Elastomeric materials
A bore tool can include a component that includes a longitudinal axis and a perimeter surface disposed at one or more radii from the longitudinal axis; and an elastomeric component disposed about the perimeter surface where the elastomeric component includes an elastomeric material that includes carbon-based nanoplatelets.
1. A bore tool comprising:
a component that comprises a longitudinal axis and a perimeter surface disposed at one or more radii from the longitudinal axis; and
an elastomeric component disposed about the perimeter surface wherein the elastomeric component comprises an elastomeric material that comprises carbon-based nanoplatelets,
wherein the elastomeric material that comprises carbon-based nanoplatelets comprises the carbon-based nanoplatelets at less than approximately 10 percent by weight.
2. The bore tool of claim 1 comprising slips.
3. The bore tool of claim 1 comprising a blowout protector.
4. The bore tool of claim 1 comprising two of the elastomeric components wherein an axial gap exists between the two elastomeric components.
5. The bore tool of claim 1 comprising two of the elastomeric component wherein the two elastomeric components contact each other.
6. The bore tool of claim 5 wherein one of the elastomeric components comprises a first elastomeric material composition and wherein the other of the elastomeric components comprises a second elastomeric material composition that differs from the first elastomeric material composition.
7. The bore tool of claim 5 wherein one of the two elastomeric components comprises a first Young's modulus and wherein the other of the two elastomeric components comprises a second Young's modulus that differs from the first Young's modulus.
8. The bore tool of claim 1 wherein the elastomeric material comprises a fluoroelastomer.
9. The bore tool of claim 1 wherein the elastomeric material comprises a nitrile butadiene rubber.
10. The bore tool of claim 1 comprising three of the elastomeric component wherein the three elastomeric components comprise two end elastomeric components and an intermediate elastomeric component.
11. The bore tool of claim 10 wherein the two end elastomeric components comprise a Young's modulus that differs from a Young's modulus of the intermediate elastomeric component.
12. The bore tool of claim 1 wherein the carbon-based nanoplatelets comprise an average maximum platelet dimension less than approximately 50 microns and an average platelet thickness dimension less than approximation 10 nanometers.
13. The bore tool of claim 1 wherein the carbon-based nanoplatelets comprise an average maximum platelet dimension less than approximately 25 microns and an average platelet thickness dimension less than approximation 5 nanometers.
14. A bore tool comprising:
a component that comprises a longitudinal axis and a perimeter surface disposed at one or more radii from the longitudinal axis;
an elastomeric component disposed about the perimeter surface wherein the elastomeric component comprises an elastomeric material that comprises carbon-based nanoplatelets; and
a bore packer assembly.
15. The bore tool of claim 14 wherein the bore packer assembly comprises a force applicator that is actuatable to apply force to the elastomeric component to at least in part increase a perimeter of the elastomeric component.
16. A bore tool comprising:
a component that comprises a longitudinal axis and a perimeter surface disposed at one or more radii from the longitudinal axis; and
an elastomeric component disposed about the perimeter surface wherein the elastomeric component comprises an elastomeric material that comprises carbon-based nanoplatelets,
wherein the elastomeric material comprises an ethylene-propylene-diene-monomer rubber.