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[*] posted on 11-2-2009 at 20:54
Plastic Chemical compatibility chart?


I found this chart http://www.coleparmer.com/techinfo/ChemComp.asp

but it does not include HDPE. Any other databases out there?
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[*] posted on 11-2-2009 at 23:08


http://www.millerplastics.net/chemical_resistance_chart.html

www.camlab.co.uk/sitefiles/RTP_instructions/Plasticomp.pdf

Hope these help :)




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[*] posted on 12-2-2009 at 01:26


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Out of one of my old catalogues.Hope it helps :)
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[*] posted on 12-2-2009 at 01:33


my partner downloaded some of these awhile back. One for protective gear like gloves is nice too since a chemist gets killed every once in awhile from wearing the wrong kind of gloves



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[*] posted on 12-2-2009 at 18:12


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Originally posted by starman

Out of one of my old catalogues.Hope it helps :)


EXCELLENT!

Thanks, I see that HDPE and Oxidizers don't mix though. Bummer.

I bet those teflon containers are $s. :-)

[Edited on 2-12-2009 by User999]
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[*] posted on 20-2-2009 at 13:49


Some more chemical resistance charts:

General:
http://www.emersonprocess.com/RAIhome/documents/Liq_Handbook...
http://www.professionalplastics.com/professionalplastics/Che...
http://www.texloc.com/closet/cl_chemical_resist_chart2.html
http://www.flowline.com/chem.lasso (also 316 stainless steel, titanium)
http://www.catpumps.com/pdfs/chem_compatability_chart.pdf (versus metals, plastics, elastomers)

HDPE:
http://www.k-mac-plastics.net/data%20sheets/hdpe-chemical-re...
http://pt.rexnord.com/products/Guards/orange_peel_guards/hdp...
http://www.trolining.de/UserFiles/File/pdf/Chemical_resistan...

HDPE (tubes): http://www.alita.com/literature/HDPE-Porous-Tube.pdf

HDPE; LDPE:
http://www.calpaclab.com/pages/chart.html
http://www.borealisgroup.com/pdf/chemical-resistance/chemica...

HDPE; PP:
http://www.roechling-plastics.us/pdfs/gpbrochure.pdf

Glove chemical resistance chart:
http://www.tasco-safety.com/workgloves/chem.html

And this encyclopedia includes glass: (briefly, HF, F2 (moist), AlF3, NH4HF2, Ca(OH)2, NaOH, KOH, Na2S to 50%, are incompatible with glass, hot phosphoric acid also attacks glass).

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[*] posted on 24-2-2009 at 16:11


Quote:
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Quote:
Originally posted by starman

Out of one of my old catalogues.Hope it helps :)


EXCELLENT!

Thanks, I see that HDPE and Oxidizers don't mix though. Bummer.

I bet those teflon containers are $s. :-)

[Edited on 2-12-2009 by User999]


It would depend on the oxidiser, the storage conditions and the storage time. Remember always these charts are written for court to cover the manufacturer, so they err on the side of caution, which is not a bad thing.
If you are not intending long term storage i would not hesitate using HDPE for oxidisers, i assume the warning is more due to incompatibility with one of the myriad of processing additives used to make the hdpe blowable or melt-flowable or whatever.

I have a glass bottle of chlorine gas with a PP closure at STP, on my desk (to show people the colour). It has been there for about 4 years. The colour in the closure has deteriorated but i have yet to have a whiff of chlorine.

If i haven't qualified myself enough, then just let me reiterate, it may be a disaster using HDPE instead of TFPE to store your oxidiser, but i highly doubt it. If you use a simple PP (freezer bags) or PE(normal supermarket plastic bags) liner and just cable tie it closed within the HDPE container you can sleep fairly easily. After all consider that the oxidisers commonly available at the hardware store use HDPE packaging throughout.

btw- thats an excellent compilation formatik especially the catpumps and flowline site

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[*] posted on 4-12-2009 at 08:14


Yet another chart

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