Design Description

Nitrile has excellent resistance to petroleum products and its ability to be compounded for service over a wide temperature range has made it a very popular material. Nitrile has an average temperature range as well as chemical resistance to petroleum-based oils but decreases low-temperature flexibility. Nitrile provides a good compression set and tears resistance, cold flow, and abrasion resistance. The major limiting properties of Nitrile are its poor ozone and weather resistance and moderate heat resistance.