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EPDM rubber
Usage
An EPDM rubber roof
EPDM rubber is used in vibrators and seals; glass-run channel; radiator, garden and appliance hose; tubing; washers; belts; electrical insulation, and speaker cone surrounds. It is also used as a medium for water resistance in high-voltage polymeric cable jointing installations, roofing membrane, geomembranes, rubber mechanical goods, plastic impact modification, thermoplastic, vulcanizates, as a motor oil additive, pond liner, electrical cable-jointing, RV roofs, and chainmail applications.
EPDM exhibits satisfactory compatibility with fireproof hydraulic fluids, ketones, hot and cold water, and alkalis, and unsatisfactory compatibility with most oils, gasoline, kerosene, aromatic and aliphatic hydrocarbons, halogenated solvents, and concentrated acids.
The main properties of EPDM are its outstanding heat, ozone and weather resistance. The resistance to polar substances and steam are also good. It has excellent electrical properties. It has the ability to retain light colour.
Typical properties of EPDM vulcanisates are given below. EPDM can be compounded to meet specific properties to a limit depending first on the EPDM polymers available, then the processing and curing method(s) employed. EPDMs are available in a range of molecular weights (indicated in terms of Mooney viscosity ML(1+4)@125C), varying levels of ethylene, third monomer and oil content.
Mechanical Properties
Hardness, Shore A
40 – 90
Tensile Strength, Ultimate
25 MPa
Density
Can be compounded from 0.90 to >2.00 gcm-
Abrasion resistance
450 mm3
Thermal Properties
CTE, linear 68F
875m/m-C
Maximum Service Temperature, Air
100-120 C
Minimum Service Temperature, Air
-54 C
Glass Temperature
-54 C
Common Application
Vehicles
EPDM rubber is commonly used in weatherseals on all vehicles. This includes door seals, window seals, trunk seals, and sometimes hood seals. Frequently these seals are the source of noise due to movement of the door versus the car body. This is due to friction between the EPDM rubber and the mating surface (car painted sheet metal or glass). This can be alleviated using specialty coatings that are applied at the time of manufacture of the weatherseal, not as an aftermarket application. Such coatings can also greatly increase the chemical resistance of EPDM rubber. Some vehicle manufacturers such as General Motors also recommend a light application of silicone dielectric grease to weatherstripping to reduce noise.
In general, EPDM is especially used in cooling system circuit hoses in an automobile. Water pump, thermostat, EGR valve, EGR cooler, Heater, oil cooler, radiator and degas bottle is connected with hoses of which material is usually EPDM. Avon Automotive is one of the most famous company as a supplier of EPDM hoses for worldwide customers like Ford, Toyota, GM, Renault.
Additionally, EPDM can be used as charge air tubing on turbo charged engines. More specifically, it can be used to connect the cold side of the charge air cooler(aka “intercooler”) to the intake manifold.
Safety Equipment
EPDM is also commonly used as a material for the face seals of industrial respirators, most frequently chosen where the use of silicone must be avoided, typically in automotive paint spray environments.
Solar Pool Panels
Extruded EPDM is used to make a solar heat collector for swimming pool solar water heating systems.
Roofing
EPDM is used as a covering to waterproof roofs. It has the benefit that it does not pollute the runoff rainwater, which is of vital importance if the house owner wishes to use this water for personal sanitation/hygiene. Several houses equipped with rainwater harvesting thus make use of this type of roofing.
Playground/Pool Deck Surfacing
Granulated, colored EPDM granules are mixed with Polyurethane binders and trowled or sprayed onto concrete, asphalt, screenings, interlocking brick, wood etc.. to create a non-slip, soft, pourous safety surface for wet-deck areas such as pool decks or playgrounds.
References
^ Green, Mark M.; Wittcoff, Harold A. (July 2003). Organic Chemistry Principles and Industrial Practice. Weinheim, Germany: Wiley. p. 170. ISBN 978-3-527-30289-5. “In addition to natural rubber, many synthetic rubbers…such as…ethylene-propylene-diene monomer rubber…”
^ Louie, Douglas K. (2005). “Elastomers”. Handbook of sulphuric acid manufacturing. Richmond Hill, Canada: DKL Engineering, Inc.. p. 16-116. ISBN 9780973899207. “EPDM (Ethylene Propylene Diene Monomer is a M class Rubber containing a saturated chain of the polyethylene type.”
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