Introduction to Fluorosilicone Rubber
Fluorosilicone rubber has excellent oil resistance, solvent resistance, chemical resistance, and high and low temperature resistance. It is an elastic body that combines the excellent properties of silicone rubber and fluororubber. It is currently the only rubber material that can be used in lubricating oil and fuel media at -68~230 ℃. It can meet the technical requirements of sealing, coating, lining, and impregnation processes for solvent resistance, oil resistance, acid and alkali resistance that organic silicon materials and even organic fluorine materials cannot meet under extreme temperature conditions. In addition, due to its low surface energy, fluorosilicone rubber is also widely used as an oil and solvent resistant lubricant, isolation agent, and defoamer.
Fluorosilicone rubber is also used to prepare fuel and solvent resistant seals, sealing rings, oil seals, diaphragms, conduits, valve liners, rubber hoses, integral fuel tank seals, O-rings, diaphragms, and gaskets for various locomotives, aerospace and petrochemical industries. It is also used for surface coating of connecting components and cables, conveyor belts, fabrics, etc. in the power and electronic industries. It is an essential material for national defense, aerospace, and petroleum industries.
At present, the global production and sales of fluorosilicone rubber (mainly hot vulcanized fluorosilicone rubber) have reached 3000 tons/year, with the main consumption concentrated in high-tech fields in developed countries such as the United States, Europe, and Japan, and fluorosilicone materials for automobiles account for the main share. With the rapid development of China's economy, the consumption of fluorosilicone rubber is also increasing day by day. In 2004, the consumption of fluorosilicone materials exceeded 200 tons.
