MIL-HDBK-695 Rubber Products: Recommended Shelf LifeThis handbook provides guidance for establishing time periods for the expected life of elastomeric products during shelf storage. The use of the expected shelf storage lives listed herein is NOT MADE MANDATORY by this handbook. This handbook is for guidance only and cannot be cited as a requirement. The decision as to whether or not a product will have a limit placed upon the time that it may remain in storage is a function of the agency responsible for the products ultimate use.

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Military Specifications

Identifier

Title/Description

Elastomers

Expected

Shelf

Life (Yrs)

Required

Commonly

Used

MIL-PRF-17927

Gaskets, Flame Resistant Hinged Closure

Q

20

MIL-I-18057

Insulation Sleeving, Electrical, Flexible, Glass

Fiber, Silicon Rubber Treated (see MIL-I-3190)

Q

20

MIL-H-18158

Hose Ducting, Low Pressure, Naval Shipboard

Portable, Ventilating Set Use

CR

15

MIL-M-18351

Mattress & Mattress Ticks, Berth, Synthetic

Cellular Rubber, Naval Shipboard

All Types

CR

5

MIL-C-19002

Cloth, Coated, & Strip, Coated Cloth -

Polychloroprene on Nylon  (Pneumatic Life

Preserver) Type I

CR

15

MIL-M-19379

Mounts, Resilient, Mare Island Types, Types

11M15, 11M25, & 10M50

CR or NBR

15

MIL-C-19787

Cable, Electric, Torpedo, 65 Conductor (For

Torpedo Control, Electric Setting)

CR

(Sheath)

15

MIL-M-19863

Mount, Resilient, Type 5B5, 000H

NR

3

MIL-P-19918

Packing, V Ring

NBR

15

MIL-DTL-20078

Gasket for Ballistic Doors and Hatches

Type B

SBR

3

MIL-PRF-20092

Rubber or Plastic Sheets and Assembled and

Molded Shapes, Synthetic, Foam or Sponge, Open

Cell

Class 1 - Types I & II All Conditions

Class 3 - Types I & II All Conditions

CR CR

15

15

MIL-DTL-20176

Hose & Hose Assembly, Rubber, Smooth Bore,

Light- Weight Sewage Discharge and Oily Waste

Discharge

NBR

15

MIL-PRF-20696

Cloth, Waterproof, Weather Resistant

Types I & II, Classes 1 & 3

CR

15

MIL-R-21252

Rubber Sheet, Solid, Synthetic, Shipboard Water

Evaporator Gasketing

SBR

3

MIL-S-21558

Seal, Oil, Plain or Plain Encased

NBR

15

MIL-G-21569

Gaskets, Cylinder Liner Seal, Synthetic Rubber

Class I Class II

NBR Q

15

20