Silicone rubber provides maximum reliability – whether exposed to adverse environmental conditions, stored for indefinite periods, or used under normal conditions. Resisting conditions which normally cause rubber to deteriorate, silicone rubber offers a useful life, unmatched by other known elastomers. It resists temperature extremes, ozone, corona, moisture, compression set, weathering and chemical attack.
Chemically, silicones are quite different from all other materials giving them unique combinations of properties which permit silicones to perform in many applications where no other elastomer can be used.
Silicone rubber is strong, resilient and elastic at temperatures where organic rubber fails. It retains its elasticity at temperatures as low as -70°C and will not embrittle or deform up to 200°C. In general, the physical properties of silicone rubber also fall within the parameters usually associated with commonly used elastomers.