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ERIKS‘ 80 years of sealing experience and profound knowledge of your business, its applications and installations is made accessible through a number of materials: a technical o-ring manual and various tables with elastomer properties.
The below table shows the international elastomer abbreviations, chemical terms and trade names.
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| Chemical Term | ASTM Designated Abbreviation | Polymer Trade Names |
|---|---|---|
| Acrylonitrile Butadiene | NBR | Chemigum®, Nipol®, Krynac®, Paracril®, Perbunan N®, BunaN ® |
| Highly Saturated Nitrile | HNBR | Therban®, Zetpol® |
| Carboxylated Nitrile | XNBR | Nipol®, Krynac®, Chemigum® |
| Fluorocarbon | FKM, FEPM | Dyneon®, Viton®, Aflas®, Fluorel® |
| Ethylene Propylene | EP, EPDM, EPT, EPR | Nordel®, Royalene® Vistalon®, Buna EP®, Keltan® |
| Styrene Butadiene | SBR | Ameripol Synpol®, SBR®, Plioflex®, Stereon® |
| Polychloroprene | CR | Neoprene®, Baypren®, Butaclor® |
| Isobutylene Isoprene | IIR | Butyl® |
| Silicone | VMQ, PMQ, PVMQ | Silastic®, SILPLUS®, Elastosil, Wacker® |
| Fluorosilicone | FVMQ | FSE®, Silastic®, Sylon® |
| Polyacrylate | ACM | Cyanacryl®, HyTemp®, Thiacril® |
| Ethylene Acrylic | AEM | Vamac® |
| Chlorosulfonated Polyethylene | CSM | Hypalon® |
| Epichlorohydrin | ECO/CO | Gechron®, Hydrin® |
| Polyisoprene
|
NR |
SMR®, Pale Crepe®, Smoked Sheet® |
| Polyurethane (Polyester or Polyether) | AU or EU | Adiprene®, Millathane®, Vibrathane®, Vulkolan®, PUR |
| Perfluoroelastomer | FFKM | Kalrez® |
The following are registered trademarks of their respective companies:Cyancryl - American Cyanamid Co.; Ameripol CB, Ameripol SN, Ameripol Synpol - Ameripol Synpol Co.; Butaclor - distigil;Silastic - Dow Corning Corp.; Hypalon, Nordel, Vamac, Viton - Du Pont Performance Elastomers.; Vistalon - Exxon Chemical Co.; Stereon -Firestone Tire & Rubber Co.; FSE, SILPLUS - General Electric Co.; Budene, Chemigum, Natsyn, Philoflex - Goodyear RubberProducts Corp.; Herclor - Hercules Inc.; Aflas, dyneon, sylon - Dyneon Co.; Hydrin, Hy Temp, Gechron, Nipol, Zetpol - ZeonChemicals Inc.; Krynac, Taktene, Tornac, Perbunan N, Buna EP, Baypren, Therban - Bayer Corp.; Millathane - TSE Industries,Inc.; Adiprene, Royalene, Paracril, Thiacril, Vibrathane; Uniroyal, Inc.
