Broad operating-temperature range from –50 °C to +250 °C, (specialty grades:–110 °C to +300 °C)
- Only slight changes in physical properties between –50 and +180 °C
- Excellent compression set
- Odorless and tasteless (many grades are BfR and FDA compliant)
- Can be pigmented as desired
- Can be easily processed
- Can be adjusted electrically from insulating to semiconducting
- High radiation resistance
- Biocompatible , can be made antimicrobial.
Typical Range of Mechanical Properties
- Density 1.05 – 1.60 g/cm3
- Shore A hardness 3 – 90
- Tensile strength 5 – 11 N/mm2
- Elongation at break 100 – 1,100%
- Tear strength (ASTM D 624) 5–55N/mm
- Compression set (22h/175°C)5–25%
- Rebound resilience 30 – 70%