Degradable and/or deformable diverters and seals

A degradable component capable of forming a fluid seal;

• said degradable components includes a core structure and an extension structure;
• said extension structure is secured to a portion of an outer surface of said core structure;
• said extension structure extends outwardly from said outer surface of said core structure;
• said core structure is formed of a A) rubber material that includes less than 50 wt. % filler, and wherein said rubber material includes one or more rubbers selected from the group consisting of silicone rubber, urethane rubber, nitrile rubber, and fluoropolymer rubbers, and wherein said filler includes one or more materials selected from the group consisting of natural organic materials, inorganic minerals, silica materials and powders, ceramic materials, metallic materials and powders, synthetic organic materials and powders, mixtures, sodium chloride, sugar, silica flour calcium carbonate fillers, and/or fumed silica, and wherein said filler has a different composition from said rubber material, or B) a degradable cast metal alloy, and wherein said degradable cast metal alloy includes i) a cast degradable aluminum ally that includes at least 50 wt. % aluminum, and wherein said degradable cast aluminum alloy has a dissolution rate of at least 5 mg/cm2-hr. in 3 wt. % KCl at 90° C. or ii) a degradable cast magnesium alloy that includes at least 50 wt. % magnesium, no more than 10 wt. % aluminum and 0.5-49.5 wt. % additive that is selected from the group consisting of zinc, tin, beryllium, boron carbide, copper, nickel, bismuth, cobalt, titanium, manganese, potassium, sodium, antimony, indium, strontium, barium, silicon, lithium, silver, gold, cesium, gallium, calcium, iron, lead, mercury, arsenic, rare earth metals and zirconium, and wherein said degradable cast magnesium alloy has a dissolution rate of at least 5 mg/cm2-hr. in 3 wt. % KCl at 90° C.;
• said core structure has a shape selected from the group consisting of a sphere, ellipsoid, cone, cube, a three dimensional shape that is equiaxed, and a three dimensional shape having an aspect ratio of 1-8;
• said extension structure includes one or more structures selected from the group consisting of a) a flap, and wherein said flap has a width that is less than 50% a diameter of said core structure, and b) a tail;
• said extension structure is deformable and includes a material selected from the group consisting of a degradable polymer, a degradable elastomer, a degradable rubber, and a degradable metal.