Polyphosphazenes obtained from polymerised hexachlorophosphazene (polydichlorophosphazene) have gathered attention within the field of inorganic polymers and probed investigations on the properties of elastomeric and thermoplastic derivatives. Some of them appear promising for future applications as fibre- or membrane-forming high performance materials, since they combine transparency, backbone flexibility, tunable hydrophilicity or hydrophobicity, and various other desirable properties.
Current commercial applications for polyphosphazene rubber components are in O-rings, fuel lines and shock absorbers, where the polyphosphazenes confer fire resistance, imperviousness to oils and flexibility even at very low temperatures.