Silicone
rubber compounds
Silicone elastomers have an inorganic chain polymers characterized
by having all silicon-oxygen backbones. Organic substituents are
directly linked to a silicon atom.
Usually, the organic substituents are
methyl, vinyl and phenyl groups.
Given the chemical composition of these polymers, differing from
that of traditional synthetic rubber, silicone compounds are quite
unique and exhibit characteristics associated with high value
performances.
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Fluoro
rubber compounds
The fluorocarbon elastomers, better known as FPM or FKM, are
characterized by carbon-carbon linkages in the polymer backbone.
Most Commercially available fluoroelastomers consist of copolymer
and terpolymer of vinylidene fluoride (VF2) hexafluoropropylene
(HFP) tetrafluoroethylene (TFE) and in very special applications other
monomers are added.
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Synthetic and natural
rubber compounds
Rubber is a raw material whose principal characteristic, thanks to
its molecular structure, is the elasticity it gains after vulcanization.
Thanks to its elasticity, it can be compressed, bent or wrung
without the loss of its original form. This is the reason why
rubber polymers are called elastomers.
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