Material Comparison Chart

Ratings:          E—Excellent          G—Good          F—Fair          P—Poor	

     Property/Material	
Neoprene	
Nitrile	
Hypalon	
EPDM	
Silicone	
Urethane	
Hydrin	Natural
Rubber	
SBR	
Fluorosilicone	
Viton	
Tensile Strength	G / E	F	G	F	P*	E	G	G / E	F	P*	F	
Hardness Range	35-95	25-100	40-90	25-90	35-95	10-95	50-90	30-100	30-100	50-80	60-80	
Max. Service Temp. F.	250	250	300	350	500 +	212	275 +	212	250	500 +	500 +	
Ozone Resistance	F / G	P	E	E	E	E	F / G	P	P	E	E	
Cut Resistance	G	F	F / G	F	P*	E	F / G	G	F	P*	F	
Tear Strength	G	F	G	F	P*	E	F	G	F	P*	F	
Resistance To												
Compression Set	G	F / G	F	G	E	F / G	F	F	F	G	G	
Abrasion Resistance	G / E	F	G	F	P*	E	F	G / E	F / G	P*	F	
Resistance To												
Heat Build Up	E	P	P / F	F / G	G / E	E	F / G	E	F	G / E	F	
Swell Resistance To												
ASTM #1 Oil	F / G	E	F / G	P	G	E	E	P	P	E	E	
ASTM #3 Oil	F	E	F	P	F	E	E	P	P	E	E	
Reference Fuel B	F	G / E	P	P	P	E	G / E	P	P	E	E	
Ketones:  MEK	F	P	F	E	F	P	P	E	F / G	P	P	
Aromatics:  Toluene	P / F	G	P	P	P	P	G	P	P	G	E	
Aliphatics:  Hexane	G	E	G	P	P	E	E	P	P	G	E	
Esters:												
Ethyl Acetate	G	P / F	F	E	G	P / F	P	E	F	G	E	
Cellosolve	E	F	G	E	E	P / F	P	E	F	G	E	
Chlorinated Solvents												
     Methyl Chloride	P	P	P	E	F	P	P	E	P	G	E	
     Trichloroethylene	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	G	E	
Glycols:												
     Diethylene Glycol	E	E	E	E	E	G	E	E	G	E	E	
Alcohols:												
     Isopropyl Alcohol	G / E	G / E	E	E	G	G	G / E	E	G	E	E	
Water:												
     Distilled  (75 F.)	G	G	E	E	G	G	G	E	G	E	E	
Caustics:  10% NaOH	G / E	G / E	E	E	E	P	G	E	G	E	E	
Acids:  10% H2SO4.	G / E	G / E	E	E	E	P	G	E	G	E	E	

       *NOTE:  at elevated temperatures, these properties equal or exceed those of most other elastomers.