FKM
Product specification | Gasket material |
Material | FKM (fluororubber) |
Colour | mostly black |
Technical properties | |
Operating temperature | -20 to 200 °C / -4 to 446 °F (higher and lower is possible depending on the medium and application) |
Operating pressure | up to 16 bar / 232 psi (higher is possible up to 90 bar / 1305 psi depending on medium and application) |
Physical and chemical properties | |
Physical | Very good ageing resistance, high pressure and temperature resistance under elastomers, vacuum compatible |
Chemical | Resistant to mineral oils, greases and waxes, engine oils, fuels, aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons, amines, hydraulic fluids, essential oils, moderate and low concentrated acids. Not resistant to conc. acids (e.g. nitric acid, formic acid), conc. oxidising media (e.g.: peracetic acid). |