O ring compatibility chart offers guidance on chemical resistance and swell for viton o rings ffkm o rings silicone o rings teflon o rings and more.
Epdm o rings for brake fluid.
These compounds also withstand the effect of brake fluids and skydrol and other phosphate ester based hydraulic fluids.
O ring compatibility plays a critical role in o ring performance รข find the right material for your application and avoid o ring failures.
Made of epdm they resist water steam ethanol and ethylene glycol.
Epdm has a great acceptance in the sealing world because of its excellent resistance to heat water and steam alkali mild acidic and oxygenated solvents ozone and sunlight uv.
Ethylenepropylene diene rubber epdm produced using a third monomer and is particularly useful when sealing phosphate ester hydraulic fluids and in brake systems that use fluids having a glycol base.
If a seal is made for automotive brake systems and the material is not specified you can safely assume it is epdm.
If you buy your brake fluid from pegasus auto racing supplies use epdm seals in that system don t panic most companies that make master cylinder and caliper seals only offer them in an epdm version.
Use these o rings with metric sanitary fittings which are also called aseptic fittings.
Parker s ethylene propylene rubber epm epr epdm o rings are compatible with solvents and other chemicals.