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Homogenous Virgin Rubber Flooring

MasterFormat 09 60 00 Flooring; 09 65 00 Resilient Flooring; 09 65 16.33 Rubber Sheet Flooring; 09 65 19.33 Rubber Tile Flooring

This information reflects our best understanding of product composition in 2020.

Rubber flooring, a common flooring option, has many different uses for a myriad of settings. Rubber flooring has been utilized in areas from hospitals to data centers, offices, gymnasiums, and even in housing. Consequently, this type of resilient...

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Rubber flooring, a common flooring option, has many different uses for a myriad of settings. Rubber flooring has been utilized in areas from hospitals to data centers, offices, gymnasiums, and even in housing. Consequently, this type of resilient flooring has many different varieties, which means many different product compositions. For the scope of this Common Product, the rubber flooring considered is homogeneous virgin rubber tile/sheet for interior use. Virgin rubber is defined as rubber that is being utilized for the first time (in any setting). Other rubber flooring options utilize recycled rubber (crumb rubber), which may contain high-concern residuals that are not disclosed. Recycled flooring options were not considered for this Common Product profile. For more information on potential contaminants in tire-derived crumb rubber, see our Common Product record here. Homogeneous products are a single layer, whereas heterogeneous products are multi-layered. Rubber flooring for exterior use relies on crumb rubber as a minor or major rubber component; which, as stated previously is not the scope of the this particular Common Product. Rubber flooring requires either natural or synthetic rubber with styrene butadiene rubber (SBR) being very common. Some products may incorporate rubber granules containing other polymers, such as EPDM. Common additives include antioxidants, fillers, flame retardants, curing agents, and pigments. Some flooring products may have a factory-applied finish, but this does not appear to be common.
 

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Name % Weight Whole Function GREENSCREEN® Sources
Kaolin
1332-58-7
42.42% Filler Subscribe to view
Styrene Butadiene Rubber (Benzene, ethenyl-, polymer with 1,3-butadiene)
9003-55-8
23.80% Polymer Species Subscribe to view
Titanium dioxide
13463-67-7
10.35% Pigment Subscribe to view
Aluminum hydroxide, dried
21645-51-2
5.17% Flame Retardant Subscribe to view
2-Propenoic acid, 2-methyl-, polymer with ethene and 2-methylpropyl 2-propenoate, zinc salt
61843-71-8
5.17% Polymer Species Subscribe to view
Petroleum resins
64742-16-1
3.62% Tackifier Subscribe to view
Epoxidized soybean oil
8013-07-8
2.59% Plasticizer Subscribe to view
Alkenes, ethylene-manuf.-by-product piperylene-cut, polymd.
68131-47-5
2.00% Processing Regulator Subscribe to view
Zinc oxide
1314-13-2
1.39% Curing Agent Subscribe to view
Ferric oxide
1309-37-1
1.03% Pigment Subscribe to view
Ferric oxide, yellow
51274-00-1
1.00% Pigment Subscribe to view
Stearic acid
57-11-4
0.68% Curing Agent Subscribe to view
Irganox 1010
6683-19-8
0.67% Antioxidant Subscribe to view
2H-Benzimidazole-2-thione, 1,3-dihydro-4(or 5)-methyl-, zinc salt (2:1)
61617-00-3
0.10% Curing Agent Subscribe to view
Name % Weight Part % Weight Whole Function GREENSCREEN® Sources
Kaolin
1332-58-7
42.42% 42.42% Filler Subscribe to view
Styrene Butadiene Rubber (Benzene, ethenyl-, polymer with 1,3-butadiene)
9003-55-8
23.80% 23.80% Polymer Species Subscribe to view
Titanium dioxide
13463-67-7
10.35% 10.35% Pigment Subscribe to view
Aluminum hydroxide, dried
21645-51-2
5.17% 5.17% Flame Retardant Subscribe to view
2-Propenoic acid, 2-methyl-, polymer with ethene and 2-methylpropyl 2-propenoate, zinc salt
61843-71-8
5.17% 5.17% Polymer Species Subscribe to view
Petroleum resins
64742-16-1
3.62% 3.62% Tackifier Subscribe to view
Epoxidized soybean oil
8013-07-8
2.59% 2.59% Plasticizer Subscribe to view
Alkenes, ethylene-manuf.-by-product piperylene-cut, polymd.
68131-47-5
2.00% 2.00% Processing Regulator Subscribe to view
Zinc oxide
1314-13-2
1.39% 1.39% Curing Agent Subscribe to view
Ferric oxide
1309-37-1
1.03% 1.03% Pigment Subscribe to view
Ferric oxide, yellow
51274-00-1
1.00% 1.00% Pigment Subscribe to view
Stearic acid
57-11-4
0.68% 0.68% Curing Agent Subscribe to view
Irganox 1010
6683-19-8
0.67% 0.67% Antioxidant Subscribe to view
2H-Benzimidazole-2-thione, 1,3-dihydro-4(or 5)-methyl-, zinc salt (2:1)
61617-00-3
0.10% 0.10% Curing Agent Subscribe to view

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Known or Potential Residuals

Known or Potential Residuals for Chemical
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Habitable Resources (6)

Habitable Resources for Product
TYPE TITLE
Report Full Disclosure Required: A Strategy to Prevent Asthma Through Building Product Selection
Report Resilient Flooring & Chemical Hazards: A Comparative Analysis of Vinyl and Other Alternatives for Health Care
Report Healthy Environments: What's New (and What's Not) With PVC
Report Avoiding Contaminants in Tire-Derived Flooring
Tool Flooring Product Guidance
Tool Flooring Installation Product Guidance

Sources

Sources for Common Product Data
Source Uploaded Document Linked Document
4,4,15,15-Tetraethoxy-3,16-dioxa-8,9,10,11-tetrathia-4,15-disilaoctadecane
42410 Bis[3-(triethoxysilyl)propyl]tetrasulfide, S 22.3% (typical)
AB - AB Pure - TDS
antioxidants and antiozonants
ASTM Standard F1859
ASTM Standard F410
Categorization Results from the Canadian Domestic Substance List
Cefic Polymers’ Working Group interpretation of specific polymers issues
Declare - AB- Rubber Flooring
Declare - Expanko - Sereniti Rubber Flooring
Declare - Tarkett - Rubber Tile Collection
Early 20th-Century Building Materials:Resilient Flooring
EPD - Roppe - Rubber Tile
Expanko - Sereniti - TDS
Flexco - ESD - TDS
History of Rubber Flooring
HPD - Flexco Corporation - ESD Rubber Tile
HPD - Mohawk - TRUE - Rubber Flooring
HPD - Mondo - Harmoni - Rubber Flooring
HPD - Nora - Norament Standard - Rubber Flooring
HPD - Roppe - Rubber Tile
HPD - Zandur - Flex (Solid Rubber)
Mohawk - Rubber Tile - TDS
Mondo - Harmoni - TDS
National Center for Biotechnology Information (2020). PubChem Compound Summary for CID 544160.
Ngrain
Nocil - Vulcanization & Accelerators
Nora - Standard - TDS
Polymer Properties Database
PubChem - Peroxide, [1,4-phenylenebis(1-methylethylidene)]bis[(1,1-dimethylethyl)
Resilient Flooring & Chemical Hazards
Retarders for rubber cures
RFCI - EPD - Rubber Flooring
Screening Assessment for the Challenge Peroxide, [1,3(or 1,4)-phenylenebis(1-methylethylidene)]bis[(1,1-dimethylethyl) (PBMBDP)
Styrene-Butadiene Rubber: Complete Technical Guide on SBR & its Features
Synergistic effects of aluminum hydroxide on improving the flame retardancy and smoke suppression properties of transparent intumescent fire-retardant coatings
Synergistic effects of aluminum hydroxide on improving the flame retardancy and smoke suppression properties of transparent intumescent fire-retardant coatings
Tarkett - Rubber Tile - TDS
TDS - Roppe - Rubber Tile
TDS - Zandur - Flex (Solid Rubber)