Material Compatibility

1 – Very good suitability.
2 – Good suitaibility.
3 – Limited suitability.
4 – The elastomer is not suitable for the application.
x – Insufficient information available for service in this media.

Shore A Hardness

• NBR: 40 – 90
• HNBR: 50 – 90
• EPDM: 40 – 90
• FPM: 50 – 90
• FFKM: 60 – 90
• FEPM: 60 – 90
• CR: 40 – 90
• ACM: 50 – 85
• IIR: 65
• CSM: 70
• FVMQ: 30 – 80
• VMQ: 30 – 80

Approximative temperature ranges of the most usual polymers:

• NBR: -20 up to +100 / +120
• HNBR: -30 up to +130 / +150
• EPDM: -30 up to +110 / +130
• FPM: -20 up to +200 / +220
• FFKM: -15 up to +320
• FEPM: -20 up to +220 / +240
• CR: -40 up to +100 / +120
• ACM: -20 up to +150 / +170
• IIR: -40 up to +120 / +140
• CSM: 25 up to +110 / +130
• FVMQ: -60 up to +180 / +200
• VMQ: -60 up to +160 / +180

Continuous service temperature / Maximum operating temperature for a short period of time

Information provided in ºC 

* We highly recommend to verify the real temperature ranges of each compund in our Technical data sheets.