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GasketsmadeofSBR(StyreneButadieneRubber)arestandardwithalljointtypes.ConsultAMERICANfor
informationorrecommendationsongasketsmadeofspecialtypesofrubber,forapplicationsinvolvingairorliquid
temperaturesinexcessof150F,orforchemical,hydrocarbonorotherspecialserviceapplications,andfor
installationsincontaminatedsoilswherepermeationthroughgasketsmightbeaconcern.
Inthetablebelow,temperaturecapabilityreferstoconveyedfluid.Lubricatingoilinaircanadverselyaffect
SBRandEPDMperformance.SBR,NitrileandNeoprenearenotrecommendedforhotairexposurein
wastewatertreatmentsystems.
SBRrubbergasketsareANSI/NSFStandard61certifiedforcontactwithpotablewater.Allgasketsmadefrom
thematerialsasshownaresuitableforusewithwatercontainingnormalconcentrationsofchloramine.Where
increasedresistancetochloramineisdesired,neopreneorfluoroelastomermaterialsshouldbeconsidered.
ConsultAMERICAN.

CommonName
orTradeName1

ChemicalName

CommonUses

Maximum
Service
Temperature2
Water&
Sewer

Air

PlainRubber

StyreneButadiene
Copolymer(SBR)

FreshWater,
SaltWater
SanitarySewage

150

150

PlainRubber
(conductive)

StyreneButadiene
Copolymer(SBR)

Electrical
continuityfor
thawing
ofServiceWater
andSewage

150

150

EPDM

EthylenePropylene
DieneMonomer

Water,Sewage,
Ketones,
DiluteAcidsand
Alkalies,
VegetableOil,
Alcohols,Air

212

200

Neoprene

Polychloroprene(CR)

FreshWater,
Sewage

200

180

Acrylonitrile
Butadiene(NBR)

NonAromatic
Hydrocarbons,
PetroleumOil,
HydraulicFluids,
FuelOil,Fats,
Oil,Grease4

150

150

FKM

Aromatic
Hydrocarbons,
Gasoline,
Refined
Petroleum
Products,most
Chemicalsand
Solvents,High
Temp.,
Air(Least
permeableofall
available
Fastitegasket
rubbers)

212

300

Nitrile
BunaN

Fluoroelastomer
FluorelViton 3

1AMERICANreservestherighttofurnishanytradeorbrandrubberforthechemicalformulationspecified.
2Temperatureisinreferencetoconveyedfluid.LubricatingoilinaircanadverselyaffectSBRandEPDM

performance.SBR,NitrileandNeoprenearenotrecommendedforhotairexposureinwastewatertreatment
systems.
3VitonisaregisteredtrademarkofDuPontDowElastomers.
4Thisgasketrubberischemicallyresistantinthenonpotablewaterusesshownbutisnotasresistantto

permeationinpotablewaterapplicationsasFKM.

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