Overview of materials for Silicone Foam

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Overview of materials for Silicone Foam
Categories:	Polymer; Thermoset; Silicone; Silicone Foam
Material Notes:	This property data is a summary of similar materials in the MatWeb database for the category "Silicone Foam". Each property range of values reported is minimum and maximum values of appropriate MatWeb entries. The comments report the average value, and number of data points used to calculate the average. The values are not necessarily typical of any specific grade, especially less common values and those that can be most affected by additives or processing methods.
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Physical Properties	Original Value	Comments

Density	0.104 - 1.64 g/cc	Average value: 0.410 g/cc Grade Count:43
Water Absorption	0.200 - 12.0 %	Average value: 4.15 % Grade Count:16
Viscosity	2.35 - 55000 cP	Average value: 13300 cP Grade Count:10

Mechanical Properties	Original Value	Comments
Hardness, Shore A	3.00 - 62.0	Average value: 23.1 Grade Count:8
Hardness, Shore OO	40.0 - 70.0	Average value: 50.5 Grade Count:5
Tensile Strength, Ultimate	0.0552 - 2.80 MPa	Average value: 0.422 MPa Grade Count:21
Tensile Strength, Yield	0.172 - 1.24 MPa	Average value: 0.616 MPa Grade Count:7
Elongation at Break	49.0 - 300 %	Average value: 113 % Grade Count:30
Compressive Yield Strength	0.00800 - 0.170 MPa	Average value: 0.0659 MPa Grade Count:25
Compression Set	0.000 - 80.0 %	Average value: 12.8 % Grade Count:32

Electrical Properties	Original Value	Comments
Electrical Resistivity	0.000100 - 1.00e+14 ohm-cm	Average value: 7.14e+13 ohm-cm Grade Count:7
Dielectric Constant	1.30 - 1.58	Average value: 1.39 Grade Count:6
Dielectric Strength	3.50 - 7.48 kV/mm	Average value: 5.17 kV/mm Grade Count:13
Arc Resistance	90.0 - 123 sec	Average value: 98.3 sec Grade Count:6

Thermal Properties	Original Value	Comments
CTE, linear	324 - 324 µm/m-°C @Temperature 20.0 - 177 °C	Average value: 324 µm/m-°C Grade Count:6
Specific Heat Capacity	1.26 J/g-°C	Average value: 1.26 J/g-°C Grade Count:6
Thermal Conductivity	0.0600 - 0.163 W/m-K	Average value: 0.0992 W/m-K Grade Count:14
Maximum Service Temperature, Air	150 - 280 °C	Average value: 219 °C Grade Count:18
Minimum Service Temperature, Air	-70.0 - -20.0 °C	Average value: -55.4 °C Grade Count:17
Brittleness Temperature	-55.0 °C	Average value: -55.0 °C Grade Count:5
Flammability, UL94	V-1 - V-0	Grade Count:14
Flame Spread Index	11.5 - 25.0	Average value: 22.6 Grade Count:10
Smoke Density	1.50 - 50.0 min	Average value: 15.3 min Grade Count:15
Oxygen Index	34.0 - 44.0 %	Average value: 38.7 % Grade Count:6

Processing Properties	Original Value	Comments
Cure Time	10.0 - 60.0 min	Average value: 29.4 min Grade Count:7
	45.0 - 135 min @Temperature 100 - 150 °C	Average value: 90.0 min Grade Count:2
Pot Life	0.500 - 240 min	Average value: 50.0 min Grade Count:5

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