[AR] Re: Explosive decompression of o-rings with helium

  • From: Daryle Dismukes <daryled@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: Arocket List <arocket@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Fri, 21 Aug 2015 05:44:52 -0700

Recent tests show that EPDM can also work with nitrous oxide if a more
durable elastomer is required.
-Daryle

On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 3:56 PM, Troy Prideaux <GEORDI@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

The only material truly compatible with Nitrous that I’m aware of is
fluorosilicone. Some sources say that **some** grades of Viton are
compatible which I trust, and some say that silicone is compatible, but
it’s also probably **some** grades also. Once again, I remind you to read
the Scaled Composites study on N2O compatibility where they found (to
quote):





Troy



Other related posts: