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- US: EPDM Rubber, United States, transaction, fob
- EUR: EPDM Rubber, Europe, transaction, fob, Netherlands
- SEA: EPDM Rubber, Southeast Asia, transaction, cif, Thailand
- CN: EPDM Rubber, China, transaction, cif
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Price Dynamics. The EPDM Rubber price in United States increased during December 2018 to 2,030 USD per metric ton, which represents a slight rise of 1% compared to the previous month’s value. On a year-over-year basis, EPDM Rubber prices in United States increased by 4%. Meanwhile, in Netherlands, the average price of EPDM Rubber amounted to 2,060 USD per metric ton, from 2,150 USD per metric ton one year earlier. On a month-over-month basis, the EPDM Rubber price in Netherlands is 8% lower than the price one month before.
The price of EPDM Rubber in China declined throughout December 2018, reaching 2,100 USD per metric ton. The price in China is 5% lower than the average price in the previous month and 3% higher than the average price one year before. In contrast, EPDM Rubber prices in Thailand increased modestly during December 2018, reaching 2,560 USD per metric ton, which means a rise of 2% from the previous month’s price and a rise of 7% from the previous year’s price.
About EPDM Rubber. EPDM Rubber (a.k.a. Ethylene Propylene Diene Rubber) is an organic compound, in the (ter)polymer/elastomer class. It is derived from ethylene, propylene, and small amounts of a nonconjugated diene as third monomer. Having a completely saturated polymer backbone, this random elastomeric copolymer combines interesting features including excellent weathering stability and heat resistance, good insulating properties and good resistance to chemicals, moisture and steam. EPDM has excellent ozone resistance, in comparison with natural rubber and its synthetic substitutes, such as SBR (styrene–butadiene rubber), BR (butadiene rubber) and IR (isoprene rubber). These features make EPDM a versatile synthetic rubber, with several applications in the automotive industry, in the construction industry and as a plastic modifier.
Commercial-scale production of EPDM are mainly based on solution and suspension polymerization processes. The polymerization conditions determine the structure of the polymer obtained, mainly characterized by ethylene: propene ratio, monomer sequence distribution, molar mass and molar mass distribution, content and type of the diene. In this context, EPDM rubbers are produced in different grades by each manufacturer according to the specialty applications targeted, in such a way that it is not standardized as general-purpose rubbers. Its ethylene percentage can vary between 15-85%. It may be produced in different physical forms, from solid to friable bales, pellets and granular forms and oil blends.
EPDM rubber is not flammable and very little toxic, although it should be kept away from heat sources, since it might decompose into ethylene and propylene, extremely flammable gases. The rubber is generally shipped in boxes containing bales of 25 to 34 kg, multiunits of bales, or bags of pellets for certain semicrystalline grades. Rubber processors prefer loosely packed bales, whereas plastic blenders prefer pellets.
EPDM production consists in the copolymerization of ethylene, propylene and a diene, in such a way that different EPDM manufacturing routes are related to different sources of such raw materials. In this context, typical EPDM production routes are based on ethylene manufacturing (via steam cracking of paraffinic hydrocarbons) and alpha-olefins by-product of petroleum refining. Raw materials and the respective production processes employed in the manufacturing of EPDM Rubber are listed below.
- Ethylene + propylene + third monomer (solution process),
- Ethylene + propylene + third monomer (slurry process),
- Ethylene + propylene + third monomer (gas-phase process)
The uses and applications of EPDM Rubber may vary according to its specification. The main forms of EPDM Rubber are ethylene content varying between 15% and 85%.
