TY - CONF A1 - Jaunich, Matthias A1 - Grelle, T. A1 - Wolff, Dietmar T1 - Influences on the low temperature sealability of elastomer O-rings N2 - For many sealing applications rubbers are applied due to their special material properties and easy use. In many applications, e.g. in aviation, traffic or process technology the material can be exposed to low temperatures during Operation. Therefore it is important to know the material behaviour at those low temperatures to determine the temperature range that allows a safe Operation of the seal. As rubbers are used as main sealing materials for Containers for low and intermediate level radioactive waste and as additional component to metal seals in spent fuel and high active waste Containers, a comprehensive elastomer investigation program is run at BAM. This program comprises investigations of elastomer overall performance, durability, influence of gamma irradiation and low temperature behaviour. In this paper we focus on the behaviour of elastomer seals at low temperatures with regard to potential decrease of leak-tightness as material properties of rubbers are strongly temperature dependent. But additionally to the investigation presented in the past which considered the material properties of new materials and the seal behaviour under purely static conditions [1, 2] we now focus on irradiated materials and on the sealing performance after a fast partial release of the compressed seal. For the investigations different materials were used, e.g. fluorocarbon (FKM) and ethylenepropylene-diene (EPDM) rubber. To determine the effect of gamma irradiation some samples were irradiated and studied by several thermo-analytical methods and compression set. For the investigation of the seal performance under non static conditions we decided to design a new measurement setup which allows for a small flange deflection and simultaneous leakage rate measurement at low temperatures. T2 - IRC 2015 - International rubber conference CY - Nuremberg, Germany DA - 29.06.2015 KW - O-ring KW - Glass-rubber transition KW - Irradiation KW - Compression set PY - 2015 SP - 1 EP - 7 AN - OPUS4-33784 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -