Fuel management systems having a fluororubber article in contact with biodiesel fuel
US7964001B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 14, 2009 |
| Grant date | Jun 21, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 11, 2030 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC08K5/11
- WIPO fieldMacromolecular chemistry, polymers
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Disclosed herein is a fuel management system having at least one fluororubber article in contact with biodiesel fuel wherein said fluororubber article comprises i) a polyhydroxy cured fluoroelastomer comprising copolymerized units of vinylidene fluoride and at least one other fluoromonomer, and ii) 1 to 10 parts by weight of a diester of a dicarboxylic acid per hundred parts fluoroelastomer. Also disclosed is a method for reducing volume swell of a polyhydroxy cured fluororubber article in contact with biodiesel fuel wherein 1 to 10 parts by weight of a diester of a dicarboxylic acid is incorporated into said article.
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