Silicone Rubber

Due to its high purity, silicone is very suitable for contact with food and medical applications. However Wackers products are not approved for implants in the body for longer than 30 days.

• Silicone has a very good resistance to UV-radiation, cold, heat and ozone.
• Silicone has a good resistance to warm oils.
• Silicone can be sterilized with all common methods.
• Silicone has an extremely good compression set. Especially the oil resistant grades.
• Silicone has an extremely good elasticity with an elongation up-to 1000%.
• Silicone can be offered both in conductive and non-conductive as well as heat conductive compounds.
• Silicone is available from 10 – 90 Shore A.
• Silicone can be offered with temperature resistance from – 95 C to + 300 C and even higher during shorter cycles.
• Silicone will maintain its mechanical properties in a wide range of temperature.
• Silicone can be offered in the most common colours and also with special effects such as metallic and luminous.