RADIATION EFFECTS ON MATERIALS
| ++++ | Excellent |
| +++ | Good |
| ++ | Satisfactory |
| + | Weak |
| - | Unsatisfactory |
| Material | ||
| Rubbers and Elastomers | Stability | Maximum dose |
| Polyurethane rubber | ++++ | 100-200 |
| Natural rubber | +++ | 100 |
| SBR (Styrene Butadiene Rubber) | +++ | |
| Nitrile rubber | +++ | 200 |
| NBR (Nitrile Butadiene Rubber) | ++ | |
| Polybutadiene | +++ | |
| Acrinolitrile butadiene copolymer | +++ | |
| Silicone rubber | ++/+++ | 50 to 100 |
| Neoprene rubber (polychloroprene) | ++/+++ | |
| Isobuthylene-isoprene copolymer | ++ | |
| Polyisoprene | +++ | |
| EPR (Ethylene Propylene Rubber) | +++ | |
| Vinylidene fluoride / hexafluoro propylene rubber | ++ | |
| Trifluoro chloro ethylene | +++ | |
| Butadiene-vinylpiridine copolymer | +++ | |
| Chloroprene rubber | +++ | |
| Chlorosulfonated polyethylene | +++ | |
| Polysulphide rubber | +++ | |
| EVA rubber (Ethyl Vinyl Acetate) | +++ | |
| Ethyl acrylate rubber | ++ | |
| TPO (Olefinic Thermoplastic Elastomer 'Santoprene' nbsp; | ++ | |
| Polyester TPE (thermoplastic elastomer) | +++ | |
| Styrenic TPE (thermoplastic elastomer) | +++ | |
| Urethane TPE (thermoplastic elastomer) | +++ | |
| Butyl rubber | -/+ | 20-50 |
| Chloro butyl rubber -Bromo | - | |
| butyl rubber | ++ | |
| Thermoplastics | ||
| Polysulfone | ++++ | >1000 |
| PES (polyestersulfone) | +++ | |
| PS (polystyrene) | ++++ | >1000 |
| SAN (styrene acrylonitrile | +++ | 1000 |
| Poly-alpha-methyl styrene | +++ | |
| ABS (acrylonitrile butadiene styrene) | +++ | 1000 |
| PS/polybutadiene blend | ++++ |