 1 4 4 1 4 4 4 2 2 4 4 1 4 2 3 2 1 4 4 4 4 4 2 3 1 1 1 4 3 1 1 2 4 2 1 1 1 1 4 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 4 4 1 4 1 4 4 1 2 1 4 1 4 4 4 4 4 1 1 1 2 1 4 1 4 1 2 2 4 4 1 2 3 1 1 2 4 3 4 1 4 1 2 2 2 4 1 2 1 1 2 3 4 4 4 4 3 1 4 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 3 VMQ (Silicone) CSM FVMQ (Fluorosilicone) HNBR AEM FKM (Fluorocarbon) NR (Natural Rubber) AU & EU ACM NBR (Nitrile) IIR (Butyl) ECO EPR & EPDM FEP & PFA CR * = Special formulation SBR 4 = Do not use FEPM 3 = Doubtful PERLAST® 2 = Good F L S Static Only 4 4 2 4 1 4 4 1 1* 1 4 4 2 4 4 4 2 1 1 4 3 1 1 4 4 2 4 2 4 4 3 4 2 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 1 4 4 1 4 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 4 2 4 3 1 4 1 2 1 1 4 2 4 4 1 4 3 4 4 1 4 3 2 4 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 1 1 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 4 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 2 2 3 4 2 1 1 2 1 2 4 4 2 4 4 4 4 3 1 4 4 4 3 1 4 4 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 2 1 1 2 1 4 4 1 4 1 4 4 1 4 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 1 2 3 1 4 2 4 2 3 4 4 4 4 1 4 4 4 1 4 4 4 4 1 2 4 1 1 1 4 2 2 1 4 2 1 2 4 1 1 1 4 2 1 2 4 4 1 3 4 4 1 4 1 4 2 1 1 4 2 4 1 4 1 1 3 1 4 1 3 4 1 2 2 3 1 2 2 2 3 1 1 1 1 1 4 2 3 2 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 3 4 4 3 3 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 3 2 3 4 1 1 1 1 1 4 3 3 3 1 4 4 3 2 2 3 2 1 2 2 4 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 3 3 Chemical compatibility 1 = Excellent 4 4 4 4 35 PPE Prefix G A B C D E H J N P Q R V W Z Dynamic And Static Applications Chemical or Media Hydrochloric acid, concentrated Hydrocyanic acid Hydrofluoric acid, concentrated Hydrofluosilicic acid Hydrogen bromide 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 4 2 3 2 4 4 2 3 2 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 2 Hydrogen chloride Hydrogen fluoride (HF) Hydrogen fluoride, anhydrous Hydrogen gas Hydrogen peroxide, 30% 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 4 4 2 2 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 2 1 1 Hydrogen peroxide, 90% Hydrogen sulfide (wet, hot) Hydrolube (water/ethylene glycol) Hydroquinone Hydroxyacetic acid 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 4 3 1 4 1 4 2 2 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 4 2 2 2 Hypochlorous acid Iodine Iodine pentafluoride Iodoform Iso-butane 1 1 2 1 1 4 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 1 1 2 2 4 1 1 2 2 4 4 4 Iso-octane Isoamyl acetate Isoamyl alcohol Isoamyl butyrate Isoamyl chloride 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 1 4 4 4 1 4 4 3 4 1 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 4 2 1 2 4 1 Isobutyl alcohol (Isobutanol) Isobutyl amine Isobutyl chloride Isobutyric acid Isododecane 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 4 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 1 2 2 4 2 1 4 Isopentane Isophorone (Ketone) Isopropanol (Isopropyl alcohol) Isopropyl acetate Isopropyl alcohol (IPA) 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 4 1 4 4 2 4 2 2 4 2 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 2 1 Isopropyl amine Isopropyl benzene Isopropyl chloride Isopropyl ether Isopropyl toluene (Cymene) 1 1 1 1 1 3 4 4 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 1 1 1 1 1 Kel F liquids Kerosene (Kerosine) Lacquer solvents Lacquers Lactams (Amino acids) 2 1 1 1 1 3 2 4 4 3 1 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 4 2 4 4 3 1 2 1 1 4 2 4 2 4 4 4 1 1 1 4 3 1 1 4 4 4 1 2 3 1 2 4 1 VMQ (Silicone) CSM F L S Static Only 4 2 3 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 4 3 4 2 4 3 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 2 4 4 3 4 1 2 1 1 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 2 4 4 4 1 4 2 4 4 2 2 1 2 3 1 1 4 4 1 4 4 4 1 2 4 4 3 1 1 3 3 1 2 4 4 3 1 3 4 1 3 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 2 2 1 3 1 3 1 4 4 2 3 2 2 1 3 2 2 3 2 4 3 1 1 2 2 4 1 4 4 2 4 4 4 4 3 1 4 4 4 4 2 4 4 4 4 3 1 4 2 1 4 2 4 3 1 4 4 2 1 2 3 1 4 1 4 4 1 4 2 1 1 1 4 1 4 2 1 4 4 4 1 4 4 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 4 4 2 2 3 3 1 4 4 1 4 1 4 1 4 2 4 2 4 1 1 2 1 1 4 2 4 2 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 4 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 4 4 4 4 2 4 4 3 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 3 4 1 4 4 4 2 2 4 4 1 4 4 4 2 1 1 4 4 4 2 4 4 1 4 4 1 4 4 3 FVMQ (Fluorosilicone) HNBR AEM FKM (Fluorocarbon) NR (Natural Rubber) AU & EU ACM NBR (Nitrile) IIR (Butyl) ECO EPR & EPDM FEP & PFA * = Special formulation CR 4 = Do not use SBR 3 = Doubtful FEPM 2 = Good PERLAST® Chemical compatibility 36 1 = Excellent 3 2 3 4 4 1 1 4 2 1 1 3 1 1 3 1 3 2 2 2 1 4 2 1 1 1 3 4 1 1 2 4 1 4 1 4 1 4 3 4 3 1 4 2 4 2 1 4 2 4 2 3 4 1 4 1 2 4 1 4 1 2 4 4 4 4 4 1 1 4 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 2 2 3 2 3 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 1 4 4 4 2 4 4 2 4 4 4 2 1 4 4 4 1 3 4 4 2 4 2 2 4 4 2 1 4 2 4 1 4 4 4 PPE Prefix G A B C D E H J N P Q R V W Z Dynamic And Static Applications Chemical or Media Lactic acid (cold) Lactic acid (hot) Lard Lauryl alcohol (n-Dodecanol) Lavender oil 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 1 4 1 4 2 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 2 2 4 Lead acetate Lead chloride Lead chromate Lead nitrate Lead sulfamate 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Light grease Ligroin (Nitrobenzine) Lime bleach Lime sulfur Limonene (Dipentene) 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 3 4 4 2 4 4 4 2 2 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 1 1 4 Lindol (Tritolyl phosphate) Linoleic acid Linseed oil Liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) Liquid oxygen 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 2 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 3 4 4 Liquimoly Lithium bromide Lithium chloride Lithium hydroxide Lithophone 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 4 4 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 Lubricating oil (di-ester base) Lubricating oil (petroleum base) Lye solution Magnesium acetate Magnesium chloride 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 4 4 2 4 1 3 2 2 4 4 1 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 Magnesium hydroxide Magnesium salts Magnesium sulfate Malathion Maleic acid 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 4 4 2 1 2 3 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 1 Maleic anhydride Malic acid (Apple acid) Managanese (II) chloride Manganese carbonate Manganese sulfate 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 2 4 4 1 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 1 1 Mercuric chloride Mercuric cyanide Mercurous nitrate Mercury Mesityl oxide 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 4 2 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 2 2 2 1 4 1 4 1 1 2 4 4 1 1 4 2 3 1 4 2 1 4 2 4 2 1 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 1 4 1 1 1 4 2 1 1 4 4 4 4 2 1 1 4 1 4 3 4 4 4 2 1 1 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 4 4 1 2 1 2 1 2 4 1 1 1 1 4 4 2 1 1 2 4 4 4 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 2 1 2 2 1 4 4 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 4 1 1 4 2 1 1 1 2 4 3 3 1 1 2 4 1 2 4 4 4 4 2 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 2 1 4 4 4 1 3 4 4 3 2 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 1 1 4 4 4 3 4 4 1 2 1 1 4 2 2 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 2 1 4 4 2 4 4 3 4 4 2 4 1 1 1 2 4 1 4 1 4 4 1 4 4 3 2 1 2 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 3 1 1 4 1 4 1 4 VMQ (Silicone) CSM F L S Static Only 1 4 4 1 4 4 4 4 4 FVMQ (Fluorosilicone) HNBR AEM FKM (Fluorocarbon) NR (Natural Rubber) AU & EU ACM NBR (Nitrile) IIR (Butyl) ECO EPR & EPDM FEP & PFA CR * = Special formulation SBR 4 = Do not use FEPM 3 = Doubtful PERLAST® 2 = Good 4 4 1 1 4 1 1 2 1 2 1 3 3 2 4 4 3 4 2 2 2 4 2 3 3 1 4 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 2 1 4 2 2 4 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 3 4 3 2 1 4 4 4 2 1 4 4 2 1 2 4 3 2 1 3 4 4 4 3 4 4 3 2 1 3 4 1 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 4 1 1 2 2 1 1 4 1 2 2 1 2 4 4 2 2 1 1 4 4 1 4 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 4 1 1 3 3 1 4 1 4 1 3 3 1 1 1 4 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 3 1 4 1 4 1 4 1 2 4 4 Chemical compatibility 1 = Excellent 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 4 4 3 37 PPE Prefix H J N P Q R V W Z Methacrylacid methylester Methacrylic acid Methane Methanol (Methyl alcohol) Methyl acetate 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 1 4 4 2 2 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 4 1 2 Methyl acetoacetate Methyl acrylate Methyl acrylic acid (Crotonic acid) Methyl alcohol (Methanol) Methyl amine 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 2 4 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 Methyl amyl acetate Methyl amyl alcohol Methyl benzoate Methyl bromide Methyl butyl ketone 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 2 Methyl butyrate Methyl carbonate Methyl cellosolve Methyl cellulose Methyl chloride 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 4 4 4 3 2 4 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 2 2 3 Methyl chloroformate Methyl cyanide (Acetonitrile) Methyl cyclopentane Methyl dichloride Methyl ether 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 4 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 4 3 2 Methyl ethyl ketone (MEK) Methyl ethyl ketone peroxide Methyl formate Methyl glycol acetate Methyl iodide 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 4 4 2 3 4 1 1 1 1 1 Methyl isobutyl ketone (MIBK) Methyl isopropyl ketone Methyl mercaptan Methyl methacrylate (MMA) Methyl oleate 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 2 4 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 Methyl phenyl ether (Anisole) Methyl propyl ketone Methyl salicylate Methylene bromide Methylene chloride 1 1 1 1 1 3 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 4 Contact technical department 1 1 1 4 2 1 2 4 4 2 2 1 4 4 4 1 4 2 4 4 2 2 1 2 4 4 1 2 4 4 1 2 4 4 4 2 2 2 1 1 4 4 4 2 4 1 4 4 2 1 1 4 2 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 1 4 4 4 4 2 2 3 4 4 3 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 4 4 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 4 4 2 4 4 VMQ (Silicone) CSM FVMQ (Fluorosilicone) HNBR AEM FKM (Fluorocarbon) NR (Natural Rubber) AU & EU ACM NBR (Nitrile) IIR (Butyl) ECO EPR & EPDM C D E Dynamic And Static Applications Chemical or Media Methylene dichloride MIL- spec fluids Milk Mineral oil Monobromo benzene 38 G A B FEP & PFA * = Special formulation CR 4 = Do not use SBR 3 = Doubtful FEPM 2 = Good PERLAST® Chemical compatibility 1 = Excellent F L S Static Only 4 1 4 4 3 4 4 4 1 4 4 3 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 2 4 4 3 1 2 2 1 4 4 1 1 4 4 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 4 1 2 4 4 4 4 4 1 1 4 4 4 2 4 4 1 1 4 4 3 4 4 2 4 1 1 4 1 4 4 4 3 4 3 4 4 2 4 1 4 4 2 4 1 4 4 4 2 4 2 4 4 2 4 4 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 2 4 1 2 1 2 2 1 4 4 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 3 4 4 2 4 4 2 4 4 4 4 4 3 2 2 3 2 1 1 4 4 4 2 3 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 3 2 1 3 2 4 4 3 2 1 3 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 4 4 4 4 4 2 4 3 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 2 2 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 2 4 4 3 4 4 4 2 4 4 1 2 1 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 1 2 2 4 4 4 2 2 4 4 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 3 1 1 1 1 3 4 1 4 3 4 1 1 4 1 4 1 4 1 4 4 1 1 1 4 2 4 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 4 2 3 2 PPE Prefix G A B C D E H J N P Q R V W Z Dynamic And Static Applications Chemical or Media Monochloro acetic acid Monochloro acetone Monochloro benzene Monoethanolamine (MEA) Monoethylamine (Ethyl amine) 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 3 4 2 4 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 4 2 1 Monomethyl amine (MMA) Monomethyl aniline Monomethyl ether Monomethyl hydrazine Monovinyl acetylene 1 1 1 1 1 4 3 2 2 4 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 1 1 Morpholine Mustard gas n-Dodecanol (Lauryl alcohol) n-Heptane n-Hexaldehyde 1 1 1 1 1 4 3 1 4 4 2 3 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 2 4 1 n-Hexane n-Hexanol n-Hexene (Hexylene) n-Octane n-Pentane 1 1 1 1 1 4 2 4 4 3 2 2 2 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 n-Propyl acetate (Propyl acetate) n-Propyl acetone n-Propyl nitrate (NPN) Naphtha Naphtha coal tar (Benzol) 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Naphthalene (Tar camphor) Naphthenic acid Natural gas Neatsfoot oil Neohexane 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 4 4 3 4 4 Neon Neville acid Nickel acetate (Diacetate) Nickel chloride Nickel nitrate (Dinitrate) 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 Nickel salts Nickel sulfate Niter cake Nitric acid (3 molar) Nitric acid (concentrated) 1 1 1 1 1 Nitric acid (red fuming) (RFNA) Nitrobenzene Nitrobenzine (Ligroin) Nitroethane Nitrogen 2 1 1 1 1 4 1 2 1 2 4 4 4 4 3 2 4 2 2 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 1 1 1 3 4 1 2 1 1 4 1 4 4 3 4 2 3 4 4 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 2 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 4 4 4 4 1 3 4 2 4 4 4 4 4 1 4 1 1 4 1 4 1 3 4 3 1 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 1 2 2 2 1 4 3 4 4 4 1 1 2 2 1 1 4 1 4 1 2 4 2 4 4 4 2 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 4 4 4 4 4 1 4 2 1 2 4 4 4 4 4 2 4 4 4 4 2 4 4 4 4 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 4 4 2 1 1 4 4 4 2 4 4 2 1 1 1 4 4 2 1 1 3 4 2 1 4 4 4 2 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 2 3 2 1 4 4 2 1 1 4 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 4 3 1 1 1 4 4 3 1 4 3 1 4 3 3 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 4 4 2 2 1 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 2 2 1 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 3 3 1 4 4 2 3 1 4 4 3 1 2 2 1 4 4 4 2 1 4 4 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 1 4 4 1 4 1 2 4 4 2 1 4 4 1 4 1 4 4 1 4 1 4 4 2 4 1 4 4 4 2 1 3 4 2 3 3 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 4 3 4 1 2 2 1 4 2 VMQ (Silicone) CSM F L S Static Only 2 1 1 4 2 3 4 FVMQ (Fluorosilicone) HNBR AEM FKM (Fluorocarbon) NR (Natural Rubber) AU & EU ACM NBR (Nitrile) IIR (Butyl) ECO EPR & EPDM FEP & PFA CR * = Special formulation SBR 4 = Do not use FEPM 3 = Doubtful PERLAST® 2 = Good 4 3 4 4 3 4 4 4 2 4 2 2 4 2 2 4 1 1 4 2 1 2 2 3 2 2 2 2 1 1 2 1 2 3 2 2 2 4 2 4 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 4 4 2 4 4 4 4 4 2 4 1 4 4 2 1 4 2 1 1 2 4 1 1 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 4 4 1 1 1 3 4 1 1 1 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 3 2 1 4 1 4 4 4 4 1 4 4 1 4 1 4 4 1 4 1 4 4 3 2 1 4 4 4 4 1 4 2 4 Chemical compatibility 1 = Excellent 4 2 39 PPE Prefix G A B C D E H J N P Q R V W Z Dynamic And Static Applications Chemical or Media Nitrogen tetroxide Nitromethane Nitropropane Nitrous acid o-Chloronaphthalene 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 2 o-Cresol (Cresylic acid) o-Dichlorobenzene Octachlorotoluene Octadecane Octanol (Octyl alcohol) 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 4 2 2 1 4 4 4 4 4 2 4 4 4 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 Octyl acetate Octyl alcohol (Octanol) Oleic acid Olein (Triolene) Oleum (fuming sulfuric acid) 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 2 4 4 4 2 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 Olive oil Orthochloroethylbenzene Oxalic acid Oxygen (100 to 200°C) Oxygen (below 100°C) 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 2 1 4 4 2 4 4 2 4 2 4 1 1 1 2 2 4 1 4 1 Ozone (50 PPHM) Paint thinner (Duco) Palmitic acid Par-al-ketone Para-dichlorobenzene 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 4 3 4 4 3 4 4 2 4 2 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 2 4 4 1 4 2 Paraffins Paraldehyde Peanut oil Penicillin Pentachloroethane (Pentalin) 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 2 3 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 3 1 Pentachlorophenol (PCP) Pentane (Amyl hydride) Pentanol Pentyl alcohol (Amyl alcohol) Pentyl amine (Amyl amine) 1 1 1 1 1 4 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 1 1 Perchloric acid Perchloroethylene (Perchlor) Petrolatum Petroleum oil (above 1???) Petroleum oil (below 1???) Petroleum oil, crude Phenol (Carbolic acid) Phenol sulfonic acid Phenyl acetate Phenyl benzene 1 1 1 1 1 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 1 4 4 4 3 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 1 4 4 4 1 2 4 4 4 2 4 4 4 4 1 4 4 4 4 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 4 2 4 4 2 3 3 4 4 4 2 4 4 3 4 4 4 2 4 4 4 4 1 1 2 1 2 4 1 4 1 1 4 2 4 2 1 4 4 4 2 1 4 4 4 1 4 4 2 4 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 4 2 4 4 2 4 2 4 4 1 4 4 4 4 1 4 3 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 1 3 1 4 1 1 1 1 3 2 4 3 4 4 4 1 1 4 1 1 1 4 1 2 2 2 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 4 2 3 4 2 1 4 4 4 4 2 4 4 4 4 2 4 4 VMQ (Silicone) CSM 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 1 2 4 4 2 4 4 4 2 4 4 4 4 2 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 2 4 4 4 2 2 4 4 4 4 2 4 4 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 1 4 2 3 1 1 2 1 4 1 2 4 2 4 1 1 4 2 2 1 1 2 1 4 1 1 4 4 1 4 1 4 1 3 1 4 2 1 4 3 4 4 1 4 4 4 4 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 3 1 4 4 3 4 2 4 2 4 3 2 4 4 3 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 1 1 4 1 2 1 4 3 1 2 1 1 2 1 4 2 2 4 2 4 2 1 4 1 4 1 1 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 2 4 2 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 4 4 4 3 3 1 2 1 2 4 4 4 4 4 3 1 4 1 4 4 1 4 2 4 4 1 4 2 4 4 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 2 4 1 1 1 1 1 4 2 4 4 2 3 1 4 1 4 2 4 4 4 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 1 2 4 1 4 4 4 4 4 2 4 3 3 4 2 2 2 2 F L S Static Only 4 4 4 1 4 2 4 4 4 4 3 4 FVMQ (Fluorosilicone) HNBR AEM FKM (Fluorocarbon) NR (Natural Rubber) AU & EU ACM NBR (Nitrile) IIR (Butyl) ECO EPR & EPDM FEP & PFA * = Special formulation CR 4 = Do not use SBR 3 = Doubtful FEPM 2 = Good PERLAST® Chemical compatibility 40 1 = Excellent 4 4 4 4 2 PPE Prefix G A B C D E H J N P Q R V W Z Dynamic And Static Applications Chemical or Media Phenyl ether (Diphenyl oxide) Phenyl ethyl ether (Phenetole) Phenyl hydrazine Phenyl methyl ketone Phorone 1 1 1 1 1 Phosgene Phosphate esters Phosphoric acid (3 molar) Phosphoric acid (concentrated) Phosphorus oxychloride 1 1 1 1 1 Phosphorus trichloride Phthalic acid Phthalic anhydride Picric acid, H2 Pine oil 1 1 1 1 1 Pinene Piperidine Plating solution, chrome Pneumatic service Potassium acetate 1 1 1 1 1 Potassium bicarbonate Potassium bisulfate Potassium bisulfite Potassium bromide Potassium carbonate (Potash) 2 4 1 4 4 4 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 2 2 1 2 4 2 3 1 4 3 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 4 2 1 2 4 4 2 4 2 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 Potassium chlorate Potassium chloride Potassium chromate Potassium copper cyanide Potassium cyanide 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 Potassium dichromate Potassium ferricyanide Potassium ferrocyanide Potassium fluoride Potassium hydroxide, 50% 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 Potassium hypochlorite Potassium iodate Potassium iodide Potassium nitrate Potassium nitrite 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 2 4 1 1 1 Potassium oxalate Potassium perchlorate Potassium permanganate Potassium persulfate Potassium phosphate 1 1 1 1 1 4 3 4 4 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 1 1 3 3 2 4 4 4 4 4 1 1 4 2 2 4 4 4 1 4 1 4 4 1 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 4 4 4 4 2 3 2 1 1 1 4 3 4 4 4 4 1 4 2 2 4 4 4 3 2 4 1 2 2 1 1 4 4 2 1 1 2 4 4 1 2 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 1 4 4 4 4 4 2 1 4 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 3 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 4 3 3 3 3 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 4 4 2 3 3 3 1 2 4 2 1 1 1 1 4 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 1 1 1 4 4 3 3 4 3 3 1 1 1 1 2 3 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 3 4 4 2 1 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 3 2 3 4 1 4 4 2 VMQ (Silicone) CSM F L S Static Only 4 4 1 4 4 1 3 4 4 FVMQ (Fluorosilicone) HNBR AEM FKM (Fluorocarbon) NR (Natural Rubber) AU & EU ACM NBR (Nitrile) IIR (Butyl) ECO EPR & EPDM FEP & PFA CR * = Special formulation SBR 4 = Do not use FEPM 3 = Doubtful PERLAST® 2 = Good 3 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 2 4 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 3 3 2 2 2 4 4 2 2 3 3 4 4 1 4 4 1 4 4 2 2 2 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 2 4 4 1 4 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 4 1 3 4 3 4 4 Chemical compatibility 1 = Excellent 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 4 4 2 3 1 3 2 2 2 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 3 1 1 1 41 PPE Prefix G A B C D E H J N P Q R V W Z Dynamic And Static Applications Chemical or Media Potassium salts Potassium silicate Potassium sulfate Potassium sulfide Potassium sulfite 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Potassium tartrate Potassium thiocyanate Producer gas Propane (LPG) Propanol (Propyl alcohol) 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Propionaldehyde (Propanal) Propionic acid Propionitrile (Ethyl cyanide) Propyl acetate (n-Propyl acetate) Propyl alcohol (1-Propanol) 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 Propyl amine Propyl nitrate (n-Propyl nitrate) Propylene (Propene) Propylene chlorohydrin Propylene dichloride 1 1 1 1 1 Propylene glycol Propylene oxide Pyridene Pyrogallol (Pyrogallic acid) Pyrrole (Azole) 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 1 4 4 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 1 3 2 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 4 4 1 3 3 1 1 2 1 3 2 1 4 2 1 1 4 2 1 4 3 2 4 2 4 2 4 4 4 4 4 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 4 4 3 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 3 Quinine (Bisulfate) (Sulfate) 1 Quinone 1 Radiation Contact technical department Rapeseed oil 1 1 4 3 Red oil (MIL-H-5606) 1 2 4 2 1 1 4 1 1 2 4 RJ-1 (MIL-F-25576) Rosin Rotenone RP-1 (MIL-F-25576) Sal ammoniac 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 4 1 2 3 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 1 4 1 Salicylic acid Sea water (Brine) Sewage Silicate esters Silicone grease 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 4 1 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 Silicone oil Silicone tetrachloride Silver bromide Silver chloride Silver cyanide 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 2 1 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 4 3 4 4 4 4 2 1 4 1 1 3 3 4 4 1 2 2 4 4 1 4 4 3 4 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 VMQ (Silicone) CSM 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 1 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 2 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 4 4 3 1 4 1 3 4 1 2 4 4 4 1 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 3 2 1 4 4 3 1 3 3 1 4 4 3 1 4 4 F L S Static Only 4 1 1 4 1 4 FVMQ (Fluorosilicone) HNBR AEM FKM (Fluorocarbon) NR (Natural Rubber) AU & EU ACM NBR (Nitrile) IIR (Butyl) ECO EPR & EPDM FEP & PFA * = Special formulation CR 4 = Do not use SBR 3 = Doubtful FEPM 2 = Good PERLAST® Chemical compatibility 42 1 = Excellent 3 1 1 4 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 4 1 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 4 2 2 1 1 2 4 1 1 1 1 2 1 4 4 1 1 3 4 1 1 1 1 3 3 2 4 1 4 1 4 1 4 4 1 1 1 2 2 4 2 4 1 1 3 1 3 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 4 1 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 2 1 4 4 4 4 1 4 4 4 3 1 2 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 4 1 1 3 4 4 4 1 4 1 1 3 3 1 1 4 1 1 1 4 3 3 PPE Prefix G A B H J N P Q R V W Z 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 4 See Detergent solution 1 2 4 VMQ (Silicone) CSM 1 1 1 3 4 4 1 2 1 1 4 4 3 4 4 3 4 4 1 4 4 1 4 2 2 4 4 1 4 4 1 3 3 1 1 4 3 4 3 2 1 1 3 1 2 3 3 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 3 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 2 3 3 4 2 3 4 4 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 3 3 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 3 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 4 1 2 1 1 3 1 2 2 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 1 1 3 1 1 3 3 1 1 3 1 1 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 3 1 2 4 3 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 3 3 1 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 3 3 1 2 1 1 1 1 4 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 4 1 4 2 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 Sodium bisulfate Sodium bisulfite Sodium borate (Borax) Sodium bromate Sodium bromide 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 2 4 4 1 Sodium carbonate (Soda ash) Sodium chlorate Sodium chloride Sodium chlorite Sodium chromate 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Sodium citrate Sodium cyanide Sodium dichromate Sodium ethylate Sodium ferricyanide 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Sodium ferrocyanide Sodium fluoride (Fluorol) Sodium hydrogen sulfate Sodium hydrogen sulfite Sodium hydroxide (Caustic soda) 1 1 1 1 1 4 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Sodium hypochlorite, 20% Sodium hyposulfite Sodium iodide Sodium lactate Sodium metaphosphate 1 1 1 1 1 3 2 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 Sodium metasilicate Sodium nitrate Sodium nitrite Sodium oleate Sodium oxalate 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 Sodium perborate Sodium perchlorate Sodium peroxide Sodium persulfate Sodium phosphate (Di-basic) 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 Static Only 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 F L S 1 4 4 Sodium aluminate Sodium arsenite Sodium benzoate Sodium bicarbonate (Baking soda) Sodium bichromate 1 1 FVMQ (Fluorosilicone) HNBR AEM FKM (Fluorocarbon) NR (Natural Rubber) AU & EU ACM NBR (Nitrile) IIR (Butyl) ECO EPR & EPDM C D E Dynamic And Static Applications Chemical or Media Silver nitrate Skydrol 500 Skydrol 7000 Soap solutions Sodium acetate FEP & PFA * = Special formulation CR 4 = Do not use SBR 3 = Doubtful FEPM PERLAST® 2 = Good 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 4 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 2 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 4 4 1 1 2 2 4 2 1 1 4 3 4 3 1 3 1 1 3 3 2 3 2 3 1 1 1 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 2 3 1 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 2 4 4 3 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 2 4 4 2 4 2 1 2 4 1 1 3 3 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 4 Chemical compatibility 1 = Excellent 43 PPE Prefix G A B C D E H J N P Q R V W Z Dynamic And Static Applications Chemical or Media Sodium phosphate (Mono-basic) Sodium phosphate (Tri-basic) Sodium pyrophosphate Sodium salts Sodium silicate 1 1 1 1 1 Sodium sulfate Sodium sulfide Sodium sulfite Sodium tartrate Sodium tetraborate 1 1 1 1 1 Sodium thiosulfate Sour crude oil Sour natural gas Soybean oil Stannic chloride 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 2 2 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 3 1 4 4 1 3 3 Stannic chloride, 50% Stannous chloride, 15% Starch Stauffer 7700 Steam (to 150°C) 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 4 4 3 2 1 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 Steam (to 175°C) Steam (to 200°C) Steam (to 260°C) Stearic acid Stoddard solvent 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 3 1 2 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 Styrene (Vinylbenzene) Monomer Succinic acid Sucrose solution Sulfamic acid Sulfur 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 4 1 1 2 4 4 2 2 2 1 Sulfur chloride Sulfur dioxide (dry) Sulfur dioxide (wet) Sulfur hexafluoride Sulfur trioxide (dry) 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 4 2 3 4 4 Sulfur, molten Sulfuric acid (3 molar) Sulfuric acid (concentrated) Sulfuric acid, fuming Sulfurous acid 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 Sulfuryl chloride Tannic acid Tar, bituminous Tartaric acid Terpineol (Terpilenol) 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 3 3 4 1 4 1 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 4 4 4 4 1 1 2 1 2 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 3 1 1 3 3 1 2 2 2 1 1 2 1 3 1 4 3 1 1 1 4 2 4 2 4 4 4 1 1 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 4 4 4 2 4 4 4 4 4 1 1 1 4 1 4 1 1 1 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 3 1 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 3 1 4 4 4 4 1 4 4 4 3 1 4 4 4 3 4 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 4 4 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 1 2 4 1 4 4 3 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 3 4 2 1 1 3 4 4 4 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 3 1 4 4 2 1 4 3 4 4 2 3 3 4 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 2 4 4 2 3 3 4 4 2 4 4 4 4 2 4 2 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 2 2 3 4 2 4 2 2 3 2 4 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 4 2 3 2 2 4 2 3 4 2 2 1 2 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 2 2 1 3 2 4 3 4 3 1 4 2 4 4 2 2 2 2 1 4 VMQ (Silicone) CSM F L S Static Only 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 3 FVMQ (Fluorosilicone) HNBR AEM FKM (Fluorocarbon) NR (Natural Rubber) AU & EU ACM NBR (Nitrile) IIR (Butyl) ECO EPR & EPDM FEP & PFA * = Special formulation CR 4 = Do not use SBR 3 = Doubtful FEPM 2 = Good PERLAST® Chemical compatibility 44 1 = Excellent 2 2 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 3 2 1 1 1 1 3 4 4 1 1 1 3 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 4 4 1 1 1 1 4 4 3 1 4 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 2 4 4 1 1 4 4 2 2 1 4 3 1 1 3 2 1 4 4 4 4 1 3 4 4 2 1 4 4 4 2 1 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 3 4 2 1 1 4 4 2 1 3 1 1 4 1 1 4 1 4 1 2 2 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 2 4 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 3 2 4 3 2 2 2 3 1 1 1 2 1 1 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 2 3 3 4 4 3 4 3 4 4 1 3 4 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 4 3 4 4 1 2 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 1 4 2 2 1 4 2 3 2 4 4 1 PPE Prefix G A B C D E H J N P Q R V W Z Dynamic And Static Applications Chemical or Media Tertiary butyl alcohol Tertiary butyl catechol Tertiary butyl mercaptan Tetrabromoethane Tetrabromomethane 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 3 2 3 4 4 4 2 2 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 4 4 4 Tetrabutyl titanate (TBT) Tetrachlorodifluoroethane Tetrachloroethane Tetrachloroethylene Tetrachloromethane 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 4 4 4 2 2 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 Tetraethyl lead Tetraethylene glycol (TEG) Tetrafluoromethane Tetrahydrofuran (THF) Tetralin (Tetrahydronaphthalene) 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 4 4 3 1 1 4 4 1 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 Thioglycolic acid Thionyl chloride Thiophene (Thiofuran) Titanium sulfate Titanium tetrachloride 1 1 1 1 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 1 4 4 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 1 4 Toluene (Toluol) Toluene di-isocyanide (TDI) Toluidine Transformer oil Transmission fluid, type A 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 4 2 4 4 4 Triacetin Trialkyl phosphate Triaryl phosphate Tributoxyl ethyl phosphate Tributyl mercaptan 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 3 4 4 2 4 2 4 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 4 Tributyl phosphate (TBP) Trichloroacetic acid (TCA) Trichlorobenzene Trichloroethane Trichloroethylene 1 1* 1 1 1 2 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 4 4 4 4 Trichlorofluoromethane Trichloropropane Trichlorotrifluoroethane Tricresyl phosphate (TCP) Tridecyl alcohol (Tridecanol) 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 2 4 1 3 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 4 3 3 2 1 4 Triethanol amine (TEA) Triethyl aluminium (ATE) Triethyl amine Triethyl borane Triethyl phosphate (TEP) 2 1 1 1 1 2 4 3 4 2 3 3 4 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 4 3 4 3 4 4 4 3 4 4 1 1 2 4 4 4 1 1 2 4 4 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 4 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 3 4 4 4 4 1 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 2 2 4 4 4 4 2 2 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 2 4 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 2 4 1 4 4 2 1 1 4 4 4 1 3 4 4 1 1 3 4 1 4 4 1 4 3 4 1 1 4 4 1 1 1 4 1 3 4 4 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 4 4 1 4 3 1 3 3 1 4 4 3 2 1 4 4 4 4 1 1 4 4 1 4 2 1 1 1 1 2 4 4 3 4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 2 4 4 4 2 3 4 4 4 4 3 2 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 3 2 2 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 1 1 3 4 4 1 2 2 1 4 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 4 4 4 4 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 1 2 4 1 4 1 4 4 4 4 2 4 2 3 4 3 3 4 3 4 4 4 3 4 3 4 4 3 4 4 4 VMQ (Silicone) CSM F L S Static Only 2 2 4 4 4 4 FVMQ (Fluorosilicone) HNBR AEM FKM (Fluorocarbon) NR (Natural Rubber) AU & EU ACM NBR (Nitrile) IIR (Butyl) ECO EPR & EPDM FEP & PFA CR * = Special formulation SBR 4 = Do not use FEPM 3 = Doubtful PERLAST® 2 = Good 2 4 4 4 2 4 4 4 3 2 1 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 2 3 4 4 4 1 4 2 2 2 1 2 4 4 4 2 4 4 4 4 2 4 1 1 4 4 4 1 4 4 2 1 1 4 4 3 4 1 4 3 4 1 4 4 3 2 1 2 3 4 2 1 1 2 4 4 4 1 1 4 4 2 2 3 2 4 4 4 4 4 2 4 3 4 4 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 3 4 4 4 2 4 4 2 3 3 3 3 2 2 4 4 4 2 4 4 4 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 2 Chemical compatibility 1 = Excellent 4 4 2 2 1 4 3 4 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 1 4 4 3 1 3 3 4 3 4 4 45 PPE Prefix G A B C D E H J N P Q R V W Z Dynamic And Static Applications Chemical or Media Triethylene glycol (TEG) Trifluoroacetic Acid (TFA) Trifluoroethane Trimethylpentane (Iso-octane) Trinitrotoluene (TNT) 1 1* 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 1 1 4 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 Trioctyl phosphate Triolene (Olein) Triphenyl phosphite Tritolyl phosphate (Lindol) Tung oil 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 4 Turbine oil Turpentine Type I fuel (Mil-S-3136) Type II fuel (Mil-S-3136) Type III fuel (Mil-S-3136) 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 Unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine Urea (Carbamide) Uric acid Valeric acid Varnish 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 4 2 1 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 2 Vegetable oils & fats Vinegar Vinyl acetate Vinyl chloride (Chloroethylene) Vinyl cyanide (Acrylonitrile) 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 4 2 2 4 2 4 4 3 3 1 2 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 2 3 4 Vinylbenzene (Styrene) Water, cold Water, hot Water, potable Whiskey & wines 1 1 1 2 1 1 4 1 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 White oil White pine oil Wood alcohol (Methanol) Wood oil Xenon 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 1 4 1 2 4 1 2 1 Xylene (Xylol) Xylidine (Xylidin) Zeolites Zinc acetate Zinc ammonium chloride 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 3 4 4 1 3 4 4 1 2 Zinc carbonate Zinc chloride Zinc cyanide Zinc hydrosulfite Zinc nitrate 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Zinc phosphate solution Zinc salts Zinc sulfate 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 1 2 1 1 3 1 1 2 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 4 4 2 2 3 2 1 4 1 4 1 4 2 4 2 4 4 1 4 1 3 4 3 4 4 1 4 4 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 2 4 4 4 4 4 2 1 1 2 1 2 2 2 4 4 2 4 1 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 3 1 2 1 1 4 4 1 1 4 2 2 1 4 2 1 1 2 4 4 4 3 1 2 3 4 1 2 4 4 4 1 4 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 4 4 3 1 1 4 1 3 4 1 1 1 1 4 2 2 4 1 4 1 2 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 1 3 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 1 4 1 1 4 4 1 3 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 4 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 1 1 4 3 1 3 1 4 4 4 4 3 4 4 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 4 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 VMQ (Silicone) CSM F L S Static Only 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 1 4 FVMQ (Fluorosilicone) HNBR AEM FKM (Fluorocarbon) NR (Natural Rubber) AU & EU ACM NBR (Nitrile) IIR (Butyl) ECO EPR & EPDM FEP & PFA * = Special formulation CR 4 = Do not use SBR 3 = Doubtful FEPM 2 = Good PERLAST® Chemical compatibility 46 1 = Excellent 1 4 1 1 2 1 2 1 4 4 2 4 2 3 2 4 3 4 3 2 4 3 3 4 4 4 2 4 4 1 4 1 2 4 1 4 3 4 4 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 3 1 2 2 1 2 1 4 2 4 4 2 1 1 2 2 4 4 4 1 2 4 4 4 2 4 4 3 4 4 1 1 3 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 4 4 1 3 1 4 4 2 4 1 4 4 4 1 2 1 4 1 4 4 3 1 2 1 1 4 1 4 4 4 1 4 4 4 1 4 1 4 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 4 1 1 2 1 1 1 4 1 3 4 1 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 2 1 4 4 3 2 1 4 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 This section explains the key terms used to define the properties of elastomers. Tensile Properties Simple testing of elastomer samples in tension is commonly used to define the strength of the materials. The most common representation is in the form of an engineering stress-strain curve; engineering stress-strain uses the original dimensions for calculations, as opposed to the actual dimensions during testing (the cross-section may not necessarily remain constant during testing). A typical engineering stress-strain curve from a tensile test is shown opposite. S Elastomer terminology Elastomer terminology σ = Engineering stress. ε = Engineering strain or elongation reported as a percentage of the original gauge length. Typical tensile stress-strain curves for elastomers S = Stress E = Elongation expressed as a percentage of the original gauge length (Strain) Tensile Stress (S or σ) The stress applied to extend the test piece, calculated as force per unit area of the original cross-section of the test length. Results are normally reported in MPa. Elongation (E or ε) The extension expressed as a percentage of the original test length, produced on the test piece by a tensile stress, this is known as percent strain. Tensile Strength (TS) The maximum tensile stress recorded in extending the test piece to breaking point. Also described as ‘ultimate tensile stress’. Tensile test piece Elongation at a given stress (ES) The tensile strain in the test length when the test piece is subjected to a given tensile stress. Modulus or “Stress at a given elongation” (SE) The tensile stress in the test length at a given elongation. This definition is widely referred to with the term ‘modulus’, and care should be taken to avoid confusion with other uses of the term modulus, such as Young’s Modulus, which denotes the slope of a linear stress-strain curve. Neither Young’s Modulus or Secant modulus are applicable to non-linear materials and are therefore not used when referring to elastomers. Strain Energy Density (W) Defined as the ‘work done’ for a given strain, i.e. the area under the stress-strain curve after a specified elongation. Tensile Strength at break (TSb) The tensile stress recorded at the moment of rupture/sample failure. Note: the values of TS and TSb may be different if after yield, the elongation continues and is accompanied by a drop in stress, resulting in TSb being lower than TS. Elongation at break (Eb) The elongation (expressed as a percentage of the original length) at breaking point. 47 Elastomer terminology Elastomer terminology Tear strength Hardness The median force required to propagate a cut in a specified trouser-shaped test piece by tearing, divided by the thickness of the test piece. The resistance of a material surface to penetration by an indentor of specified dimensions under specified load. The hardness property is quoted against two common systems (which do not necessarily correlate): This term indicates the resistance to propagation of small precut in an elastomer. The most common test uses the “Trouser Tear” method (ASTM D624, Die T), with the test sample having the shape described in the title. IRHD – International Rubber Hardness Degrees Based on measuring the penetration of a specified rigid ball in a test specimen under a specified dead load. A scaled down version of this dead load instrument is available for conducting measurements on small cross sections and thicknesses IRHD `M`. Friction, Wear and Abrasion The resistance to wear of a rubber when its surface is subjected to mechanical action. It is usually expressed as an abrasion resistance index referred to a standard rubber and is applicable to all methods. Friction Friction can be defined as the resistance to sliding of one material over another. Testing of friction with relation to elastomers is mainly associated with the tyre industry, and can be split into two separate categories: static and dynamic. Testing usually is performed using a ‘sled’ of material loaded with additional weights to produce a normal force. This sled is then slid over a surface of a known surface-finish. The resultant resistant force can be related back to the coefficient of friction (µ) using the formula F = µR, where F is the resistant force and R is the normal force. There are numerous drawbacks to this method, as elastomers do not fully comply with this equation, but data can be comparable. Abrasion resistance index The expression of abrasion resistance, being the ratio of the volume loss of a standard rubber to the volume loss of a rubber under test, determined under the same specified conditions, expressed as a percentage. The test involves the removal of rubber using an abrasive cloth on a rotating cylinder. The volume loss of the test rubber is calculated from the same test conditions to remove 200mg of the appropriate standard rubber. 48 For curved surfaces the ‘Apparent Hardness’ is often quoted, as IRHD and Shore A values tend to be more variable when measured across small curved surfaces, as is the case with O-rings. Shore hardness degrees – the testing equipment used to measure hardness are often referred to as durometers (type A or D), both utilise a calibrated spring to act on a specified indentor to penetrate the test specimen. The hardness scales are quoted in degrees from 0 (infinitely soft) to 100 (bone hard). Compressive Properties Compression set A measure of a material’s elasticity after prolonged action of compression, either under ambient conditions, or whilst being exposured to elevated temperatures. Compression set is often used as a measure of the state of cure or strength of crosslinking; it is quoted extensively for sealing applications as an attempt to relate material characteristics to leakage prevention, where recovery of the seal’s shape is required after distortion. Two sections of the same O-ring. The section on the left displays compression set after being compressed at high temperature for a period of time. Physical and chemical changes that can occur to an elastomer at elevated temperatures, may prevent the elastomer from fully recovering its original shape on removal of the applied compressive strain – the result is known as a ‘set’, and is quantified as a percentage loss in shape compared to the original dimensions. ASTM D395 defines two different test methods (A and B). Method A is not often stated, but relates to a constant load. Method B is the most common method where a sample of specific dimensions is compressed to a fixed deflection, after exposure to elevated temperatures, the sample is removed from the fixture and allowed to rest under ambient conditions before the final dimensions are measured. Another less commonly used variant of this test is found within ISO 815, where the samples can be allowed to cool while still under compression. Compressive stress relaxation Elastomers are viscoelastic materials which essentially behave both as an elastic solid and as a viscous liquid. Constant deformation of an elastomer can lead to internal structural changes, which in turn can alter the stress-strain characteristics of the material under load. When compressed, energy is both stored and dissipated by the material i.e. both both elastic and viscous effects occur. Therefore, as an elastomer is compressed, it will generate a reaction force (or ‘sealing force’). However, over time, the stored energy will decrease, reducing the initial sealing force. This decrease in sealing force is known as ‘Compressive Stress Relaxation’ (CSR). CSR is sometimes referred to as the retained sealing force in the seals and gaskets sector. The phenomenon can be accelerated by exposure to chemicals and/or elevated temperatures which attack the polymer backbone or cross-linking system. CSR is measured by compressing a standard test piece to a constant strain and measuring the force exerted by the test piece at specific intervals under specified conditions. The decaying force is expressed as a percentage of the initial counterforce. Compressive Modulus Compressive modulus is an important physical property of elastomers and determines the amount of stress a material will exhibit for a given amount of compressive strain. Elastomer terminology Elastomer terminology The testing is sometimes referred to as ‘load deflection’ testing. The results of the test are highly dependent upon sample dimensions, due to the ‘shape-factor’ effect when testing elastomers. The ‘shape-factor’ is a ratio of the area of the test sample, compared to the area of the sample that is ‘free-tobulge’; it is noted that a sample with a high surface area, but a low area free-to-bulge will show rapid increases in modulus. Permeation The permeation of gases or vapours through the elastomer. This is an important property if the elastomer is being used to prevent leakage of gases/vapours from chambers, etc. The permeation rate is governed by the type of elastomer used and the composition of the final compound (filler type, plasticisers, etc). The degree of permeation generally reduces from silicone elastomers (the highest), followed by NR, EPDM, SBR, CR, NBR, FKM and FFKM, ECO and IIR. Explosive Decompression Permeation of a gas into an elastomer under high pressure may not result in any long term effect provided the pressure is released gradually, allowing the gas to permeate out of the elastomer. However, if the pressure is released rapidly, the pressurised gas can expand suddenly, rupturing the elastomer in a catastrophic manner. Specific elastomer compounds are required to eliminate this effect, with the formulated materials tending to be very hard. See page 8 for information on Explosive Decompression testing. 49 Elastomer terminology Elastomer terminology Chemical properties Weathering, Ozone and UV resistance All types of elastomers are susceptible to chemical attack of varying degrees. The compatibility of a rubber in a particular environment is a function of both the polymer structure, and the way in which it has been formulated. Exposure of elastomers to weathering can result in deterioration of the product due mainly to the effects of sunlight, in particular the UV (ultra-violet) component of the light spectrum. UV light has the effect of scission of the main polymer chain, leading to rapid degradation of the elastomer. This degradation manifests itself in the form of surface cracks often referred to as crazing and can allow ingress of water to leach out soluble components as well as leading to failure of the seal. This form of attack is most notable in materials that have unsaturation (carbon-carbon double-bonds) in the backbone of the polymer, and is accelerated by stressing the material (stress-induced chemical attack). To combat this, chemical UV stabilisers can be introduced into the formulation and carbon black is generally recognised as one of the most effective UV protection systems for use with elastomers. The O-ring on the right has swollen due to chemical incompatibility. Chemical incompatibility can have various effects on the rubber compound, depending on the exact form of chemical attack, with the effects being exaggerated or accelerated at elevated temperatures. The physical effects can be seen as: - Embrittlement and hardening - Softening and becoming tacky - Swelling - Volume loss Similarly, Ozone (a powerful oxidising agent) can degrade elastomeric components in a similar manner to UV. Use of anti-ozonants and the careful choice of elastomers (saturated polymers) can significantly reduce/eliminate this problem. The most common effect is swelling – either due to a solubility effect, or chemical attack, resulting in a change in the elastomer’s polarity. Though the volume increase may be reversible, the effects on the polymer may not be. Low temperature resistance Embrittlement and hardening are indicative of additional cross-linking, and softening is indicative of degradation of the polymer/crosslink network. Volume loss is most usually linked to extraction of plasticisers and process aids, resulting in a material that is less flexible. The low temperature resistance of any elastomer is dependent upon the material’s glass transition temperature (Tg). This is the temperature at which the elastomer changes from a rubber-like material to a brittle material. As an elastomer approaches its glass transition temperature, it would generally be expected that the tensile strength, hardness, modulus and compression set would all increase. The Tg for any given elastomer is mainly a function of the polymer structure, but can be altered slightly by the use of oils. Numerous methods exist for determining the cold temperature performance of an elastomer. Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) is the most common method of evaluating the glass transition region itself. This method uses accurate measurements of enthalpy changes of materials over a given temperature range. Analysis of this data allows precise measurements of the glass transition. Heat resistance and accelerated ageing The controlled deterioration by air at elevated temperatures and atmospheric pressure after which physical properties are measured and compared with un-aged test pieces. Typical properties measured are changes in hardness, elongation at break, ultimate tensile stress, and stress at various strains. Heat resistance and accelerated ageing is also linked to ‘outgassing’, where an elastomer, on initial exposure to elevated temperatures, may lose some process oils or lowmolecular weight fragments of the polymer. In some applications, this loss of polymeric species may interfere with critical components or processes. Typically, this weight loss can be measured using thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), often coupled to further equipment if the specific constituents of the weight loss need to be identified. 50 Other tests focus on more physical parameters. For example the temperature retraction (TR) test involves immersing a stretched, standard test piece in a bath at -70°C until it becomes rigid, then, allowing the sample to retract freely and raising the temperature at 1°C/min. The temperature at which the test piece has retracted 10% of the original stretch is referred to as ‘TR10’. A value appended to TR10 defines the initial stretch, eg. TR10/50 test will stretch the sample by 50%. An alternative method of describing the low temperature stiffness of an elastomer is to adopt the Gehman test (ISO 1432 : 1998). This test method measures the torsional modulus of a standard test piece at a range of temperatures. The relative modulus values at the measured temperatures are determined (relative modulus at a given temperature is the ratio of the torsional modulus at that temperature to the torsional modulus at 23°C). The temperature at which the relative modulus is 10 is reported as T10 or 5 as T5, etc. See ‘Thermal Analysis' on page 8 for details of DSC and TR testing services. Elastomer terminology Elastomer terminology Peroxide or sulphur cure Out-gasing Several cross-linking (curing) mechanisms can be employed for the different elastomer types, common amongst these are sulphur-cured systems and peroxide-cured systems. In general sulphur-cured systems offer better original mechanical properties but worst heat ageing properties and peroxide systems vice-versa. The release of gas from a material, or low molecular portions of the material. These gases, together with gases upon the surface of the solid, can be released into a vacuum environment to form a perceived leak. At ambient conditions the predominant outgased substances are water vapour and hydrocarbons. The rate of out-gasing increases at higher temperatures, which increases permeation rate and can initiate chemical reactions within the elastomer that release other gases. Out-gased substances can condense onto surfaces or react with process chemicals which may inhibit performance. Coefficient of thermal expansion All materials (except for a very small number of exceptions) expand with increasing temperature. The degree to which any material expands is characteristic of that material. The value is expressed in terms of the amount of linear or volumetric expansion that occurs with every unit of length or volume for every degree of temperature increase. Volume change The degree to which a material expands or contracts during exposure to operating environments is an important factor to consider in any sealing application. Operating fluids can be absorbed into a material causing it to swell. Operating fluids can also wash out ingredients within the material causing it to decrease in volume, sometimes both can happen; an initial swelling followed by shrinkage. Some high temperature and chemical environments can cause the cross-link structure to tighten causing a decrease in volume. Measurements of volume before and after exposure are expressed as a percent change. Tolerances The amount of variation permitted on dimensions or surfaces during the manufacturing process. The tolerance is equal to the difference between the maximum and minimum limits of any specified dimension. As metals are hard and interference may prevent assembly, they are usually toleranced as a fit. Bores are defined as a dimension plus an allowable variation, and shafts are defined as a dimension minus an allowable variation. As elastomer parts, such as O-rings, are flexible and are typically designed to operate in interference (compression or tension), they are typically given a ± tolerance for diameter and cross section. O-ring tolerances for each standard size can be found in the O-ring size tables in section 12, page 57 of this publication. We recommend the use of ISO3302-1 Class M2, X2 in the design of custom elastomer components – see page 56. 51 Hardware design Hardware design guidelines for O-rings An O-ring, or toroidal seal, is the most common type of seal used in the world today. Used to form a physical barrier to prevent the mixing of gases or liquid fluids, the simple toroidal shape of an O-ring has proven to offer high sealing efficiency across a wide range of applications. The sealing mechanism of an O-ring is a two stage process; compression and force. The initial compression (squeeze) upon the O-ring forms a physical barrier between the two fluids, forming the initial seal. It is therefore important to accurately control the amount of compression that the O-ring is subjected to. The elastomer acts like an incompressible viscous fluid with a very high surface tension. When acted upon by a differential pressure then the O-ring translates this into force acting upon and normal to the mating surface. Rod Seal Piston Seal It is this force that forms the high pressure capability of the O-ring. It is important that the pressure can energise the O-ring to form this secondary sealing mechanism and hence free-space must be left in the groove, taking into account tolerance stack-ups and differential thermal expansion. Four typical groove geometries (as shown in diagram below) are as follows:• Piston seal • Rod seal • Face seal • Trapped seal Face Seal Trapped Seal To achieve installation, each of these seal types requires different levels of stretch. To achieve a good seal, the O-ring must be installed into suitable hardware to create a sealing system. Various international standards govern the specifications of such sealing systems: SAE AS568 O-ring sizes SAE AS4716 groove sizing for piston and rod seals British Standard BS1806 O-ring and groove sizing for imperial (British) nominal sizes British Standard BS4518 O-ring and groove sizing for metric nominal sizes 52 Hardware design Hardware design guidelines for O-rings For the standard O-ring sizes listed in this brochure we recommend their use in grooves as defined in the above AS and BS standards, up to the maximum operating temperature of the material. These standards are available from the relevant governing bodies; or by using the ‘Hardware Design Tool’ found in the ‘Technical’ section of our website; www.prepol.com. This online tool quickly identifies the best fit standard sized O-ring and provides groove dimensions for the most common AS and BS size seals used in plant equipment, specifically, rod seals, piston seals, face seals and trapped seals. It also provides a detailed technical drawing of the groove showing all dimensional measurements which can be printed off and included in other reports and drawings. For semiconductor applications, please refer to our semiconductor brochure for static groove sizing, as materials developed for this specific industry present different characteristics. O-rings will operate successfully at high pressures, as shown below, above these pressures the shear stresses will overcome the capability of the material and cause pressure extrusion. In applications operating at high pressure, the use of back-up rings is common practice to prevent extrusion of the O-ring. Approximate extrusion pressure for a given diametral clearance Combinations of pressure and clearance that lie to the right of the pertinent line will result in extrusion of the seal. For non-standard sizes, high pressure applications or advice on custom high performance sealing systems please contact PPE’s technical department. 53 O-ring tolerances O ring tolerances to ISO3601-1 ‘General Purpose’ I/Dia. Tol + / - I/Dia. Tol + / - I/Dia. Tol + / - I/Dia. Tol + / - I/Dia. Tol + / - 2.80 0.13 53.00 0.50 145.00 1.13 268.00 1.92 433.00 2.99 4.00 0.14 54.50 0.51 147.50 1.14 272.00 1.96 437.00 3.01 5.30 0.15 56.00 0.52 150.00 1.16 276.00 1.98 443.00 3.05 7.10 0.16 58.00 0.54 152.50 1.18 280.00 2.01 450.00 3.09 8.50 0.17 60.00 0.55 155.00 1.19 283.00 2.03 456.00 3.13 9.75 0.18 61.50 0.56 157.50 1.21 286.00 2.05 462.00 3.17 10.60 0.19 63.00 0.57 160.00 1.23 290.00 2.08 466.00 3.19 11.80 0.20 65.00 0.58 162.50 1.24 295.00 2.11 470.00 3.22 13.20 0.21 67.00 0.60 165.00 1.26 300.00 2.14 475.00 3.25 15.00 0.22 69.00 0.61 167.50 1.28 303.00 2.16 479.00 3.28 16.00 0.23 71.00 0.63 170.00 1.29 307.00 2.19 483.00 3.30 17.00 0.24 73.00 0.64 172.50 1.31 311.00 2.21 487.00 3.33 19.00 0.25 75.00 0.65 175.00 1.33 315.00 2.24 493.00 3.36 20.60 0.26 77.50 0.67 177.50 1.34 320.00 2.27 500.00 3.41 21.20 0.27 80.00 0.69 180.00 1.36 325.00 2.30 508.00 3.46 22.40 0.28 82.50 0.71 182.50 1.38 330.00 2.33 515.00 3.50 23.60 0.29 85.00 0.72 185.00 1.39 335.00 2.36 523.00 3.55 25.00 0.30 87.50 0.74 87.50 1.41 340.00 2.40 530.00 3.60 26.50 0.31 90.00 0.76 190.00 1.43 345.00 2.43 538.00 3.65 28.00 0.32 92.50 0.77 195.00 1.46 350.00 2.46 545.00 3.69 29.00 0.33 95.00 0.79 200.00 1.49 355.00 2.49 553.00 3.74 30.00 0.34 97.50 0.81 203.00 1.51 360.00 2.52 560.00 3.78 31.50 0.35 100.00 0.82 206.00 1.53 365.00 2.56 570.00 3.85 33.50 0.36 103.00 0.85 212.00 1.57 370.00 2.59 580.00 3.91 34.50 0.37 106.00 0.87 218.00 1.61 375.00 2.62 590.00 3.97 37.50 0.39 109.00 0.89 224.00 1.65 379.00 2.64 600.00 4.03 38.70 0.40 112.00 0.91 227.00 1.67 383.00 2.67 608.00 4.08 40.00 0.41 115.00 0.93 230.00 1.69 387.00 2.70 615.00 4.12 41.20 0.42 118.00 0.95 236.00 1.73 391.00 2.72 623.00 4.17 42.50 0.43 122.00 0.97 239.00 1.75 395.00 2.75 630.00 4.22 45.00 0.44 125.00 0.99 243.00 1.77 400.00 2.78 640.00 4.28 46.20 0.45 128.00 1.01 250.00 1.82 406.00 2.82 650.00 4.34 47.50 0.46 132.00 1.04 254.00 1.84 412.00 2.85 660.00 4.40 48.70 0.47 136.00 1.07 258.00 1.87 418.00 2.89 670.00 4.47 50.00 0.48 140.00 1.09 261.00 1.89 425.00 2.93 51.50 0.49 142.50 1.11 265.00 1.91 429.00 2.96 To use: Descend I/Dia column to required size. Read-off the tolerance to the right of the size. If required size is not listed, go to the first size greater size and read-off the tolerance to the right. Example: O-Ring to be measured is 3.75. Descend I/Dia column to 4.00 (first size greater than 3.75) and read of tolerance to right, i.e. +/-0.14. Notes: 54 For sizes above 670.00, add/subtract 0.64% of the nominal diameter. Cross section tolerances for ISO3601-1 are detailed at the bottom of the following page. I/Dia. Tol + / - I/Dia. Tol + / - I/Dia. Tol + / - I/Dia. Tol + / - I/Dia. Tol + / - 2.00 0.10 34.50 0.30 73.00 0.52 128.00 0.83 230.00 1.39 3.75 0.11 36.50 0.31 75.00 0.53 132.00 0.85 236.00 1.42 5.30 0.12 38.70 0.32 77.50 0.55 136.00 0.87 243.00 1.46 6.90 0.13 40.00 0.33 80.00 0.56 140.00 0.89 250.00 1.49 8.50 0.14 41.20 0.34 82.50 0.57 145.00 0.92 258.00 1.54 10.00 0.15 43.70 0.35 85.00 0.59 150.00 0.95 265.00 1.57 11.80 0.16 45.00 0.36 87.50 0.60 155.00 0.98 272.00 1.61 13.20 0.17 47.50 0.37 90.00 0.62 160.00 1.00 280.00 1.65 15.00 0.18 48.70 0.38 92.50 0.63 165.00 1.03 290.00 1.71 16.00 0.19 50.00 0.39 95.00 0.64 170.00 1.06 300.00 1.76 18.00 0.20 51.50 0.40 97.50 0.66 175.00 1.09 307.00 1.80 20.00 0.21 53.00 0.41 100.00 0.67 180.00 1.11 315.00 1.84 21.20 0.22 56.00 0.42 103.00 0.69 185.00 1.14 325.00 1.90 22.40 0.23 58.00 0.44 106.00 0.71 190.00 1.17 335.00 1.95 25.00 0.24 60.00 0.45 109.00 0.72 195.00 1.20 345.00 2.00 26.50 0.25 63.00 0.46 112.00 0.74 200.00 1.22 355.00 2.05 28.00 0.26 65.00 0.48 115.00 0.76 206.00 1.26 365.00 2.11 30.00 0.27 67.00 0.49 118.00 0.77 212.00 1.29 375.00 2.16 31.50 0.28 69.00 0.50 122.00 0.80 218.00 1.32 387.00 2.22 33.50 0.29 71.00 0.51 125.00 0.81 224.00 1.35 400.00 2.29 To use: O-ring tolerances O ring tolerances to ISO3601-1 ‘Aerospace Standard’ Descend I/Dia column to required size. Read-off the tolerance to the right of the size. If required size is not listed, go to the first size greater size and read-off the tolerance to the right. Example: O-Ring to be measured is 17.00. Descend I/Dia column to 18.00 (first size greater than 17.00) and read of tolerance to right, i.e. +/-0.20. Notes: For sizes above 400.00, tolerance as per BS1806 (see pages 57-62). Cross section tolerances for ISO3601-1 are detailed below: Cross section tolerance table C/S above Tol + / - C/S above Tol + / - C/S above Tol + / - C/S above Tol + / - C/S above Tol + / - 0.00 0.08 8.75 0.18 13.50 0.25 18.50 0.32 23.50 0.39 2.62 0.09 9.25 0.19 14.25 0.26 19.25 0.33 24.25 0.40 3.00 0.10 10.00 0.20 15.00 0.27 20.00 0.34 25.00 0.41 3.55 0.12 10.75 0.21 15.75 0.28 20.75 0.35 25.75 0.42 5.00 0.13 11.25 0.22 16.50 0.29 21.50 0.36 26.25 0.43 5.70 0.14 12.00 0.23 17.25 0.30 22.25 0.37 27.00 0.44 8.40 0.15 12.75 0.24 17.75 0.31 23.00 0.38 30.00 0.45 55 O-ring tolerances Moulding tolerances according to ISO3302-1 (=BS3734-1) Classes The standard details four classes of mouldings and four classes for flash, adopted by PPE as follows:Class M2, X2 = High quality mouldings with accurate flash. Dimensions The standard details two types of dimension, as follows:F = Fixed dimensions The dimensions are not affected by deforming influences such as flash thickness or lateral displacement of different mould parts (upper and lower parts or cores). C = Closure dimensions These dimensions can be affected by variation in flash thickness or lateral displacement of different mould parts and therefore require greater tolerances that those of fixed dimensions. # = Dimension # Example of a height dimension that is not affected by flash thickness, therefore this is considered to be a ‘fixed’ dimension. Dimension # greater than 0.00 4.00 0.10 0.15 0.15 0.20 6.30 10.00 0.20 0.20 0.20 0.25 16.00 25.00 0.25 0.35 0.35 0.40 40.00 63.00 0.40 0.50 0.50 0.70 100.00 160.00 0.70 0.5% 0.80 0.7% Flash (Height) max. 56 Class M2,X2 F+/C+/- 0.50mm 4.70 0.13 1.42 0.10 2.20 3.10 4.10 5.10 6.10 7.10 8.10 9.10 10.10 11.10 12.10 13.10 14.10 15.10 16.10 17.10 18.10 19.10 22.10 25.10 27.10 29.10 32.10 35.10 37.10 0.13 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.20 0.20 0.20 0.20 0.20 0.20 0.20 0.20 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.30 0.30 0.30 6.07 7.65 0.13 0.13 1.78 2.57 2.90 3.69 4.47 5.28 6.07 7.66 9.25 10.82 12.42 14.00 15.60 17.16 18.77 20.35 21.95 23.52 25.12 26.70 28.30 29.87 31.47 33.05 34.65 37.82 41.00 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.18 0.23 0.23 0.23 0.23 0.23 0.23 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.28 0.28 0.28 0.33 0.33 0.33 1.27 +/- 0.08 1.42 +/- 0.08 1.53 +/- 0.08 1.60 +/- 0.08 1.63 +/- 0.08 1.78 +/- 0.08 BS1806-002, AS568-002 AS568-901, BSM48-901 BS1806-003, AS568-003 R00 BS4518 0031-16 BS4518 0041-16 BS4518 0051-16 BS4518 0061-16 BS4518 0071-16 BS4518 0081-16 BS4518 0091-16 BS4518 0101-16 BS4518 0111-16 BS4518 0121-16 BS4518 0131-16 BS4518 0141-16 BS4518 0151-16 BS4518 0161-16 BS4518 0171-16 BS4518 0181-16 BS4518 0191-16 BS4518 0221-16 BS4518 0251-16 BS4518 0271-16 BS4518 0291-16 BS4518 0321-16 BS4518 0351-16 BS4518 0371-16 AS568-902, BSM48-902 AS568-903, BSM48-903 BS1806-004, AS568-004 BS1806-005, AS568-005 BS1806-006, AS568-006 BS1806-007, AS568-007 BS1806-008, AS568-008 BS1806-009, AS568-009 BS1806-010, AS568-010 BS1806-011, AS568-011 BS1806-012, AS568-012 BS1806-013, AS568-013 BS1806-014, AS568-014 BS1806-015, AS568-015 BS1806-016, AS568-016 BS1806-017, AS568-017 BS1806-018, AS568-018 BS1806-019, AS568-019 BS1806-020, AS568-020 BS1806-021, AS568-021 BS1806-022, AS568-022 BS1806-023, AS568-023 BS1806-024, AS568-024 BS1806-025, AS568-025 BS1806-026, AS568-026 BS1806-027, AS568-027 BS1806-028, AS568-028 BS1806-029, AS568-029 BS1806-030, AS568-030 0.38 0.38 0.46 0.46 0.46 0.46 0.46 0.51 0.51 0.51 0.61 0.61 0.61 0.69 0.69 0.76 0.76 0.76 0.94 0.94 1.80 2.00 2.24 2.50 2.80 3.15 3.55 3.75 4.00 4.50 4.87 5.00 5.15 5.30 5.60 6.00 6.30 6.70 6.90 7.10 7.50 8.00 8.50 8.75 9.00 9.50 9.75 10.00 10.60 11.20 11.60 11.80 12.10 12.50 12.80 13.20 14.00 14.50 15.00 15.50 16.00 17.00 18.00 19.00 20.00 20.60 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.14 0.14 0.14 0.14 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.16 0.16 0.16 0.16 0.16 0.16 0.17 0.17 0.17 0.18 0.18 0.18 0.18 0.19 0.19 0.20 0.20 0.19 0.21 0.21 0.21 0.21 0.22 0.22 0.22 0.23 0.23 0.24 0.25 0.25 0.26 0.26 1.78 +/- 0.08 1.80 +/- 0.08 Size Reference 0.10 BS1806-001, AS568-001 44.17 47.37 50.52 53.67 56.87 60.04 63.22 66.40 69.57 72.76 75.92 82.27 88.62 94.97 101.32 107.67 114.02 120.37 126.72 133.07 Cross Section 1.07 1.02 +/- 0.08 Internal Diameter Tolerance +/- (mm) 0.10 R000 Internal Diameter (mm) 0.74 1.00 +/- 0.08 Size Reference Internal Diameter Tolerance +/- (mm) 0.13 Cross Section Internal Diameter (mm) 1.15 Le Joint Français 'R' O-ring sizes ISO3601 International Organisation for Standardisation O-ring sizes (General purpose) O-ring sizes SAE AS568 American Standard O-ring sizes BS1806 British Standard O-ring sizes (imperial) BS4518 British Standard O-ring sizes (metric) BS1806-031, AS568-031 BS1806-032, AS568-032 BS1806-033, AS568-033 BS1806-034, AS568-034 BS1806-035, AS568-035 BS1806-036, AS568-036 BS1806-037, AS568-037 BS1806-038, AS568-038 BS1806-039, AS568-039 BS1806-040, AS568-040 BS1806-041, AS568-041 BS1806-042, AS568-042 BS1806-043, AS568-043 BS1806-044, AS568-044 BS1806-045, AS568-045 BS1806-046, AS568-046 BS1806-047, AS568-047 BS1806-048, AS568-048 BS1806-049, AS568-049 BS1806-050, AS568-050 ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G 57 0.13 0.13 0.14 0.15 0.15 0.16 0.17 0.18 11.89 0.13 13.46 0.18 16.36 0.23 3.60 4.60 5.60 6.60 7.60 8.60 9.60 10.60 11.60 12.60 13.60 14.60 15.60 16.60 17.60 18.60 19.60 20.60 21.60 24.60 27.60 29.60 31.60 34.60 35.60 37.60 39.60 41.60 44.60 45.60 47.60 49.60 51.60 54.60 55.60 57.60 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.15 0.20 0.20 0.20 0.20 0.20 0.20 0.20 0.20 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.40 0.40 0.40 0.40 1.90 +/- 0.08 1.98 +/- 0.08 2.08 +/- 0.08 2.21 +/- 0.08 2.40 +/- 0.08 AS568-904, BSM48-904 AS568-905, BSM48-905 R0 R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 R6 R7 AS568-906, BSM48-906 AS568-907, BSM48-907 AS568-908, BSM48-908 BS4518 0036-24 BS4518 0046-24 BS4518 0056-24 BS4518 0066-24 BS4518 0076-24 BS4518 0086-24 BS4518 0096-24 BS4518 0106-24 BS4518 0116-24 BS4518 0126-24 BS4518 0136-24 BS4518 0146-24 BS4518 0156-24 BS4518 0166-24 BS4518 0176-24 BS4518 0186-24 BS4518 0196-24 BS4518 0206-24 BS4518 0216-24 BS4518 0246-24 BS4518 0276-24 BS4518 0296-24 BS4518 0316-24 BS4518 0346-24 BS4518 0356-24 BS4518 0376-24 BS4518 0396-24 BS4518 0416-24 BS4518 0446-24 BS4518 0456-24 BS4518 0476-24 BS4518 0496-24 BS4518 0516-24 BS4518 0546-24 BS4518 0556-24 BS4518 0576-24 0.40 0.40 0.40 0.40 0.40 0.40 0.40 17.93 19.18 0.23 0.23 1.24 2.06 2.84 3.63 4.42 5.23 6.02 7.59 9.19 10.77 12.37 13.94 15.54 17.12 18.72 20.29 21.89 23.47 25.07 26.64 28.24 29.82 31.42 32.99 34.59 36.17 37.77 39.34 40.94 42.52 44.12 45.69 47.29 48.90 50.47 52.07 53.64 55.25 56.82 58.42 59.99 61.60 63.17 64.77 66.34 67.95 69.52 71.12 72.69 75.87 82.22 88.57 94.92 101.27 107.62 113.97 120.32 0.10 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.18 0.23 0.23 0.23 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.38 0.38 0.38 0.38 0.38 0.43 0.43 0.43 0.43 0.43 0.43 0.43 0.51 0.51 0.51 0.51 0.51 0.51 0.56 0.56 0.56 0.56 0.61 0.61 0.61 0.71 0.71 0.76 0.76 0.76 2.40 +/- 0.08 2.46 +/- 0.08 2.62 +/- 0.08 Size Reference 2.40 2.60 3.40 4.20 4.90 5.70 7.20 8.90 1.83 +/- 0.08 58.60 59.60 61.60 62.60 64.60 67.60 69.60 Cross Section 0.13 0.13 Internal Diameter Tolerance +/- (mm) 8.92 10.52 1.80 +/- 0.08 ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G Internal Diameter (mm) 0.27 0.28 0.29 0.29 0.30 0.30 0.31 0.31 0.32 0.32 0.33 0.34 Le Joint Français 'R' O-ring sizes ISO3601 International Organisation for Standardisation O-ring sizes (General purpose) Size Reference Internal Diameter Tolerance +/- (mm) 21.20 22.40 23.00 23.60 24.30 25.00 25.80 26.50 27.30 28.00 29.00 30.00 Cross Section Internal Diameter (mm) O-ring sizes 58 SAE AS568 American Standard O-ring sizes BS1806 British Standard O-ring sizes (imperial) BS4518 British Standard O-ring sizes (metric) BS4518 0586-24 BS4518 0596-24 BS4518 0616-24 BS4518 0626-24 BS4518 0646-24 BS4518 0676-24 BS4518 0696-24 AS568-909, BSM48-909 AS568-910, BSM48-910 BS1806-102, AS568-102 BS1806-103, AS568-103 BS1806-104, AS568-104 BS1806-105, AS568-105 BS1806-106, AS568-106 BS1806-107, AS568-107 BS1806-108, AS568-108 BS1806-109, AS568-109 BS1806-110, AS568-110 BS1806-111, AS568-111 BS1806-112, AS568-112 BS1806-113, AS568-113 BS1806-114, AS568-114 BS1806-115, AS568-115 BS1806-116, AS568-116 BS1806-117, AS568-117 BS1806-118, AS568-118 BS1806-119, AS568-119 BS1806-120, AS568-120 BS1806-121, AS568-121 BS1806-122, AS568-122 BS1806-123, AS568-123 BS1806-124, AS568-124 BS1806-125, AS568-125 BS1806-126, AS568-126 BS1806-127, AS568-127 BS1806-128, AS568-128 BS1806-129, AS568-129 BS1806-130, AS568-130 BS1806-131, AS568-131 BS1806-132, AS568-132 BS1806-133, AS568-133 BS1806-134, AS568-134 BS1806-135, AS568-135 BS1806-136, AS568-136 BS1806-137, AS568-137 BS1806-138, AS568-138 BS1806-139, AS568-139 BS1806-140, AS568-140 BS1806-141, AS568-141 BS1806-142, AS568-142 BS1806-143, AS568-143 BS1806-144, AS568-144 BS1806-145, AS568-145 BS1806-146, AS568-146 BS1806-147, AS568-147 BS1806-148, AS568-148 BS1806-149, AS568-149 BS1806-150, AS568-150 BS1806-151, AS568-151 BS1806-152, AS568-152 BS1806-153, AS568-153 BS1806-154, AS568-154 BS1806-155, AS568-155 BS1806-156, AS568-156 BS1806-157, AS568-157 BS1806-158, AS568-158 2.65 +/- 0.09 ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G 0.58 0.60 0.61 0.63 0.64 0.65 0.67 0.69 0.71 0.72 0.74 0.76 0.77 0.79 0.81 0.82 0.85 0.87 8.90 10.50 12.10 13.60 15.10 16.90 18.40 0.18 0.19 0.21 0.22 0.23 0.24 0.25 21.92 23.47 25.04 26.59 29.74 34.42 0.23 0.23 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.30 19.50 21.50 22.50 24.50 25.50 26.50 27.50 29.50 31.50 32.50 34.50 35.50 36.50 37.47 37.50 39.50 41.50 42.50 43.69 44.50 49.50 53.09 54.50 55.50 57.50 59.36 59.50 62.50 64.50 69.50 74.50 79.50 84.50 89.50 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.36 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.36 0.30 0.30 0.46 0.40 0.40 0.40 0.46 0.40 0.40 0.40 0.40 0.40 0.40 0.50 0.50 2.65 +/- 0.09 2.70 +/- 0.09 2.95 +/- 0.10 3.00 +/- 0.10 Size Reference 65.00 67.00 69.00 71.00 73.00 75.00 77.50 80.00 82.50 85.00 87.50 90.00 92.50 95.00 97.50 100.00 103.00 106.00 Cross Section Internal Diameter Tolerance +/- (mm) 0.22 0.22 0.22 0.23 0.23 0.24 0.25 0.25 0.26 0.26 0.27 0.28 0.29 0.29 0.30 0.30 0.31 0.31 0.32 0.32 0.33 0.34 0.35 0.36 0.36 0.37 0.38 0.38 0.39 0.40 0.41 0.42 0.43 0.44 0.44 0.45 0.46 0.47 0.48 0.49 0.50 0.51 0.52 0.54 0.55 0.56 0.57 +/- 0.08 BS1806-159, AS568-159 BS1806-160, AS568-160 BS1806-161, AS568-161 BS1806-162, AS568-162 BS1806-163, AS568-163 BS1806-164, AS568-164 BS1806-165, AS568-165 BS1806-166, AS568-166 BS1806-167, AS568-167 BS1806-168, AS568-168 BS1806-169, AS568-169 BS1806-170, AS568-170 BS1806-171, AS568-171 BS1806-172, AS568-172 BS1806-173, AS568-173 BS1806-174, AS568-174 BS1806-175, AS568-175 BS1806-176, AS568-176 BS1806-177, AS568-177 BS1806-178, AS568-178 Internal Diameter (mm) 14.00 14.50 15.00 15.50 16.00 17.00 18.00 19.00 20.00 20.60 21.20 22.40 23.00 23.60 24.30 25.00 25.80 26.50 27.30 28.00 29.00 30.00 31.50 32.50 33.50 34.50 35.50 36.50 37.50 38.70 40.00 41.20 42.50 43.70 45.00 46.20 47.50 48.70 50.00 51.50 53.00 54.50 56.00 58.00 60.00 61.50 63.00 2.62 Size Reference Internal Diameter Tolerance +/- (mm) 0.89 0.89 0.89 0.89 0.89 1.02 1.02 1.02 1.02 1.14 1.14 1.14 1.14 1.27 1.27 1.27 1.27 1.40 1.40 1.40 Cross Section Internal Diameter (mm) 126.67 133.02 139.37 145.72 152.07 158.42 164.77 171.12 177.47 183.82 190.17 196.52 202.87 209.22 215.57 221.92 228.27 234.62 240.97 247.32 Le Joint Français 'R' O-ring sizes ISO3601 International Organisation for Standardisation O-ring sizes (General purpose) O-ring sizes SAE AS568 American Standard O-ring sizes BS1806 British Standard O-ring sizes (imperial) BS4518 British Standard O-ring sizes (metric) ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G R8 R9 R10 R11 R12 R13 R14 AS568-911, BSM48-911 AS568-912, BSM48-912 AS568-913, BSM48-913 AS568-914, BSM48-914 AS568-916, BSM48-916 AS568-918, BSM48-918 BS4518 0195-30 BS4518 0215-30 BS4518 0225-30 BS4518 0245-30 BS4518 0255-30 BS4518 0265-30 BS4518 0275-30 BS4518 0295-30 BS4518 0315-30 BS4518 0325-30 BS4518 0345-30 BS4518 0355-30 BS4518 0365-30 AS568-920, BSM48-920 BS4518 0375-30 BS4518 0395-30 BS4518 0415-30 BS4518 0425-30 AS568-924, BSM48-924 BS4518 0445-30 BS4518 0495-30 AS568-928, BSM48-928 BS4518 0545-30 BS4518 0555-30 BS4518 0575-30 AS568-932, BSM48-932 BS4518 0595-30 BS4518 0625-30 BS4518 0645-30 BS4518 0695-30 BS4518 0745-30 BS4518 0795-30 BS4518 0845-30 BS4518 0895-30 59 3.53 +/- 0.10 BS1806-201, AS568-201 BS1806-202, AS568-202 BS1806-203, AS568-203 BS1806-204, AS568-204 BS1806-205, AS568-205 BS1806-206, AS568-206 BS1806-207, AS568-207 BS1806-208, AS568-208 BS1806-209, AS568-209 BS1806-210, AS568-210 BS1806-211, AS568-211 BS1806-212, AS568-212 BS1806-213, AS568-213 BS1806-214, AS568-214 BS1806-215, AS568-215 BS1806-216, AS568-216 BS1806-217, AS568-217 BS1806-218, AS568-218 BS1806-219, AS568-219 BS1806-220, AS568-220 BS1806-221, AS568-221 BS1806-222, AS568-222 BS1806-223, AS568-223 BS1806-224, AS568-224 BS1806-225, AS568-225 BS1806-226, AS568-226 BS1806-227, AS568-227 BS1806-228, AS568-228 BS1806-229, AS568-229 BS1806-230, AS568-230 BS1806-231, AS568-231 BS1806-232, AS568-232 BS1806-233, AS568-233 BS1806-234, AS568-234 BS1806-235, AS568-235 BS1806-236, AS568-236 BS1806-237, AS568-237 BS1806-238, AS568-238 BS1806-239, AS568-239 0.71 0.71 0.71 0.71 0.76 0.76 0.76 0.76 0.76 0.89 0.89 0.89 0.89 0.89 0.89 0.89 0.89 0.89 0.89 1.02 1.02 1.02 1.02 1.14 1.14 1.14 1.14 1.27 1.27 1.27 1.27 1.40 1.40 1.40 1.40 1.40 1.65 1.65 1.65 1.65 1.65 1.65 1.91 2.03 2.16 18.00 19.00 20.00 20.60 21.20 22.40 23.00 23.60 24.30 25.00 25.80 26.50 27.30 28.00 29.00 30.00 31.50 32.50 33.50 34.50 35.50 36.50 0.25 0.25 0.26 0.26 0.27 0.28 0.29 0.29 0.30 0.30 0.31 0.31 0.32 0.32 0.33 0.34 0.35 0.36 0.36 0.37 0.38 0.38 3.53 +/- 0.10 3.55 +/- 0.10 Size Reference 94.84 98.02 101.19 104.37 107.54 110.72 113.89 117.07 120.24 123.42 126.59 129.77 132.94 136.12 139.29 142.47 145.64 148.82 151.99 158.34 164.69 171.04 177.39 183.74 190.09 196.44 202.79 209.14 215.49 221.84 228.19 234.54 240.89 247.24 253.59 266.29 278.99 291.69 304.39 329.79 355.19 380.57 405.26 430.66 456.06 Cross Section 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.13 0.18 0.23 0.23 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.38 0.38 0.38 0.46 0.46 0.46 0.51 0.51 0.51 0.51 0.61 0.61 0.61 0.61 0.61 0.61 0.61 0.71 Internal Diameter Tolerance +/- (mm) 4.34 5.94 7.52 9.12 10.69 12.29 13.87 15.47 17.04 18.64 20.22 21.82 23.39 24.99 26.57 28.17 29.74 31.34 32.92 34.52 36.09 37.69 40.87 44.04 47.22 50.39 53.57 56.74 59.92 63.09 66.27 69.44 72.62 75.79 78.97 82.14 85.32 88.49 91.67 3.00 +/- 0.10 BS4518 0945-30 BS4518 0995-30 BS4518 1045-30 BS4518 1095-30 BS4518 1145-30 BS4518 1195-30 BS4518 1245-30 BS4518 1295-30 BS4518 1345-30 BS4518 1395-30 BS4518 1445-30 BS4518 1495-30 BS4518 1545-30 BS4518 1595-30 BS4518 1645-30 BS4518 1695-30 BS4518 1745-30 BS4518 1795-30 BS4518 1845-30 BS4518 1895-30 BS4518 1945-30 BS4518 1995-30 BS4518 2095-30 BS4518 2195-30 BS4518 2295-30 BS4518 2395-30 BS4518 2445-30 BS4518 2495-30 Internal Diameter (mm) 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.60 0.60 0.60 0.60 0.60 0.60 0.60 0.60 0.60 0.60 0.60 0.60 0.80 0.80 0.80 0.80 0.80 0.80 0.80 0.80 0.80 0.80 Le Joint Français 'R' O-ring sizes ISO3601 International Organisation for Standardisation O-ring sizes (General purpose) Size Reference Internal Diameter Tolerance +/- (mm) 94.50 99.50 104.50 109.50 114.50 119.50 124.50 129.50 134.50 139.50 144.50 149.50 154.50 159.50 164.50 169.50 174.50 179.50 184.50 189.50 194.50 199.50 209.50 219.50 229.50 239.50 244.50 249.50 Cross Section Internal Diameter (mm) O-ring sizes 60 SAE AS568 American Standard O-ring sizes BS1806 British Standard O-ring sizes (imperial) BS4518 British Standard O-ring sizes (metric) BS1806-240, AS568-240 BS1806-241, AS568-241 BS1806-242, AS568-242 BS1806-243, AS568-243 BS1806-244, AS568-244 BS1806-245, AS568-245 BS1806-246, AS568-246 BS1806-247, AS568-247 BS1806-248, AS568-248 BS1806-249, AS568-249 BS1806-250, AS568-250 BS1806-251, AS568-251 BS1806-252, AS568-252 BS1806-253, AS568-253 BS1806-254, AS568-254 BS1806-255, AS568-255 BS1806-256, AS568-256 BS1806-257, AS568-257 BS1806-258, AS568-258 BS1806-259, AS568-259 BS1806-260, AS568-260 BS1806-261, AS568-261 BS1806-262, AS568-262 BS1806-263, AS568-263 BS1806-264, AS568-264 BS1806-265, AS568-265 BS1806-266, AS568-266 BS1806-267, AS568-267 BS1806-268, AS568-268 BS1806-269, AS568-269 BS1806-270, AS568-270 BS1806-271, AS568-271 BS1806-272, AS568-272 BS1806-273, AS568-273 BS1806-274, AS568-274 BS1806-275, AS568-275 BS1806-276, AS568-276 BS1806-277, AS568-277 BS1806-278, AS568-278 BS1806-279, AS568-279 BS1806-280, AS568-280 BS1806-281, AS568-281 BS1806-282, AS568-282 BS1806-283, AS568-283 BS1806-284, AS568-284 ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G 0.25 0.26 0.28 0.29 0.30 0.31 0.32 0.34 0.35 0.36 0.37 0.39 0.39 40.00 41.20 42.50 43.70 45.00 46.20 47.50 48.70 50.00 51.50 53.00 54.50 56.00 58.00 60.00 61.50 63.00 65.00 67.00 69.00 71.00 73.00 75.00 77.50 80.00 82.50 85.00 87.50 90.00 92.50 95.00 97.50 100.00 103.00 106.00 109.00 112.00 115.00 118.00 122.00 125.00 128.00 132.00 136.00 140.00 142.50 145.00 147.50 150.00 152.50 155.00 157.50 160.00 162.50 0.41 0.42 0.43 0.44 0.44 0.45 0.46 0.47 0.48 0.49 0.50 0.51 0.52 0.54 0.55 0.56 0.57 0.58 0.60 0.61 0.63 0.64 0.65 0.67 0.69 0.71 0.72 0.74 0.76 0.77 0.79 0.81 0.82 0.85 0.87 0.89 0.91 0.93 0.95 0.97 0.99 1.01 1.04 1.07 1.09 1.11 1.13 1.14 1.16 1.18 1.19 1.21 1.23 1.24 3.60 +/- 0.10 5.30 +/- 0.13 Size Reference 18.30 19.80 21.30 23.00 24.60 26.20 27.80 29.30 30.80 32.50 34.10 35.60 37.30 Cross Section Internal Diameter Tolerance +/- (mm) ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G Internal Diameter (mm) 3.55 +/- 0.10 Size Reference Internal Diameter Tolerance +/- (mm) 0.39 0.40 0.41 0.42 0.43 0.44 0.44 0.45 0.46 0.47 0.48 0.49 0.50 0.51 0.52 0.54 0.55 0.56 0.57 0.58 0.60 0.61 0.63 0.64 0.65 0.67 0.69 0.71 0.72 0.74 0.76 0.77 0.79 0.81 0.82 0.85 0.87 0.89 0.91 0.93 0.95 0.97 0.99 1.01 1.04 1.07 1.09 1.11 1.13 1.14 1.16 1.18 1.19 1.21 1.23 1.24 1.26 1.28 1.29 1.31 1.33 1.34 1.36 1.38 1.39 1.41 1.43 1.46 1.49 Cross Section Internal Diameter (mm) 37.50 38.70 40.00 41.20 42.50 43.70 45.00 46.20 47.50 48.70 50.00 51.50 53.00 54.50 56.00 58.00 60.00 61.50 63.00 65.00 67.00 69.00 71.00 73.00 75.00 77.50 80.00 82.50 85.00 87.50 90.00 92.50 95.00 97.50 100.00 103.00 106.00 109.00 112.00 115.00 118.00 122.00 125.00 128.00 132.00 136.00 140.00 142.50 145.00 147.50 150.00 152.50 155.00 157.50 160.00 162.50 165.00 167.50 170.00 172.50 175.00 177.50 180.00 182.50 185.00 187.50 190.00 195.00 200.00 Le Joint Français 'R' O-ring sizes ISO3601 International Organisation for Standardisation O-ring sizes (General purpose) O-ring sizes SAE AS568 American Standard O-ring sizes BS1806 British Standard O-ring sizes (imperial) BS4518 British Standard O-ring sizes (metric) R15 R16 R17 R18 R19 R20 R21 R22 R23 R24 R25 R26 R27 ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G 61 5.33 +/- 0.13 BS1806-309, AS568-309 BS1806-310, AS568-310 BS1806-311, AS568-311 BS1806-312, AS568-312 BS1806-313, AS568-313 BS1806-314, AS568-314 BS1806-315, AS568-315 BS1806-316, AS568-316 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.38 0.38 0.38 0.38 0.46 0.46 0.46 0.46 0.51 0.51 0.51 0.51 0.61 0.61 0.61 0.61 0.61 0.71 0.71 0.71 0.71 0.71 0.76 0.76 0.76 0.76 0.76 0.76 0.94 0.94 0.94 0.94 0.94 0.94 0.94 0.94 0.94 1.02 1.02 1.02 1.02 1.14 1.14 1.14 1.14 1.27 1.27 1.27 1.27 1.40 1.40 1.40 1.40 1.52 1.52 1.65 1.65 1.65 1.78 5.33 +/- 0.13 Size Reference 23.16 24.77 26.34 27.94 29.51 31.12 32.69 34.29 37.47 40.64 43.82 46.99 50.17 53.34 56.52 59.69 62.87 66.04 69.22 72.39 75.57 78.74 81.92 85.09 88.27 91.44 94.62 97.79 100.97 104.14 107.32 110.49 113.67 116.84 120.02 123.19 126.37 129.54 132.72 135.89 139.07 142.24 145.42 148.59 151.77 158.12 164.47 170.82 177.17 183.52 189.87 196.22 202.57 208.92 215.27 221.62 227.97 234.32 240.67 247.02 253.37 266.07 278.77 291.47 304.17 329.57 354.97 Cross Section 0.13 0.13 0.18 0.23 0.23 0.25 0.25 0.25 Internal Diameter Tolerance +/- (mm) 10.46 12.07 13.64 15.24 16.81 18.42 19.99 21.59 5.30 +/- 0.13 ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G Internal Diameter (mm) 1.26 1.28 1.29 1.31 1.33 1.34 1.36 1.38 1.39 1.41 1.43 1.46 1.49 1.51 1.53 1.57 1.61 1.65 1.67 1.69 1.73 1.75 1.77 1.82 1.84 1.87 1.89 1.91 1.92 1.96 1.98 2.01 2.03 2.05 2.08 2.11 2.14 2.16 2.19 2.21 2.24 2.27 2.30 2.33 2.36 2.40 2.43 2.46 2.49 2.52 2.56 2.59 2.62 2.64 2.67 2.70 2.72 2.75 2.78 Le Joint Français 'R' O-ring sizes ISO3601 International Organisation for Standardisation O-ring sizes (General purpose) Size Reference Internal Diameter Tolerance +/- (mm) 165.00 167.50 170.00 172.50 175.00 177.50 180.00 182.50 185.00 187.50 190.00 195.00 200.00 203.00 206.00 212.00 218.00 224.00 227.00 230.00 236.00 239.00 243.00 250.00 254.00 258.00 261.00 265.00 268.00 272.00 276.00 280.00 283.00 286.00 290.00 295.00 300.00 303.00 307.00 311.00 315.00 320.00 325.00 330.00 335.00 340.00 345.00 350.00 355.00 360.00 365.00 370.00 375.00 379.00 383.00 387.00 391.00 395.00 400.00 Cross Section Internal Diameter (mm) O-ring sizes 62 SAE AS568 American Standard O-ring sizes BS1806 British Standard O-ring sizes (imperial) BS4518 British Standard O-ring sizes (metric) BS1806-317, AS568-317 BS1806-318, AS568-318 BS1806-319, AS568-319 BS1806-320, AS568-320 BS1806-321, AS568-321 BS1806-322, AS568-322 BS1806-323, AS568-323 BS1806-324, AS568-324 BS1806-325, AS568-325, R28 BS1806-326, AS568-326, R29 BS1806-327, AS568-327, R30 BS1806-328, AS568-328, R31 BS1806-329, AS568-329, R32 BS1806-330, AS568-330, R33 BS1806-331, AS568-331, R34 BS1806-332, AS568-332, R35 BS1806-333, AS568-333, R36 BS1806-334, AS568-334, R37 BS1806-335, AS568-335, R38 BS1806-336, AS568-336, R39 BS1806-337, AS568-337, R40 BS1806-338, AS568-338, R41 BS1806-339, AS568-339, R42 BS1806-340, AS568-340, R43 BS1806-341, AS568-341, R44 BS1806-342, AS568-342, R45 BS1806-343, AS568-343, R46 BS1806-344, AS568-344, R47 BS1806-345, AS568-345, R48 BS1806-346, AS568-346, R49 BS1806-347, AS568-347, R50 BS1806-348, AS568-348, R51 BS1806-349, AS568-349, R52 BS1806-350, AS568-350 BS1806-351, AS568-351 BS1806-352, AS568-352 BS1806-353, AS568-353 BS1806-354, AS568-354 BS1806-355, AS568-355 BS1806-356, AS568-356 BS1806-357, AS568-357 BS1806-358, AS568-358 BS1806-359, AS568-359 BS1806-360, AS568-360 BS1806-361, AS568-361 BS1806-362, AS568-362 BS1806-363, AS568-363 BS1806-364, AS568-364 BS1806-365, AS568-365 BS1806-366, AS568-366 BS1806-367, AS568-367 BS1806-368, AS568-368 BS1806-369, AS568-369 BS1806-370, AS568-370 BS1806-371, AS568-371 BS1806-372, AS568-372 BS1806-373, AS568-373 BS1806-374, AS568-374 BS1806-375, AS568-375 BS1806-376, AS568-376 BS1806-377, AS568-377 BS1806-378, AS568-378 BS1806-379, AS568-379 BS1806-380, AS568-380 BS1806-381, AS568-381 BS1806-382, AS568-382 BS1806-383, AS568-383 5.70 +/- 0.12 BS4518 0443-57 BS4518 0453-57 BS4518 0493-57 BS4518 0523-57 BS4518 0543-57 BS4518 0553-57 BS4518 0593-57 BS4518 0623-57 BS4518 0643-57 BS4518 0693-57 BS4518 0743-57 BS4518 0793-57 BS4518 0843-57 BS4518 0893-57 BS4518 0943-57 BS4518 0993-57 BS4518 1043-57 BS4518 1093-57 BS4518 1143-57 BS4518 1193-57 BS4518 1243-57 BS4518 1293-57 BS4518 1343-57 BS4518 1393-57 BS4518 1443-57 BS4518 1493-57 BS4518 1543-57 BS4518 1593-57 BS4518 1643-57 BS4518 1693-57 BS4518 1743-57 BS4518 1793-57 BS4518 1843-57 BS4518 1893-57 BS4518 1943-57 BS4518 1993-57 BS4518 2093-57 BS4518 2193-57 BS4518 2293-57 BS4518 2393-57 BS4518 2493-57 BS4518 2593-57 BS4518 2693-57 BS4518 2793-57 BS4518 2893-57 BS4518 2993-57 BS4518 3093-57 BS4518 3193-57 BS4518 3393-57 BS4518 3593-57 BS4518 3793-57 BS4518 3893-57 BS4518 3993-57 BS4518 4193-57 BS4518 4393-57 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 113.67 116.84 120.02 123.19 126.37 129.54 132.72 135.89 139.07 142.24 145.42 148.59 151.77 158.12 164.47 170.82 177.17 183.52 189.87 196.22 202.57 215.27 227.97 240.67 253.37 266.07 278.77 291.47 304.17 316.87 329.57 342.27 354.97 367.67 380.37 393.07 405.26 417.96 430.66 443.36 456.06 468.76 481.46 494.16 506.86 532.26 557.66 582.68 608.08 633.48 658.88 0.84 0.84 0.84 0.84 0.94 0.94 0.94 0.94 0.94 0.94 0.94 0.94 0.94 1.02 1.02 1.02 1.02 1.14 1.14 1.14 1.14 1.40 1.40 1.40 1.40 1.52 1.52 1.52 1.52 1.52 1.52 1.78 1.78 1.78 1.78 1.78 1.91 1.91 2.03 2.16 2.16 2.16 2.29 2.29 2.41 2.41 2.54 2.67 2.79 2.92 3.05 109.00 112.00 115.00 118.00 122.00 125.00 128.00 132.00 136.00 140.00 142.50 0.89 0.91 0.93 0.95 0.97 0.99 1.01 1.04 1.07 1.09 1.11 5.70 +/- 0.12 6.99 +/- 0.15 7.00 +/- 0.15 Size Reference 459.30 479.30 489.30 499.30 Cross Section Internal Diameter Tolerance +/- (mm) 0.30 0.30 0.30 0.40 0.40 0.40 0.40 0.40 0.40 0.40 0.40 0.40 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.50 0.60 0.60 0.60 0.60 0.60 0.60 0.60 0.60 0.60 0.60 0.60 0.60 0.80 0.80 0.80 0.80 0.80 0.80 0.80 0.80 0.80 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.50 1.50 1.50 1.50 1.50 1.50 1.50 2.00 2.00 +/- 0.13 BS1806-384, AS568-384 BS1806-385, AS568-385 BS1806-386, AS568-386 BS1806-387, AS568-387 BS1806-388, AS568-388 BS1806-389, AS568-389 BS1806-390, AS568-390 BS1806-391, AS568-391 BS1806-392, AS568-392 BS1806-393, AS568-393 BS1806-394, AS568-394 BS1806-395, AS568-395 Internal Diameter (mm) 44.30 45.30 49.30 52.30 54.30 55.30 59.30 62.30 64.30 69.30 74.30 79.30 84.30 89.30 94.30 99.30 104.30 109.30 114.30 119.30 124.30 129.30 134.30 139.30 144.30 149.30 154.30 159.30 164.30 169.30 174.30 179.30 184.30 189.30 194.30 199.30 209.30 219.30 229.30 239.30 249.30 259.30 269.30 279.30 289.30 299.30 309.30 319.30 339.30 359.30 379.30 389.30 399.30 419.30 439.30 5.33 Size Reference Internal Diameter Tolerance +/- (mm) 1.78 1.91 2.03 2.16 2.29 2.41 2.41 2.54 2.67 2.79 2.92 3.05 Cross Section Internal Diameter (mm) 380.37 405.26 430.66 456.06 481.46 506.86 532.26 557.66 582.68 608.08 633.48 658.88 Le Joint Français 'R' O-ring sizes ISO3601 International Organisation for Standardisation O-ring sizes (General purpose) O-ring sizes SAE AS568 American Standard O-ring sizes BS1806 British Standard O-ring sizes (imperial) BS4518 British Standard O-ring sizes (metric) BS4518 4593-57 BS4518 4793-57 BS4518 4893-57 BS4518 4993-57 BS1806-425, AS568-425, R53 BS1806-426, AS568-426, R54 BS1806-427, AS568-427, R55 BS1806-428, AS568-428, R56 BS1806-429, AS568-429, R57 BS1806-430, AS568-430, R58 BS1806-431, AS568-431, R59 BS1806-432, AS568-432, R60 BS1806-433, AS568-433, R61 BS1806-434, AS568-434, R62 BS1806-435, AS568-435, R63 BS1806-436, AS568-436, R64 BS1806-437, AS568-437, R65 BS1806-438, AS568-438, R66 BS1806-439, AS568-439, R67 BS1806-440, AS568-440, R68 BS1806-441, AS568-441, R69 BS1806-442, AS568-442, R70 BS1806-443, AS568-443, R71 BS1806-444, AS568-444, R72 BS1806-445, AS568-445, R73 BS1806-446, AS568-446, R74 BS1806-447, AS568-447, R75 BS1806-448, AS568-448, R76 BS1806-449, AS568-449, R77 BS1806-450, AS568-450, R78 BS1806-451, AS568-451, R79 BS1806-452, AS568-452, R80 BS1806-453, AS568-453, R81 BS1806-454, AS568-454, R82 BS1806-455, AS568-455, R83 BS1806-456, AS568-456, R84 BS1806-457, AS568-457, R85 BS1806-458, AS568-458, R86 BS1806-459, AS568-459, R87 BS1806-460, AS568-460, R88 BS1806-461, AS568-461 BS1806-462, AS568-462 BS1806-463, AS568-463 BS1806-464, AS568-464 BS1806-465, AS568-465 BS1806-466, AS568-466 BS1806-467, AS568-467 BS1806-468, AS568-468 BS1806-469, AS568-469 BS1806-470, AS568-470 BS1806-471, AS568-471 BS1806-472, AS568-472 BS1806-473, AS568-473 BS1806-474, AS568-474 BS1806-475, AS568-475 ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G 63 2.82 2.85 2.89 2.93 2.96 2.99 3.01 3.05 3.09 3.13 3.17 3.19 3.22 3.25 3.28 3.30 3.33 3.36 3.41 3.46 3.50 3.55 3.60 3.65 3.69 3.74 3.78 3.85 3.91 3.97 4.03 4.08 4.12 4.17 4.22 4.28 4.34 4.40 4.47 144.10 149.10 154.10 159.10 164.10 169.10 174.10 179.10 184.10 189.10 194.10 199.10 204.10 209.10 219.10 229.10 234.10 239.10 249.10 0.60 0.60 0.60 0.60 0.60 0.60 0.60 0.60 0.80 0.80 0.80 0.80 0.80 0.80 0.80 0.80 0.80 0.80 0.80 7.00 +/- 0.15 8.40 +/- 0.15 Size Reference 406.00 412.00 418.00 425.00 429.00 433.00 437.00 443.00 450.00 456.00 462.00 466.00 470.00 475.00 479.00 483.00 487.00 493.00 500.00 508.00 515.00 523.00 530.00 538.00 545.00 553.00 560.00 570.00 580.00 590.00 600.00 608.00 615.00 623.00 630.00 640.00 650.00 660.00 670.00 Cross Section Internal Diameter Tolerance +/- (mm) 7.00 +/- 0.15 ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G Le Joint Français 'R' O-ring sizes ISO3601 International Organisation for Standardisation O-ring sizes (General purpose) Internal Diameter (mm) 1.13 1.14 1.16 1.18 1.19 1.21 1.23 1.24 1.26 1.28 1.29 1.31 1.33 1.34 1.36 1.38 1.39 1.41 1.43 1.46 1.49 1.51 1.53 1.57 1.61 1.65 1.67 1.69 1.73 1.75 1.77 1.82 1.84 1.87 1.89 1.91 1.92 1.96 1.98 2.01 2.03 2.05 2.08 2.11 2.14 2.16 2.19 2.21 2.24 2.27 2.30 2.33 2.36 2.40 2.43 2.46 2.49 2.52 2.56 2.59 2.62 2.64 2.67 2.70 2.72 2.75 2.78 Size Reference Internal Diameter Tolerance +/- (mm) 145.00 147.50 150.00 152.50 155.00 157.50 160.00 162.50 165.00 167.50 170.00 172.50 175.00 177.50 180.00 182.50 185.00 187.50 190.00 195.00 200.00 203.00 206.00 212.00 218.00 224.00 227.00 230.00 236.00 239.00 243.00 250.00 254.00 258.00 261.00 265.00 268.00 272.00 276.00 280.00 283.00 286.00 290.00 295.00 300.00 303.00 307.00 311.00 315.00 320.00 325.00 330.00 335.00 340.00 345.00 350.00 355.00 360.00 365.00 370.00 375.00 379.00 383.00 387.00 391.00 395.00 400.00 Cross Section Internal Diameter (mm) O Ring Sizes 64 SAE AS568 American Standard O-ring sizes BS1806 British Standard O-ring sizes (imperial) BS4518 British Standard O-ring sizes (metric) ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G ISO3601-G BS4518 1441-84 BS4518 1491-84 BS4518 1541-84 BS4518 1591-84 BS4518 1641-84 BS4518 1691-84 BS4518 1741-84 BS4518 1791-84 BS4518 1841-84 BS4518 1891-84 BS4518 1941-84 BS4518 1991-84 BS4518 2041-84 BS4518 2091-84 BS4518 2191-84 BS4518 2291-84 BS4518 2341-84 BS4518 2391-84 BS4518 2491-84 3-A Sanitary Standards Inc. Abrasion Accelerated ageing ACM Acrylonitrile Butadine 21 48 50 14 16 Elastomer material types Elongation Embrittlement and hardening EPDM Epichlorohydrin AEM Aerospace tolerances Aerospace/Defence Analysis of elastomer materials Analytical services 14 55 19 7 7 Ethylene Acrylic Ethylene-Propylene EU Explosive Decompression (ED) Explosive decompression testing Approvals AS4716 groove sizes for piston and rod seals AS568 O-ring sizes ASTM D1418 material designations AU 19 52 52, 57 14 14 Extrusion Face seals Failure analysis FCN (Food Contact Notification) FDA (Food & Drug Administration) 14 47 50 15 14 14 15 14 21, 49 8 53 52 7 21 20 Back-up rings BGC/PSL/LC6 (Gas specification) Bio-analytical BS1806 O-ring sizes (imperial) BS2494 53 21 19 57 21 FEA FEP FEPM FFKM (FFPM) Finite Element Analysis (FEA) 6 15 15 11, 15 6 BS3734 moulding tolerances BS4518 O-ring sizes (metric) Butyl Chemical Compatibility (Online) Chemical Compatibility (Reference Table) 56 57 16 9 23 FKM (FPM) Fluorocarbon Fluoroelastomer Fluoroethylene Propylene-Perfluoroalkoxy Fluorosilicone 15, 16 15 15 15 16 Chemical compatibility testing Chemical Processing Industry elastomers Chemical resistance data Chemical/Temperature resistance matrix Chloroprene 7 19 23 18 14 Food & Drug Administration Food Contact Notification Force, sealing Friction FVMQ 20 21 52 48 16 Chlorosulphonated Polyethylene Chlorosulphonylpolyethylene Clearance gap Coeffecient of thermal expansion Comparison of elastomer properties 14 14 53 51 18 Gas Specification Generator Sets Glass transition temperature Groove dimensions Hardening and embrittlement 21 19 50 10 50 Component Design Compression set Compressive modulus Compressive stress relaxation Computer Aided Design (CAD) 6 49 49 49 6 Hardness testing Hardness Hardware design guidelines Heat resistance High Nitrile Consultancy service Copolymer CR Cross-section CSM O RingA–Z Index Sizes Index A–I 7 48 10, 52 50 16 7 16 14 55, 57 14 HNBR How to select the correct seal Hydrongenated Nitrile IIR Industry specific elastomers 17 12 17 16 19 Cure systems Customised design service Datasheets Defence Design service 51 6 9 19 6 Infra-red Spectroscopy (FTIR) Internal diameter International O-ring sizes IR IRHD hardness 8 57 52, 57 16 48 Diesel Engines Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) DTD Specification DVGW ECO 19 8 19 21 14 ISO 1629 material designations ISO 3601 KTW Laboratory testing & analysis Le Joint Francais 14 54, 57 21 7 57 65 Index A–Z Index I–Z Lead times Low Nitrile Low temperature resistance Manufacturing lead times Marine Diesel Engine seals 5 16 50 5 19 Retained sealing force Rod seals SBR Seal selection – considerations Sealing force 49 52 17 12 49 Material approvals Material Characterisation Centre Material datasheets Material testing and analysis Mechanical evaluation/testing 19 7 9 7 8 Selecting the correct seal Semiconductor Shore hardness Shrinkage (volume change) Silicone 12 20 48 51 17 Medium Nitrile Metal detectable seals Microscopy MIL Specification Modulus 16 20 7 19 47 Softening Spectroscopy Squeeze Standard O-ring sizes Strain energy density 50 8 52 57 47 Moulding tolerances Natural Rubber NBR NES337 Defence Standard Nitrile 56 17 16 19 16 Stress-strain curve Styrene-Butadine Sulphur cure Swelling Tear strength Non-standard O-rings NR Nuclear Offshore Oil & Gas 5 17 19 20 20 Technical design service Technical support Temperature range of elastomers Temperature Retraction (TR) Test Temperature/Chemical resistance matrix 5 5 18 50 18 Online Chemical Compatibility 9 Online Helpdesk 10 Online Literature Library (specs, datasheets & certificates) 9 Online Material Selector Tool 9 Online O-ring and Groove Dimension Wizard 10 Tensile strength Tensile stress Terminology Terpolymer Testing and analysis 47 47 47 16 7 O-ring sizes O-ring tolerances Outgassing Ozone resistance Perfluoroelastomer Tetrafluoroethylene/Propylene Tetrapolymer TFE/P Thermal analysis Thermal expansion Perlast Permeation Peroxide cure PFA Pharmaceutical 11 49 51 15 19 Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA) Tolerances Tooling Trade names Training and Education Piston seals Polyacrylate Polyacrylic Polyester Polyether Urethane 52 14 14 14 14 Trapped seals Types of elastomer United States Pharmacopiea (USP) USP Class VI UV resistance Polyisoprene Polytetrafluoroethylene Potable Water Powder Generation Pressure 16 17 21 19 53 VMQ Volume change Volume loss Water grade seals Wear PTFE PVMQ Quality R (LJF) O-ring sizes Registered trade names 66 57 54, 55 51 50 11, 15 11, 17 17 5 57 22 Weathering Website tools WRC (Water Research Council) 47 17 51 23, 50, 51 48 15, 17 16 15, 17 7 51 8 51, 55, 57 5 22 5 52 14 21 21 50 17 51 49, 50 21 48 50 9 21 Notes Corporate Brochure Elastomer Technical Guide & Chemical Compatibility Food and Pharmaceutical Perlast® General Perlast® Semiconductor Diesel Engines DE EN ES FR Perlast Limited Greenbank Road Blackburn BB1 3EA England Tel: +44 (0) 1254 295400 Fax: +44 (0) 1254 680182 Email: 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