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IS 6611 (1988): Symbols for rubbers and latices [PCD 13:

Rubber and Rubber Products]

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Indian Standard
SYMBOLS FOR'RUBBERS AND LATICES
( First Revision )
0. FOREWORD

0.1 This Indian Standard ( First Revision ) was and government. These symbols have been
adopted by the Bureau of Indian Standards accepted at the international level. It is not
on 23 December 1988, after the draft finalized intended to conflict with but rather to act as a
by the Rubber Sectional Committee had been supplement to existing trade names and trade-
approved by the Petroleum, Coal and Related marks.
Products Division Council.
0.4 Technical papers or presentations, the name
0.2 This standard was originally published of the polymer should be used, if possible.
in 1972. In this revision, some new symbols
The symbols can follow the chemical name ~for
have been added and all symbols prescribed in use in later references
this standard, have been updated inaccordance
with the latest international practice.
0.5 This standard is based on ISO/DIS 1629-
0.3 The object of this standard is to provide 1985 ‘Rubbers and latices - Nomenclature’
standardized symbols for basic rubbers both in issued by the International Organization for
dry and latex forms for use in industry, trade Standardization (ISO).

1. SCOPE 3. GROUP DESIGNATIONS

1.1 This standard gives a general classification 3.1 The ‘M’ group includes rubbers having a
for the basic rubbers both in dry and latex saturated chain of the polymethylene type.
form, based on the chemical composition of the The following classification is used:
polymer chain. ACM - Copolymer of ethylacrylate or
other acrylates and a small amount
2. CLASSIFICATION of a monomer which facilitates
vulcanization
2.1 Rubbers, in both dry and latex forms, are
classified and coded on the basis of the chemical ANM - Ethylacrylate or other acrylate
composition of polymer chain in the following and acrylonitrile copolymer
manner: CM - Chloropolyethylene
M - Rubbers having a saturated chain of CFM - Polychlorotrifluoroethylene
the polymethylene type
CSM - Chlorosulfonylpolyethylene
N --Rubbers having nitrogen in the poly-
EAM - Ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymer
mer chain
EPDM - Terpolymer of ethylene, propy-
0 - Rubbers having oxygen in the polymer lene, and a diene with the residual
chain unsaturated portion of the diene
R - Rubbers having an unsaturated carbon in the side chain
chain, for example, natural rubber %PM - Ethylene-propylene copolymer
and synthetic rubbers derived at least
partly from diolefins FPM - Rubbers having fluoro and
fluoroalkyl or fluoroalkoxy sub-
Q - Rubbers having silicon and oxygen in stituent groups on the polymer
the polymer chain chain
T- Rubbers having sulphur in the IM - Polyisobutene
polymer chain
3.2 The ‘0’ group includes rubbers having
U - Rubbers having carbon, oxygen and oxygen in the polymer chain. The following
nitrogen in the polymer chain classification is used:
Z- Rubbers having phosphorus and co - Polychloromethyloxiran ( epichloro-
nitrogen in the polymer chain hydrin elastomer )

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EC0 - Ethylene oxide ( oxiran ) and silicone designation. The following classifica-
chldromethyloxiran (epi&;orohy_ tion is used:
drin copolymer )
FMQ - Silicone rubbers having both
GPO - Copolymer of propylene oxide and methyl and fluorine substituent
ally1 glycidyl ether groups on the polymer chain

3.3 The ‘R’ group, in ~both dry and latex forms, FVMQ- Silicone rubbers having methyl,
is defined by inserting, before the word ‘rubber’ vinyl and fluorine substituent
the name of the monomer or monomers from groups on the polymer chain
which the rubber was prepared (except for
natural rubber ). The letter immediately MQ - Silicone rubbers having only
preceding the letter ‘R’ signifies the diolefin methyl substituent groups on the
from which the rubber was prepared ( except ,polymer chain, such as dimethyl
for natural rubber ). Any letter or letters polysiloxane
preceding the diolefin letter signifies the
PMQ - Silicone rubbers having both
comonomer or comonomers. The following
methyl and phenyl substituent
classification is used:
groups on the polymer chain
ABR - Acrylate-butadiene rubbers
PVMQ - Silicone rubbers having methyl,
BR - Butadiene rubbers vinyl and phenyl substituent
groups on the polymer chain
CR - Chloroprene rubbers

IIR - Isobutene-isoprene rubbers VMQ - Silicone rubbers having both

methyl and vinyl substituent
IR - Isoprene rubbers, synthetic groups on the polymer chain

NBR - Acrylonitrile-butadiene rubbers NOTE - Insert initial for substituent group(s) on

polymer chain to the left of the code letter for rubber
NCR - Acrylonitrile-chloroprene rubbers with silicone and oxygen in the backbone ( Q) in des-
cending order of percent present, namely, largest
NR - Isoprene rubbers natural nearest.

PBR -- Vinylpyridine-butadiene rubbers

3.5 The ‘U’ group includes rubbers having
SBR - Styrene-butadiene rubbers carbon, oxygen and nit.rogen in the polymer
chain. The following classification is used:
SCR - Styrene-chloroprene rubbers
AFMU - Terpolymer of tetrafluoroethy-
SIR - Styrene-isoprene rubbers lene-trifluoronitrosomethane and
NIR - Acrylonitrile-isoprene rubbers nitroso-perfluorobutyric-acid

PSBR - Vinylpyridine-styrene-butadiene AU - Polyester urethane

rubbers - Polyether urethane
EU
NOTE -Carboxylic rubbers are identified by the
prefix letter ‘X’. 3.6 The ‘T’ group includes rubbers having
carbon, oxygen and sulphur in the polymer
3.3.1 Rubbers having substitute carboxylic chain. The following classification is used:
acid groups ( COOH ) on the polymer chain are
classified as follows: OT - A rubber having either a -CH,
-OH, -0 -CH, - 0 -- CH2
XBR - Carboxylic-butadiene -CHs group or occasionally an R
group, where R is an aliphatic
XCR - Carboxylic-chioroprene
hydrocarbon, not usually - CH,
XNBR - Carboxylic-acrylonitrile-butadiene -CH, -, between the polysulfide
linkages in the polymer chain
XSBR - Carboxylic-styrene-butadiene
EOT A rubber having either a -CH,
3.3.2 Rubbers containing halogen on the -CH, -0 -CH, -0 -CH,
polymer chains are classified as follows: --CH2 group and R groups which
are usually - CH, --Ha -but
BIIR - Bromo-isobutene-isoprene
occasionally other aliphatic groups
CIIR - Chloro-isobutene-isoprene between the polysulphide linkages
in the polymer chain
3.4 The ‘0, group, in both dry and latex forms,
is defined by inserting the name of the substi- 3.7 The ‘Z’ group includes rubbers having
tuent group on the polymer chain prior to phosphorus and nitrogen in the polymer chain.
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The following classification is used: rubber-like properties at room temperature
whilst the rubber is in the unvulcanized state.
FZ - A rubber having a - P=N - chain For example:
and having fluoroalkoxy groups
attached to the phosphorus atoms in YSBR - A block copolymer of styrene
the chain and butadiene

PZ - A rubber having a -P-N-chain and YXSBR - A block copolymer of styrene

having aryloxy (phenoxy and sub- and butadiene containing car-
stituted phenoxy ) groups attached to boxylic acid groups on the
the phosphorus atoms in the chain polymer chain

4. THERMOPLASTIC RUBBERS 4.2 The designation Y shall not be assigned

4.1 Designations of rubbers in 3 shall be pre-
ceded by the letter Y if the rubbers consist
essentially of polymers having a block, graft,
segmented or other structure that imparts
to materials whose rubber-like properties in the
unchanged state rely on blending of polymers
or on any other compounding techniques. In
such cases, each component of the material shall
be included in the designation.