TY - CONF A1 - Weltschev, Margit A1 - Werner, Jan A1 - Heming, Frank T1 - Compatibility of elastomers with biofuels T2 - Corrosion 2014 N2 - Biofuels represent an important renewable fuel alternative to petroleum-derived transport fuels. Materials compatibility is a major concern whenever the fuel composition is changed. The aim of this work is to study the interaction of the elastomers: FKM, EPDM, CR, CSM, NBR, IIR, VMQ and FVMQ and biofuels such as biodiesel (FAME), E85 (fuel with 85% ethanol) and B10 (heating oil with 10% biodiesel). Exposure tests were performed with test specimens at 40°C (104°F) and 70°C (158°F) for 84 days to document the changes in mass, volume and tensile properties according to ISO 1817. The exposure tests in E85 showed that the weight gain caused by swelling was in the range up to 12%. The lowest decrease in the tensile properties was determined for FKM, VMQ and IIR. The weight gain of the elastomers in biodiesel varied between 10% (FKM) and 126% (CSM) and the loss of tensile strength between 16% (FKM) and 100% (CSM) at 70°C (158°F). FKM and FVMQ absorbed much less B10 and swelled less. NBR, EPDM, CR, CSM, IIR and VMQ were not resistant to B10 at all as the decrease in the tensile properties was significantly over 50%. Among all of the elastomers FKM showed high compatibility with these biofuels up to 70°C (158°F). T2 - Corrosion 2014 CY - San Antonio, TX, USA DA - 09.03.2014 KW - Biofuels KW - Elastomers KW - Compatibility KW - Change in tensile properties KW - Change in mass KW - Sealing materials KW - Biodiesel KW - E85 KW - B10 KW - Mass loss KW - Tensile properties PY - 2014 SP - Paper 3745, 1 EP - 9 AN - OPUS4-30411 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -