Rubber Glossary

· Abrasion resistance: The resistance to abrasive wear.

· Acid Resistant: Resistance to the action of acids.

· Aging: Exposing materials to an environment for a period of time.

· Butyl: Synthetic rubber exhibiting very low permeability to gases. Copolymer of isobutylene and isoprene.

· Durometer: An instrument for calculating the hardness of vulcanized rubber.

· Elasticity: The property to return to its original shape after deformation.

· Elastomer: A term used to describe elastic polymers having rubber-like behavior.

· Elongation: Extension which is produced by a tensile stress.

· Expanded Rubber: Cellular rubber made from a solid rubber compound and having closed cells.

· Extrusion: The process under which pressure is forced through the opening of a die in order to obtain a desired cross sectional shape.

· Hardness (durometer): It is a property of rubber stocks which is difficult to define except by considering the methods used to determine it.

· Heat resistance: The ability of rubber to retain its properties even under the destructive influence of heat.

· Hypalon: A synthetic rubber that is completely resistant to ozone attack under the most extreme conditions and also possesses excellent color stability including the action of acids, bases, and many other chemicals.

· Low temperature flexibility: This is the temperature at which the rubber becomes too stiff to function in its usual manner.

· Natural Rubber: Rubber obtained from latex of the rubber tree.

· Neoprene: A polymer of chloroprene and is prepared from coal, salt and limestone. Neoprene is a synthetic rubber used in weather-resistant products, adhesives, shoe soles, sportswear, paints, and rocket fuels.

· Nitrile rubber: A copolymer of butadiene and acrylinitrile.

· Oxidation resistance: The ability of rubber to withstand the reaction of atmospheric oxygen.

· Oil Resistant: Ability of a vulcanized rubber to withstand the swelling and deteriorating effects of various type of oils.

· Plasticisers: Liquids which are used to soften rubber.

· Polymer: It is a general term used to describe all rubbers and plastics.

· Resilience: Capability of a material to return to its original size and shape even after after deformation.

· Rubber: A material that displays elastic properties that allow recovery from large deformations quickly and forcibly.

· SBR: Styrene Butadiene Rubber. Copolymer of Butadiene. An all-purpose type synthetic similar to natural rubber.

· Silicone rubber: A type of synthetic rubber containing silicone.

· Synthetic rubber: Man-made rubber

· Temperature Range: It is the range in which it shows the lowest temperature at which rubber remains flexible and the highest temperature at which it will function.

· Tensile strength: The tensile strength of a rubber compound is the resistance of the rubber to rupture under tension.

· Vulcanization: An process in which a rubber compound through a change in its chemical structure becomes less plastic and more resistant to swelling by organic liquids and elastic properties are conferred, improved, or extended over a wider range of temperature.

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