What is the difference between silicone and natural rubber
Silicone is a polymer has high resilience, easy to manufacture and shape, and also used extensively in many applications and products. Natural rubber is extremely flexible, and has a variety of colors for application. In this article, we’ll look at the the difference between silicone and natural rubber. Natural rubber, with the chemical name polyisopropene, is produced naturally from the sap of the rubber tree. Silicone, on the other hand, is a synthetic material. While both materials are elastomers, they differ in many of their properties. Some of these properties are summarised in the table below. Both natural rubber and silicone are able to operate at very low temperatures – down to -50 °C. However, silicone is able to operate at much higher temperatures than natural rubber. Natural rubber starts deteriorating at 80 °C and melts at 120 °C. Silicone is able to be formulated to operate up to 230 °C. Silicone also has signif...
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