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This Technical Report describes a classification system for the reporting and tabulation of the chemicalresistance of rubber materials. It also provide guidance on the testing and evaluation of rubber with particularreference to test chemicals described in a number of ISO standards.This document gives guidance on the behaviour of rubber in contact with chemicals such as aggressive gasesand fluids, e.g. acids, alkalis, aqueous solutions, oil and solvents.The information given in this document is based on the practical experience of manufacturers and users ofrubber materials.Unless there is prior knowledge or experience of the application, a selection based on the tables shouldalways be confirmed by tests on the proposed rubber compounds using the actual product under theappropriate service conditions. In such tests, attention should also be given to the possibility of the rubbermaterial contaminating the liquid or gas