
General Rubber Properties Chart 2
Buna N or Nitrile  | 
    Buna S  | 
    Butadiene  | 
    Butyl  | 
    Chloroprene  | 
    Chlorosulfonated Polyethylene  | 
    Ethylene Propylene  | 
    Fluorocarbon  | 
    Isoprene  | 
    Natural Rubber  | 
    Polyacrylic  | 
    Polysulfide  | 
    Polyurethane  | 
    Silicone  | 
    PTFE (plastomer)  | 
  |
| Ozone resistance | P  | 
    P  | 
    P  | 
    GE  | 
    GE  | 
    E  | 
    P  | 
    E | P  | 
    P  | 
    E  | 
    e  | 
    e  | 
    e  | 
    e  | 
  
| Weather resistance | F  | 
    F  | 
    F  | 
    GE  | 
    E  | 
    E  | 
    E  | 
    E | F  | 
    F  | 
    E  | 
    e  | 
    e  | 
    e  | 
    e  | 
  
| Heat resistance | G  | 
    FG  | 
    F  | 
    GE  | 
    G  | 
    G  | 
    E  | 
    E  | 
    F  | 
    F  | 
    E  | 
    p  | 
    fg  | 
    e  | 
    e  | 
  
| Chemical resistance | FG  | 
    FG  | 
    FG  | 
    E  | 
    FG  | 
    E  | 
    E  | 
    G | FG  | 
    FG  | 
    P  | 
    g  | 
    p  | 
    fg  | 
    e  | 
  
| Oil resistance | E  | 
    P  | 
    P  | 
    P  | 
    FG  | 
    F  | 
    P  | 
    E | P  | 
    P  | 
    E  | 
    e  | 
    g  | 
    fg  | 
    e  | 
  
| Impermeability | G  | 
    F  | 
    F  | 
    E  | 
    G  | 
    G  | 
    F  | 
    G | F  | 
    F  | 
    E  | 
    e  | 
    f  | 
    p  | 
    g  | 
  
| Cold resistance | G  | 
    G  | 
    G  | 
    G  | 
    FG  | 
    FG  | 
    GE  | 
    F | G  | 
    G  | 
    P  | 
    g  | 
    g  | 
    e  | 
    e  | 
  
| Tear resistance | F  | 
    F  | 
    GE  | 
    G  | 
    G  | 
    G  | 
    GE  | 
    FG | GE  | 
    GE  | 
    FG  | 
    p  | 
    ge  | 
    p  | 
    -  | 
  
| Abrasion resistance | G  | 
    G  | 
    E  | 
    FG  | 
    G  | 
    G  | 
    GE  | 
    G | E  | 
    E  | 
    G  | 
    p  | 
    e  | 
    p  | 
    e  | 
  
| Set resistance | GE  | 
    G  | 
    G  | 
    FG  | 
    F  | 
    F  | 
    GE  | 
    GE | G  | 
    G  | 
    F  | 
    p  | 
    f  | 
    ge  | 
    p  | 
  
| Dynamic resistance | GE  | 
    G  | 
    F  | 
    F  | 
    F  | 
    F  | 
    GE  | 
    GE | F  | 
    F  | 
    F  | 
    e  | 
    f  | 
    p  | 
    p  | 
  
| Acid resistance | F  | 
    F  | 
    FG  | 
    G  | 
    FG  | 
    G  | 
    G  | 
    E | FG  | 
    FG  | 
    P  | 
    p  | 
    p  | 
    fg  | 
    e  | 
  
| Tensile strength | GE  | 
    GE  | 
    E  | 
    G  | 
    G  | 
    F  | 
    GE  | 
    GE  | 
    E  | 
    E  | 
    F  | 
    f  | 
    e  | 
    p  | 
    -  | 
  
| Electrical properties | F  | 
    E  | 
    E  | 
    G  | 
    F  | 
    F  | 
    G  | 
    F | E  | 
    E  | 
    F  | 
    f  | 
    f  | 
    g  | 
    e  | 
  
| Water/ steam resistance | FG  | 
    FG  | 
    FG  | 
    G  | 
    F  | 
    F  | 
    E  | 
    FG | FG  | 
    FG  | 
    P  | 
    f  | 
    p  | 
    fg  | 
    e  | 
  
| Flame resistance | P  | 
    P  | 
    P  | 
    P  | 
    G  | 
    G  | 
    P  | 
    E | P  | 
    P  | 
    P  | 
    p  | 
    p  | 
    f  | 
    g  | 
  
P- Poor F- Fair G- Good E- Excellent
Last Modified : 2014/05/15