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BS 6716:1986

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Guide to properties and types of rubber

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Language(s)

English

Published date

31-07-1986

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Foreword
Committees responsible
Guide
1. Scope
2. Rubbers commercially available
3. Properties of vulcanized rubbers
4. Types of rubber
5. Cellular materials
6. Ebonite
7. Latex
8. Designing a rubber component
Appendices
A. British Standards for rubber and rubber products
B. Index
Tables
1. Rubbers in general use
2. Less common rubbers
3. Relationship between hardness and medium strain
    shear modulus
4. Heat resistance of rubbers
5. Low temperature resistance of rubbers
Figure
1. Scheme for selection of type of rubber

Guidance for designers and users of rubber products on the properties of rubbers and the associated test methods, and on the terms used in the rubber industry.

Committee
PRI/54
DevelopmentNote
Supersedes 84/35977 DC (09/2005) Reviewed and confirmed by BSI, January 2011. (12/2010)
DocumentType
Standard
Pages
34
PublisherName
British Standards Institution
Status
Current

This British Standard gives designers and users of rubber products guidance on the properties and types of rubber, associated test methods and terms used in the rubber industry. It draws attention to relevant British Standards in this field. Guidance is also included on designing a rubber component for a particular end-use.

NOTE The titles of the publications referred to in this standard are listed on the inside back cover.

DEFSTAN 08-107/3(2013) : 2013 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DESIGN OF ELECTROTECHNICAL AND NAVAL WEAPON EQUIPMENT
BS 7442-0:1991 Rubber or plastics covered rollers Introduction
BS 903-0:2003 Physical testing of rubber General
BS 2775:1987 Specification for rubber stoppers and tubing for general laboratory use
BS 903-0:2012 Physical testing of rubber General
BS 903-A58:1990 Physical testing of rubber Methods using the Mooney viscometer
11/30244285 DC : 0 BS 903-0:2011 - PHYSICAL TESTING OF RUBBER - PART 0 - GENERAL
BS 903-1:1995 Physical testing of rubber Guide to the selection and use of methods of test for rubber

BS 5176:1975 Specification for classification system for vulcanized rubbers
BS 3650:1976 Specification for oil-extended styrene-butadiene rubbers (SRB). Non-pigmented, emulsion polymerized, general purpose types (1700 series)
BS 903-A50:1984 Methods of testing vulcanized rubber. Determination of temperature rise and resistance to fatigue in flexometer testing (compression flexometer)
BS 903-A43:1982 Methods of testing vulcanized rubber. Determination of resistance to ozone cracking (static strain test)
BS 3574:1963 Recommendations for the storage of vulcanized rubber
BS 2782-3 Method 359:1984 Methods of testing plastics. Mechanical properties Determination of Charpy impact strength of rigid materials (Charpy impact flexural test)
BS 903-A30:1975 Physical testing of rubber Determination of the permeability of rubber to gases (constant pressure method)
BS 2782-3 Method 365D:1978 Methods of testing plastics. Mechanical properties Determination of hardness of plastics and ebonite by the ball indentation method
BS 2782-1 Method 121A and 121B:1991 Methods of testing plastics. Thermal properties Determination of temperature of deflection of plastics under a bending stress
BS 903-A39:1980 Methods of testing vulcanized rubber. Determination of compression set under constant deflection at low temperatures
BS 903-A8:1963 Methods of testing vulcanized rubber. Determination of rebound resilience
BS 903-A37:1979 Assessment of adhesion to and corrosion of metalsPhysical testing of rubber
ISO/TR 7620:2005 Rubber materials — Chemical resistance
BS 3472:1974 Specification for styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR) - non-pigmented, emulsion polymerized, general purpose types (1500 series)
BS 903-A48:1984 Methods of testing vulcanized rubber. Determination of static adhesion to textile cord (H-pull test)
BS 903-A49:1984 Physical testing of rubber Determination of temperature rise and resistance to fatigue in flexometer testing (basic principles)
BS 903-C2:1982 Physical testing of rubber Determination of volume resistivity
BS 1134-1:1972 Method for the assessment of surface texture Method and instrumentation
BS 903-A9:1957 Methods of testing vulcanized rubber. Determination of abrasion resistance
BS 903-A44:1983 Physical testing of rubber Determination of resistance to ozone cracking (dynamic strain test)
BS 5294:1976 Method of test. Determination of crystallization effects in rubbers by hardness measurements
BS 903-A26:1969 Physical testing of rubber Determination of hardness
BS 1134-2:1972 Method for the assessment of surface texture General information and guidance
BS 3734:1978 Specification for dimensional tolerances of solid moulded and extruded rubber products
BS 903-A14:1970 Methods of testing vulcanized rubber. Determination of modulus in shear of rubber (bonded quadruple shear test piece)
BS 4396:1976 Specification. Raw natural rubber
BS 2752:1982 Specification for chloroprene rubber compounds
BS 903-A46:1984 Methods of testing vulcanized rubber. Determination of vapour transmission rate of volatile liquids through rubber sheet and rubber coated fabrics
BS 3502-3:1978 Schedule of common names and abbreviations for plastics and rubbers. Rubbers and latices
BS 903-A42:1983 Methods of testing vulcanized rubber. Determination of stress relaxation
BS 903-A51:1986 Methods of testing vulcanized rubber. Determination of resistance to tension fatigue
BS 903-A25:1968 Methods of testing vulcanized rubber. Determination of impact brittleness temperature
BS 4443(1969) : LATEST

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