This handbook provides a single source reference for the design of compounds using specialty elastomers, which are defined here as heat-, oil-, fuel-, and solvent-resistant polymers. Each chapter examines individual elastomers in terms of development methods, applications, and commercially available products. Covering their applications in the rubber, energy, chemicals, and oil industries, the book also discusses the use of antioxidants, antiozonants, vulcanization agents, plasticizers, and process aids for specialty elastomers. The final chapter details considerations and relevant processes, such as molding operations, involved in designing application-specific rubber components.

From the Preface: “...[This handbook] was conceived as a single reference source for the rubber compounder with some experience in designing parts in the rubber industry...It is the desire of the editor and contributing authors that this book provide a comprehensive insight into the process of designing rubber formulations based on specialty elastomers.”

Target Audience: Chemists, compounders, researchers, and specifiers in the rubber and elastomer industries.

Table of Contents:

Polychloroprene Rubber

Acrylonitrile Butadiene Rubber

Hydrogenated Nitrile Rubber

Fluoroelastomers, FKM, and FEPM

Polyacrylate Elastomers — Properties and Applications

Ethylene/Acrylic (AEM) Elastomer Formulation Design

Polyepichlorohydrin Elastomer

Compounding with Chlorinated Polyethylene

Chlorosulfonated Polyethylene and Alkylated Chlorosufonated Polyethylene

Ethylene Vinyl Acetate Elastomers (EVM) (ASTM Designation AEM)

Polysulfide Elastomers

Plasticizers, Process Oils, Vulcanized Vegetable Oils

Vulcanization Agents for Specialty Elastomers

Antioxidants for Specialty Elastomers

Processing Aids for Specialty Elastomers

Considerations in the Design of a Rubber Formulation: Oil Field Elastomeric Products; Life Prediction; Compression, Transfer, and Injection Molding of Specialty Elastomers

Index