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Identification & Functionality
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Features & Benefits
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- Special Features
- Addition Curing
- Food-contact
- High mechanical strength yet good elasticity
- Two-component
Applications & Uses
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- Application Details
ELASTOSIL R plus 4360/60 MH is intended for the manufacture of tubes, hose, cable and sheet for sealing, fluid transport and various other applications which require good resistance and/or good compression set.
Properly cured and post-cured vulcanizates of ELASTOSIL® R plus 4360/60 MH can be used for food contact applications and are suitable for use under the Recommendation "XV. Silicones" of the BfR and FDA 21 CFR 177.2600 "Rubber Articles Intended for Repeated Use" considering any given limitations on extractable and volatile substances.
Processing
- ELASTOSIL® R plus 4360 may not be cured with peroxides but only with the platinum catalyst batch ELASTOSIL® AUX Batch PT 1. ELASTOSIL® R plus 4360/60 and ELASTOSIL® AUX Batch PT 1 are mixed homogeneously on a roll mill in a ratio of 100:1.3. A higher catalyst dosage results in a faster curing but a reduced pot life.
- Care must be taken to keep the compound cool during mixing. A homogeneous incorporation is a must, but the temperature of the rubber should not exceed 30 °C, otherwise there is a risk of scorch.
- The cross linking reaction starts as soon as ELASTOSIL® AUX Batch PT 1 has been added. The rate and degree of crosslinking is dependent on storage time and temperature. At 23 °C the pot life is approximately 24 h. This can be extended by storing the catalyzed mixture at lower temperature.
Properties
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- Properties
- ELASTOSIL® R plus 4360/60 MH exhibits improved physical resistance in comparison with other platinum curing grades (e. g. ELASTOSIL® R plus 4305 series). Thanks to addition cure, the vulcanization reaction is significantly faster compared to peroxide curing materials.
- No peroxide decomposition products are formed during vulcanization. At service temperatures above approx. 180 °C the addition of heat stabilizers is recommended.
- ELASTOSIL® R plus 4360/60 MH can be blended in every ratio with ELASTOSIL® R plus 4305 to obtain intermediate hardnesses as well as intermediate properties. The catalyst batch PT1 is always added at last.
- Note
Cure conditions: 1.3 % ELASTOSIL® AUX Batch PT 1, 15 min / 165 °C in press, post-cured 4 h / 200 °C for cured properties.
| Value | Units | Test Method / Conditions | |
| Pot Life (at 23°C) | 24 | Hours | — |
| Value | Units | Test Method / Conditions | |
| Compression Set (at 22 hours, 175°C) | 10 | % | DIN ISO 815-1 type B method A |
| Density | 1.15 | g/cm³ | DIN EN ISO 1183-1 A |
| Elongation (at break) | 380 | % | ISO 37 Type 1 |
| Rebound Resilience | 65 | % | ISO 4662 |
| Shore Hardness A | 60 | — | DIN ISO 48-4 |
| Tear Strength | 14 | N/mm | ASTM D 624 B |
| Tensile Strength | 8.4 | N/mm² | ISO 37 Type 1 |
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