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Polymer Families

Regular Butyl & Halogenated Butyl Rubber

Butyl rubber (IIR) is a synthetic rubber, a copolymer of isobutylene with isoprene. Providing excellent air retention, it is widely used for tire inner liners among other applications.

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BUTADIENE RUBBERS (BR)

The BR family of polybutadiene rubber helps optimize tire compositions, improving grip, fuel economy, and overall lifetime. They provide a great balance between processability and performance.

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Chloroprene Rubber

Chloroprene rubber (international ASTM/DIN-abbreviation: CR) is a high-performance material with a wide variety of applications. Baypren® is the brand-name of the ARLANXEO range of polymers based on 2-chloro-1,3-butadiene (chloroprene), which are manufactured by water-based emulsion polymerization....

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EMULSION-STYRENE BUTADIENE RUBBERS (E-SBR)

E-SBR is predominantly used for the production of car tires, light truck tires and truck tire retread compounds. It presents good mechanical properties, abrasion, and tear resistance.

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Ethylene Propylene Diene Rubber

EPDM is typically used in outdoor applications and at elevated temperatures of up to 150 °C. It's used in both automotive and industrial applications such as automotive sealing systems, coolant hoses, windshield wipers, oil additives, roof sheeting, window gaskets, conveyor belts, as well as wire...

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Ethylene Vinyl Acetate Rubber

ARLANXEO’s EVM rubbers are sold under the tradenames Baymod® L, Levamelt® and Levapren®. EVM rubbers are produced by copolymerization of ethylene and vinyl acetate. Our ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymers are used as synthetic rubbers, or as modifiers in thermoplastics, specifically PVC. The main...

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Hydrogenated Nitrile Butadiene Rubber

ARLANXEO's HNBR products, summarized under the Therban® brand, offer excellent properties wherever high temperature and fluid resistance is needed. The polarity of HNBR is directly influenced by the ACN content. Higher ACN increases the polymer's polarity and, therefore, resistance in non-polar...

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Nitrile Butadiene Rubber

Nitrile-butadiene rubber (NBR) is a copolymer made from butadiene and acrylonitrile. NBR is essential for technical rubber products that need to be resistant to mineral oils, service fluids, and greases in automotive applications and machinery.

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SOLUTION-STYRENE BUTADIENE RUBBERS (S-SBR)

The tire industry is the main market segment for S-SBR. S-SBR offers improved wet grip and reduced rolling resistance — which translate to greater safety and better fuel economy.

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