Chlorosulfonated Polyethylene Rubber (CSM)
CSM rubber is a thermoset elastomer or rubber material. It has a moderately low tensile strength among the rubber materials in the database. The graph bars on the material properties cards below compare CSM rubber to other rubber materials (top) and the entire database (bottom). A full bar means this is the highest value in the relevant set. A half-full bar means it's 50% of the highest, and so on.
Mechanical Properties
Elongation at Break
400 %
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS)
9.0 MPa 1.3 x 103 psi
Thermal Properties
Glass Transition Temperature
0 °C 32 °F
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical
120 °C 240 °F
Otherwise Unclassified Properties
Density
1.2 g/cm3 75 lb/ft3
Limiting Oxygen Index (LOI)
25 %
Common Calculations
Strength to Weight: Axial
2.1 points
Strength to Weight: Bending
8.0 points
Followup Questions
Further Reading
Rubber Formulary, The, Peter A. Ciullo and Norman Hewitt, 1999