Etylene-propylene diene monomer (EPDM) rubbers have become widely recognized as an important class of elastomers in an enormous variety of consumer-type products. Typical examples where this material is used include seals around automotive doors, trunks, and windows; hosing materials used in automotive radiator applications, ply-roofing material in construction; specialty sealing gaskets and O-rings for various consumer products; electrical sheathing; plastic blends such as automotive bumpers; oil modifiers; and many others. EPDM is a unique material, having almost exceptional environmental resistance properties and capable of bcing extended to high levels of filler loading, while maintaining good physical as well as elasticlike properties. Additionally, unlike many other polymers, it can be synthesized over a wide range of molecular weights, and molecular and compositional distributions. This enables EPDM to be produced as a material tailored to the end-use application.
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