Problems - Rubber Compatability Chart

Chemical Compatibility with Various Rubbers

R= recommended M= marginal U = unsatisfactory X = insufficient data			1 = Fluid 2 = Nitrile 3 = SBR 4 = EPDM 5 = Neoprene 6 = Polyacrylate				7 = Urethane 8 = Silicone 9 = Fluoroelastometer 10 = Fluorosilicone 11 = Aflas
1 Chemical	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Acetaldehyde Acetamide Acetic Acid Acetone Acetophenone	U R M U U	U U M M U	R R R R R	U R R M U	U U U U U	U U U U U	R M R M U	U U U U U	U R U U U	X R U U X
Acetylene Ammonia Ammonium Hydrozide Amyl Acetate Anderol L-774	R R R U M	R R R U U	R R R M U	R R R U U	X U U U R	X X U U U	R R R U U	R U R U R	X U R U M	X R R U X
Antifreeze Aniline Ansul Ether Aroclors Askarel	R U M M R	R U U U U	R R M R U	R U U U U	U U U U U	U U R X U	R U U M U	R M U R R	X M M M M	X R U R R
ASTM #1 ASTM #3 ASTM Fuel A ASTM Fuel B ASTM Fuel C	R R R R R	U U U U U	U U U U U	R U R U U	R R R U U	R R R R R	R U U U U	R R R R R	R R R R M	R R M U U
ASTM Fuel D Auto Transmission Fluid Beer Benzaldehyde Benzene	M R R U U	U U R U U	U U R R U	U M R U U	U R U U U	R R U U U	U M R U U	R R R U R	X X R U R	X R R M M
Benzine Benzoic Acid Benzophenenone Bezyl Alcohol Bleach	R U U U R	U U U U R	U U R R R	R U X R R	R U U U U	R U U U U	U U U X U	R R R R R	R M R M M	M R X R R
Borax Boric Acid Brake Fluid non Petroleum Bromine Bromobenzene	R R U U U	R R R U U	U R R U U	R U U U U	R R U U U	R R U U U	R R R U U	R R U R R	M R U M R	R R R M U
Bunker Butane Butler Butyl Acetate Butyl Alcohol	R R R U R	U M U U R	U R R U R	U R R U U	R R R U U	R U R U U	U U R U R	R R R U R	R R R U R	R M R U R
Butyl Amine Butyl Carbitol Butyl Cellosolve Butylraldhyde Carbitol	M U M U R	U U U U R	U M M U R	U U U U U	U U U U U	U X U U U	R U X U R	U M U U R	U U U U M	M M X X R
Carbitol Acetate Carbon Disulfide Carbon Tetrachloride Carbonic Acid Castor Oil	U U R R R	U U U R R	U U U R R	U U U R R	U U U R R	U X U R R	U U U R R	R R R R R	X R M R R	R R M R R
Cellosolve Chassis Grease Chloracetic Acid Chloracetone Chlordane	U R U U R	R U U U U	U M U M M	U R U X X	U R U X X	U X U X X	U U X U U	U R U R R	U X U X M	M X X U X
Chlorine Chlorobenzol Chloroform Chorosulfonic Acid Chrome Plating Solution	U U U U U	U U U U U	U U U U U	U U U U U	U U U U U	U U U U U	X U U U R	R R R U R	R X M U U	X X U M R
Chromic Acid Citric Acid Cod Liver Oil Coffee Corn Oil	U R R R R	U R U R U	U R R R U	X X R U R	X X R U R	X X U U U	M R R R R	R R R R R	U R R R R	R R R X R
Creosote Creosote Oil Creosylic Acid Crude Oil Cycloherxane	R R U R R	U U U U U	R M U U M	R X U R R	R X U R R	M X U X R	U M U U U	R R R R R	R X M M R	R X R X M
Cyclohexanol Decalin Denatured Alcohol Diacetone Dibutyl Amine	R U R U U	U U R U U	R U R U M	X U U U U	X U U U U	X U U U U	U U R U U	R R R U U	R R R U U	R M R M R
Dibutyl Phthalate Dichloro Aniline Dichloro Butane Diesel Oil Diethylamine	U U R R R	U U U U R	U U U M R	U U U U U	U U U U U	X U U U M	X U U U R	M M R R U	U X M R U	M X R R M
Diethyl Benzene Diethylene Glycol Dimrthyl Ether Dimethyl Formamide Dimethyl	M R U U U	U R U X U	U R U R R	U R M X U	X U M X U	X U R X X	X R U R X	R R U U R	X R U X X	X R U M M
Dimethyl Terephthalate Dioctyl Phthalate Dioxane Diphenyl Dow Corning 550	U U U U U	U U U U R	U R R U R	U U U U R	U U U U R	U U U U R	U M U U R	R R U R R	X M U M R	X M U U X
Dow Gard Dowtherm A&E Elco 28 Epoxy Resins Ethane	R U R X R	R U U X U	R U U R U	R U M R R	M U R X R	M U R X M	R U R X U	R R R U R	R M R X M	X X X X R
Ethanol Ethanolamine Ethyl Acetata Ethyl Benzene Ethyl Cellulose	R R U U R	R R U U R	R R R U R	R R U U R	U U U U U	R M U U R	R R R U R	R U U R U	R U U R U	X R U U R
Ethyl Cloride Ethyl Ether Ethyl Formate Ethyl Hexanol Ethyl Merlaptan	R M U M U	R U U R U	R M R R X	R U R R M	M U X X X	R R X X X	U U X X M	R U R R R	R M R R X	M U R X M
Ethylene Chloride Ethylene Oxide Formaldehyde Formic Acid Freon 12	U U M M R	U U M R R	U R R R R	U U M R R	U U U X X	U U U X R	U U R M U	R U U U R	X X U X U	R U M X X

R = recommended M= marginal U = unsatisfactory X = insufficient data			1 = Fluid 2 = Nitrile 3 = SBR 4 = EPDM 5 = Neoprene 6 = Polyacrylate				7 = Urethane 8 = Silicone 9= Fluoroelastometer 10 = Fluorosilicone 11 = Aflas™
*1 -* Chemical	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Fuel Oil Furan Furfural Furfuyl Alcohol Fyrquel	R U U U U	U U U U U	U X R R R	R U U U U	R U U U U	U X X U U	U X U U R	R X U X R	R X X U U	R X X X X
Gallic Acid Gasoline Gelatin Glucose Glycerine	R R R R R	R U R R R	R U R R R	R U R R R	U U U X U	U R U U U	X U R R R	R R R R R	R R R R R	R M R R R
Heplane Hexaldehydee Hexane Hexanol Home Heating Oil	R U R R R	U U U R U	U R U M U	R R R R M	R X R U R	R X R U R	U R U R R	R U R R R	R U R X X	X U M X X
Hydazine Hydrochloric Acid Hydrocyanic Acid Hydrogen Peroxide Hyydrogen Sulfide	R R R R U	R M R R U	R R R R R	R R R R R	X M U U U	X U X X X	R U M R M	X R R R U	X U U R U	X R R R R
Hydroquinone Hypoid Gear Lube Iodine Isocyanate Iso Octane	M R R X R	U U R X U	U U R X U	U M U X R	U R X X R	X R X X R	X M X X U	R R R R R	M X R X R	X X X X M
Iso Phorone Isopar Isopropanol Isopropyl Acetate JP-4MIL-J5624	U R R U R	U X R U U	R U R R U	U R R U U	U R U U R	U R U U R	U U R U U	U R R U R	M X R U M	U X X X X
JP-5MIL-5624 Kerosine Latic Acid Lacquers Lard	R R R U R	U U R U U	U U R U R	U R R U R	R R U U R	R R X U R	U U X U R	R R R U R	M R R U R	X R R U R
Linoleic Acid Linseed Oil Lye Solutions Malathion Maleic Acid	R R R R U	U U R U U	U M R U U	R M R X U	X R U X U	X X U X X	R R R U X	R R R R R	X R M M X	R R R X R
Mercury Meter-Cresol Methane Methanol Methyl Acetate	R U R R U	R U U R U	R U U R R	R R R R R	X U R U U	X U M U U	X U U R U	R R R U U	X X M R U	R X R X U
Methacrylic Acid Methyl Cellosolve Methylene Chloride Methyl Ethyl Ketone Methyl Mercaptan	U M U U X	U U U U X	R R U R R	R M U U X	U U U U X	U U U U X	U U U U X	M U R U X	U U M U X	X X X U X
Milk Mineral Oil Mineral Spirits Monovinyl Acetylene Mustard	R R R R X	R U U R E	R M U R R	R R U R X	U R R X X	U R R X X	R R U R R	R R R R R	R R X X X	R R X R X
Naphtha Naphthalene Naphthenic Acid Natural Gas Neatsfoot Oil	R U R R R	U U U R U	U U U U R	U U U R U	R X X R R	R X X R R	U U U R R	R R R R R	M R R M R	M M M R R
Nitric Acid Nitrobenzene Nitropropane Octane Octanol	U U U R R	M U U U R	R U R U R	U U U U R	U U U U U	U U U U U	U U U U R	M R U R R	U U U M X	R X X M X
Oleic Acid Oleum Oronite 8200 Oxalic Acid Peanut Oil	M R R R R	U U U R U	U U U R M	M M R R M	X X X X R	X X R X X	U U U R R	R R R R R	X X R R R	R R X R R
Pentane Perchlorethylene Petroleum Ether Phenol Phenylhydrazine	R R U U U	M U U U M	U U U U U	R U U U U	R U U U U	U U U U X	U U U U X	R R R R R	M M X M X	X X X X R
Phosphoric Acid Pine Oil Potassium Hydroxide Propane Propanol	R R R R R	R U R U R	R U R U R	R U R R R	M X U R U	U X U M U	R U M U R	R R U R R	M R M M X	R R R R X

R= recommended
M= marginal
U = unsatisfactory
X = insufficient data

1 = Fluid
2 = Nitrile
3 = SBR
4 = EPDM
5 = Neoprene
6 = Polyacrylate

7 = Urethane
8 = Silicone
9 = Fluoroelastometer
10 = Fluorosilicone
11 = Aflas

1 - Chemical	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Propyl Acetate Pydraul Pyranol Pyridine Rapeseed Oil	U U R U R	U U U R U	R R U U R	R R R U R	U U R U R	U U R X R	U U U U U	U R R U R	U U X X R	U R R R R
Resurcinol SAE 10W30 Seawater Silicone Grease Silver Nitrate	X R R R R	R U R R R	R U R R R	X M R R R	X R U R R	X R U R R	X R R R R	X R X R R	X X R R R	X X R R R
Skelly Solvent Skydrol Skydrol 500 Sodium Hydroxide Sovasol	R U U R R	U U U R U	U R R R U	U U U R R	X U U U R	X U U R R	X U U R U	R R U R R	R X M M R	X R R R X
Soy Bean Oil Stearic Acid Stoddard Solvent Sucrose Sulfuric Acid	R R R R R	U R U R R	M R U R R	M R R R R	R X R U R	X X R U U	R R U R U	R X R R R	R X R R U	R R M R R
Tail Oil Tannic Acid Tar Tartaric Acid Tetrachloro Ethane	R R R R U	U R U R U	U R U R U	M R M R U	R U U X U	U X X X U	X R R R U	R R R R R	X X R R M	X R R R X
Tetralin Tidewater Oil Toluene Trichloro Ethyloene Triethanol Amine	U R U M M	U U U U R	U U U U R	U R U U R	U R U U U	U R U U U	U R U U X	R R R R U	R R M M U	R R X R R
Turbine Oil Turpentine UCDN 50HB280X Univs J-43 Varnish	R R R R R	U U R U U	U U R U U	U U R R U	R R X R U	R U X R M	U U R U U	R R R R R	R M X X M	R R X X X
Vinegar Water Wheat Germ Oil Whiskey & Wine Wood Oil	R R R R R	R R U R U	R R U R U	R R M R R	U U R U X	U U R U M	R R R R U	R R R R R	M R X R M	R R X R R