TPE / TPR (SBS and SEBS based)
Thermoplastic elastomers give a rubber-like feel but are moulded and extruded like plastics; SBS and SEBS are the usual base polymers.
- Typical uses
- Shoe soles and sandals, soft-touch grips, seals, toys, cable compounds
- Selected by
- Hardness (Shore A), injection or extrusion grade, the substrate for overmoulding
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Thermoplastic polyurethane: tough, abrasion-resistant and flexible across a wide hardness range.
- Typical uses
- Film, footwear parts, hoses, cable jacketing, phone cases, 3D-printing filament
- Selected by
- Hardness, polyether or polyester type (hydrolysis resistance), processing method
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A weather- and ozone-resistant synthetic rubber for outdoor and automotive sealing.
- Typical uses
- Automotive and window seals, roofing membranes, hoses, extruded profiles
- Selected by
- Mooney viscosity, ethylene and ENB content, oil-extended or not
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Styrene-butadiene rubber, the most widely used synthetic rubber, made by emulsion or solution polymerisation.
- Typical uses
- Tyres and retreading, conveyor belts, shoe soles, rubber flooring, moulded goods
- Selected by
- Grade series (for example 1502 or oil-extended 1712), Mooney viscosity, staining or non-staining
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Rubber from the latex of rubber trees, traded as ribbed smoked sheet (RSS), technically specified rubber (SVR, STR, SIR) or latex.
- Typical uses
- Tyres, gloves, hoses, belts, footwear, moulded rubber goods
- Selected by
- Grade (for example RSS3, SVR 10 or 20), dirt and volatile matter, Mooney viscosity
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Ethylene-octene or ethylene-butene copolymers used mainly to make other polymers tougher.
- Typical uses
- Impact modifier for PP compounds (bumpers, interiors), cable compounds, foam, solar encapsulant film
- Selected by
- Density, melt flow, comonomer type
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