‎Fluorosilicone – FVMQ

Fluorosilicone rubber or fluorovinylmethylsiloxane – FVMQ is a variation of silicone rubber with a methyl, vinyl and fluorine group that maintains excellent high temperature stability and mechanical properties, while providing greater resistance to fuel, oil and other chemicals.

Fluorosilicone rubber – FVMQ has many of the attributes of silicone. For example, FVMQ rubbers have similar mechanical and physical properties and provide excellent chemical resistance to dilute acids and alkalis, as well as non-polar fluids such as petroleum oils, hydrocarbons, diesters and silicone oils. However, they have only average resistance to polar fluids like alcohols and low resistance to ketones, aldehydes, amines and brake fluids (non-petroleum based). They also have lower hot air resistance than silicone rubbers (VMQ).

Like all silicone elastomers, they have high heat and oxidation stability, exceptional low temperature flexibility and are resistant to heat, ozone and sunlight (UV). They also offer a similar wide operating temperature range, much wider than that of fluorocarbon rubbers.