English Abstract

Industrial Synthetic Method of the Rubbers
4. Acrylonitrile-Butadiene Rubbers

Tsutomu YOSHIMURA
Zeon Corporation, Research and Development Center, Elastomer Laboratory, Kawasaki-ku, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
Nippon Gomu Kyokaishi,(2015),88(10),412-417 General Review in Japanese

Acrylonitrile-Butadiene Rubbers (NBR) are obtained by acrylonitrile and butadiene monomer. NBR are typically produced by emulsion polymerization. NBR have been widely used as oil-resistant elastomers especially in automotive applications. In this paper, industrial production methods, properties and recent technical trend of NBR are reported.

(Received on June 7, 2015)
Keywords: Nitrile Rubber, NBR, HNBR, Oil-resistant Elastomers