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Specialty Fluoroelastomer withstands aggressive oils.

2013-09-27 14:32:04| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today

Classified as Type 4 FKM by ASTM standards, AFLAS® 200P offers optimized performance at cold temperatures (Tg = -13°C, TR-10 = -8°C). Peroxide-curable product is intended for applications that need to withstand aggressive oils containing antioxidants, solvents, ozone, acids, and bases, such as oil seals, shaft seals, O-rings, gaskets, and variety of other parts and fittings. AFLAS 200P can also be solvated and applied as coating. This story is related to the following:Fluoroelastomers

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Shell Oil's Arctic drilling operations in limbo

2013-09-26 14:37:51| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

LA Times: Six months after federal officials chastised Shell Oil for its faulty offshore drilling operations in the Arctic, the company has yet to explain what safeguards it has put in place or when it plans to resume exploring for oil in the vulnerable region. Shell's 2012 return to offshore Arctic exploration after a generation away was marred by high-profile problems, including hefty fines for polluting the air and a drilling rig that ran aground. The company canceled its 2013 drilling season, and its...

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