2024-06-28
Short memo to understand what rubber to use when
Rubber seals are essential in lots of areas; they guarantee the watertightness of fluid systems at home, in cars and in several industries. All of these gaskets, however, have very diverse uses that require rubbers with specific properties. A natural rubber will have to be exposed as least as possible to UV, while a synthetic will be treated to resist the sun, one will be resistant to chlorine and the other to oils, etc. Although most rubbers have similar physical characteristics (elongation, hardness, color, etc.), the chemical characteristics of a rubber strongly depend on its "quality" (understand rubber “type”). Let's take a closer look at which rubber seal is suitable for which situation.