| APPLICATION
The remarkable resistance of the Fluoroelastomers to heat and to chemical agents has improved the performances of some details for automotive, airplanes and many types of industrial devices. They enable the
supplying
to industry of items like O-rings seals,
diaphragms,
coverings,
rubberized fabrics, pipes and a large
assortment
of special articles, which can be used in a very wide range of
working
conditions.
RESISTENCE TO OILS, FATS AND CHEMICAL AGENTS
The performances of the Fluorurate in contact with fuels, oils,
solvents and chemical agents are not equaled by any other types of syntethic rubber. Further It has an excelent resistance to
lubricants, to the majority of mineral acids and to many aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons, as carbon tetrahcloride, toluolo,
benzol and
xylol.
PROPERTIES AT LOWS TEMPERATURES
The fluorurate mixture in
2 mm thicked
samples shows a range of hardness temperature (the modulus of rigidity is 700 Kg/cm2) from -10 to -15 °C, and a range of infrangibility temperature from -40 to 44 °C. In some uses, special articles for low working temperatures have given
satisfactory results down to -50 °C.
RESISTANCE TO SUN LIGHT, TO ATMOSPHERIC AGENTS AND TO OZONE
The Fluoroelastomers had resisted for more than one year in
ozone concentration of 10,000 elements in 100,000,000 elements of air, without any
cracks. After a two years
exposure to the sun in Florida, a fluorurate is still
in
in perfect condition.
RESISTENCE TO HEAT
The Fluoroelastomers have an
extraordinary
resistance to heat. The Fluorurate moulded items remain elastic
forever
in oven at 205 °C. They have experimented that this items remain elastic for more than
| 4800 hours at 200 °C |
1000 hours at 260 °C |
| 3000 hours at 230 °C |
240 hours at 290 °C |
| 1440 hours at 250 °C |
48 hours at 320 °C |
RESISTENCE TO FIRE
The Fluoroelastomers
don't conduct fire; they burn in contact with fire, but they
burn out when they are
taken away.
ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS
The typical values are:
Resistivity
Dielectric constant
Power ratio
Dielectric strength
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