Acetanilide is also known as acetanil or antifebrin and is used as an aniline-based pharmaceutical, dye, and fragrance intermediate. It is also used in the manufacture of rubber and plastic products and is used in some consumer products such as hair dyes, cleaning products, and cosmetics.
When exposed to acetanilide, rubber materials such as natural rubber, nitrile rubber, and silicone rubber are known to suffer from swelling, softening, and loss of material strength. This degradation can cause a decrease in flexibility and cracking of the rubber material. Natural rubber is particularly vulnerable to the reaction and can suffer from accelerated aging when exposed for extended periods of time. In extreme cases, the rubber material may crack and break down completely.
Fluorosilicone o-rings are a hybrid of silicone and FKM resulting in great jet fuel resistance with high and low temperature performance. Also widely used in semiconductor Ashing equipment with strong resistance to oxygen plasma, FVMQ fluorosilicone o-rings also feature excellent flexibility, compression resistance, aging and sunlight resistance, and overall wide range of basic chemical resistance.
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