Rubber and Elastomer Designations , Trade Name and Industry Standards

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Rubber and Elastomer Designations , Trade Name and Industry Standards

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Rubber and Elastomer Designations, Trade Name and Industry Standard

Elastomer Equipment designers intend on thier end products to be leak free and to maintain long service life. Reliability is crucial to and effective and proper design. The following tables provide a summary of the various elastomer material groups.

Designation	Trade Name*	Abbreviation
Designation	Trade Name*	ISO 1629	ASTM D 1418	TSS
Acrylonitrile-Butadiene Rubber (Nitrile Rubber)	Europrene ® Krynac ® Nipol N ® Perbunan NT Breon ®	NBR	NBR	N
Hydrogenated Acrylonitrile-Butadiene Rubber	Therban ® Zetpol ®	HNBR	HNBR	H
Polyacrylate Rubber	Noxtite ® Hytemp ® Nipol AR ®	ACM	ACM	A
Chloroprene Rubber	Baypren ® Neoprene ®	CR	CR	WC
Ethylene Propylene Diene Rubber	Dutral ® Keltan ® Vistalon ® Buna EP ®	EPDM	EPDM	E
Silicone Rubber	Elastoseal ® Rhodorsil ® Silastic ® Silopren ®	VMQ	VMQ	S
Fluorosilicone Rubber	Silastic ®	FVMQ	FVMQ	F
Tetrafluorethylene-Propylene Copolymer Elastomer	Aflas ®	FEPM	TFE/P**	WT
Butyl Rubber	Esso Butyl ®	IIR	IIR	WI
Styrene-Butadiene Rubber	Buna S ® Europrene ® Polysar S ®	SBR	SBR	WB
Natural Rubber	-	NR	WR	WR
Fluorocarbon Rubber	Dai-El ® Fluorel ® Tecnoflon ® Viton ®	FKM	FKM	V
Perfluoro Rubber	Isolast ® Kalrez ®	FFKM	FFKM	J
Polyester Urethane Polyether Urethane	Zurcon ® Adiprene ® Pellethan ® Vulcollan ® Desmopan ®	AU EU	AU EU	WU WU
Chlorosulphonated Polyethylene Rubber	Hypalon ®	CSM	CSM	WM
Polysulphide Elastomer	Thiokol ®	-	TWT	WY
Epichlorohydrin Elastomer	Hydrin ®	-	-	WO

* Selection of registered trade names ASTM = American Society for Testing and Materials
** Abbreviation not yet standardised ISO = International Organization for Standardization