7. Statistical and economic data
Source: Intelligence Caoutchouc France.Europe.Monde, Syndicat National du Caoutchouc et des Polymères (SNCP), 2015 edition.
An order of magnitude of the 2015 prices of the various elastomers is given in table 24 . The price of fluorinated elastomers, FKM and FFKM, is particularly high, with a wide disparity depending on the grade. What's more, FFKM is only available in the form of finished parts (gaskets, plates of specific dimensions), since processing from raw material requires special processes that only certain manufacturers possess.
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- Rubber and latex – Parts list - NF ISO 1629 -
- Unvulcanized rubber – Determinations using a shear disk consistometer – Part 1: Determination of the Mooney consistometric index - NF ISO 289-1 -
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EC Regulation No. 1907/2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH).
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