Chemical Resistance
For PVC Hoses
Legend:
#1: Satisfactory.
#2: Recommended for the service and conditions shown for Oil hose.
#3: The material may be considered for use when alternative materials are unsatisfactory and when limited life is acceptable.
#4: When PVC is to be used with such chemicals, full-scale trials under realistic conditions are particularly necessary.
#5: Unsatisfactory.
|
Chemical |
Concentration |
Conditions |
|
20°C
68°F |
60°C
140°F |
|
Acetic acid |
10% |
1 |
3 |
|
Acetic acid |
60% |
1 |
3 |
|
Acetic acid |
Glacial |
5 |
5 |
|
Acetic anhydride |
|
5 |
5 |
|
Acetone |
Traces |
5 |
5 |
|
Acetone |
100% |
5 |
5 |
|
Adipic acid |
|
4 |
4 |
|
Alcohol allyl |
|
5 |
5 |
|
Alcohol ethyl |
40% w/w water |
1 |
4 |
|
Alcohol ethyl |
100% |
1 |
4 |
|
Alcohol isopropyl |
|
1 |
4 |
|
Alcohol methyl |
6% aq. soln |
1 |
1 |
|
Alcohol methyl |
100% |
3 |
4 |
|
Allyl chloride |
|
5 |
5 |
|
Aluminum salts |
|
1 |
1 |
|
Ammonia |
s.g. = 0.88 aq. sol |
1 |
5 |
|
Ammonia |
Dry gas |
4 |
4 |
|
Ammonia |
Liquid |
4 |
4 |
|
Ammonium hydroxide |
|
1 |
4 |
|
Ammonium salts |
|
1 |
1 |
|
Ammonium sulfide |
|
1 |
5 |
|
Aniline |
|
5 |
5 |
|
Animal oils |
|
1 |
4 |
|
Barium salts |
|
1 |
1 |
|
Beer |
|
1 |
4 |
|
Benzaldehyde |
Traces |
5 |
5 |
|
Benzaldehyde |
100% |
5 |
5 |
|
Benzene |
|
5 |
5 |
|
Barax |
|
1 |
4 |
|
Brine |
|
1 |
1 |
|
Bromine |
Gas, traces |
5 |
5 |
|
Bromine |
100% dry gas |
5 |
5 |
|
Bromine |
Liquid |
5 |
5 |
|
Butane |
|
4 |
4 |
|
Butanol |
|
1 |
4 |
|
Butyl acetate |
|
5 |
5 |
|
Butyric acid |
20% aq. soln |
1 |
4 |
|
Butyric acid |
Conc. |
5 |
5 |
|
Calcium hydroxide |
|
1 |
4 |
|
Calcium hypochlorite |
|
1 |
4 |
|
Calcium salts |
|
1 |
1 |
|
Carbon dioxide |
|
1 |
1 |
Chemical Resistance (cont.)
|
Chemical |
Concentration |
Conditions |
|
20°C
68°F |
60°C
140°F |
|
Carbon disulfide |
|
5 |
5 |
|
Carbon monoxide |
|
1 |
1 |
|
Carbon tetrachloride |
|
5 |
5 |
|
Casein |
|
1 |
1 |
|
Chlorine |
10% (dry gas) |
4 |
4 |
|
Chlorine |
100% (dry gas) |
4 |
4 |
|
Chlorine |
10% (moist gas) |
4 |
4 |
|
Chlorine water |
Saturated soln |
3 |
5 |
|
Chlorobenzene |
|
5 |
5 |
|
Chloroform |
|
5 |
5 |
|
Chlorosulfonic acid |
|
5 |
5 |
|
Chromic acid |
Plating soln |
5 |
5 |
|
Chromic acid |
Conc. |
4 |
4 |
|
Citric acid |
|
1 |
4 |
|
Copper salts |
|
1 |
1 |
|
Cycloexanol |
|
5 |
5 |
|
Cycloexanone |
|
5 |
5 |
|
Detergents, synthetic |
All conc. |
1 |
4 |
|
Developers, photographic |
|
1 |
1 |
|
Dextrose |
|
1 |
1 |
|
Dichlorethylene |
|
5 |
5 |
|
Dichlorbenzene |
|
5 |
5 |
|
Diesel oil |
|
2 |
2 |
|
Diethyl ether |
|
5 |
5 |
|
Dimethylamine |
|
4 |
4 |
|
Emulsifiers |
All conc. |
1 |
1 |
|
Emulsions, photographic |
|
1 |
1 |
|
Ether |
|
5 |
5 |
|
Ethyl acetate |
|
5 |
5 |
|
Ethylene dichloride |
|
5 |
5 |
|
Ethylene glycol |
|
1 |
4 |
|
Fatty acids |
|
4 |
4 |
|
Ferric salts |
|
1 |
1 |
|
Fixing solution, photography |
|
1 |
1 |
|
Fluorine |
|
5 |
5 |
|
Formaldehyde |
40% w/w in water |
1 |
4 |
|
Formic acid |
40% |
4 |
4 |
|
Formic acid |
50% |
3 |
5 |
|
Formic acid |
10% |
5 |
5 |
|
Glucose |
|
1 |
1 |
|
Glycerin |
|
1 |
4 |
|
Grape sugar |
|
1 |
1 |
|
Hydrochloric acid |
10 aq. soln |
1 |
1 |
|
Hydrochloric acid |
22% |
1 |
1 |
|
Hydrochloric acid |
Conc. |
1 |
3 |
|
Hydrochloric acid |
4% aq. soln |
1 |
|
|
Chemical |
Concentration |
Conditions |
|
20°C
68°F |
60°C
140°F |
|
Hydrofluoric acid |
40% aq. soln. |
1 |
4 |
|
Hydrofluoric acid |
60% aq. soln |
5 |
5 |
|
Hydrofluoric acid |
Conc. |
5 |
5 |
|
Hydrogen |
|
1 |
1 |
|
Hydrogen bromide anhydrous |
|
1 |
4 |
|
Hydrogen chloride anhydrous |
|
1 |
4 |
|
Hydrogen fluoride |
|
1 |
4 |
|
Hydrogen peroxide |
3% (10 vol.) |
1 |
4 |
|
Hydrogen peroxide |
12% (40 vol.) |
1 |
4 |
|
Hydrogen peroxide |
30% (100 vol.) |
1 |
4 |
|
Hydrogen peroxide |
90% (and above) |
1 |
4 |
|
Hydrogen sulfide |
|
1 |
4 |
|
Iodine |
Soln in potassium |
4 |
4 |
|
Iodine |
Iodide |
5 |
5 |
|
Lacquer solvents |
|
3 |
5 |
|
Lactic acid |
10% |
1 |
4 |
|
Lactic acid |
100% |
5 |
5 |
|
Lauric acid |
|
1 |
4 |
|
Lauryl alcohol |
|
1 |
1 |
|
Lead salts |
|
1 |
1 |
|
Magnesium salts |
|
1 |
1 |
|
Manganese sulphate |
Conc. soln |
1 |
1 |
|
Mercuric chloride |
|
5 |
5 |
|
Methyl chloride |
|
5 |
5 |
|
Methyl ethyl ketone |
|
5 |
5 |
|
Methylene chloride |
|
5 |
5 |
|
Milk |
|
1 |
4 |
|
Mineral oils |
|
2 |
2 |
|
Mixed acids (sulphuric / nitric) |
various proportions |
4 |
5 |
|
Molasses |
|
1 |
1 |
|
Naphtha |
|
5 |
5 |
|
Naphthalene |
|
5 |
5 |
|
Nickel salts |
|
1 |
1 |
|
Nitric acid |
10% |
1 |
4 |
|
Nitric acid |
25% |
1 |
4 |
|
Nitric acid |
50% |
1 |
3 |
|
Nitric acid |
70% |
3 |
5 |
|
Nitric acid |
95% |
5 |
5 |
|
Nitorbenzene |
|
5 |
5 |
|
Nitrogen fertilizers |
|
1 |
4 |
|
Nitrous fumes |
Moist |
4 |
5 |
|
Oleic acid |
|
1 |
4 |
|
Oxalic acid |
|
1 |
4 |
|
Oxygen |
|
1 |
1 |
|
Ozone |
|
1 |
4 |
|
Palmitic acid |
|
1 |
4 |
|
Paraffin |
|
3 |
4 |
|
Petrol |
|
2 |
2 |
|
Petrol benzene mixture |
80:20 |
5 |
5 |
|
Phenol |
|
4 |
5 |
|
Phosphoric acid |
20% aq. soln |
1 |
1 |
|
Phosphoric acid |
30% aq. soln |
1 |
1 |
|
Phosphoric developers |
30% aq. soln |
1 |
1 |
|
Chemical |
Concentration |
Conditions |
|
20°C
68°F |
60°C
140°F |
|
Photographic emulsions |
|
1 |
1 |
|
Photographic fixing soln |
|
1 |
1 |
|
Picric acid |
1 w/w in water |
1 |
1 |
|
Picric acid |
10% w/w in alcohol |
1 |
4 |
|
Potassium hydroxide |
1 aq. soln |
1 |
1 |
|
Potassium hydroxide |
10% aq. soln |
1 |
1 |
|
Potassium hydroxide |
Conc. aq. soln |
1 |
5 |
|
Potassium salts |
|
1 |
1 |
|
Propane |
|
2 |
2 |
|
Propylene dichloride |
|
5 |
5 |
|
Salicylic acid |
|
4 |
4 |
|
Sea water |
|
1 |
1 |
|
Soap solution |
|
1 |
4 |
|
Sodium hydroxide |
1% aq. soln |
1 |
4 |
|
Sodium hydroxide |
10% aq. soln |
1 |
3 |
|
Sodium hydroxide |
40% aq. soln |
1 |
5 |
|
Sodium hydroxide |
Conc. aq. soln |
1 |
5 |
|
Sodium hypochloride |
15% act. cl. |
1 |
3 |
|
Sodium salts |
|
1 |
1 |
|
Sulphur dioxide |
Dry |
1 |
1 |
|
Sulphur dioxide |
Moist |
4 |
5 |
|
Sulphur dioxide |
Liquid |
4 |
5 |
|
Sulphuric acid |
10% |
1 |
1 |
|
Sulphuric acid |
45% |
1 |
1 |
|
Sulphuric acid |
50% |
1 |
3 |
|
Sulphuric acid |
60% |
3 |
3 |
|
Sulphuric acid |
98% |
5 |
5 |
|
Sulphuric acid |
Fuming |
5 |
5 |
|
Sulphurous acid |
30% |
1 |
4 |
|
Tallow |
|
1 |
4 |
|
Tannic acid |
|
1 |
4 |
|
Tanning extracts |
|
1 |
4 |
|
Tartaric acids |
|
1 |
4 |
|
Tetraethyl lead |
|
1 |
4 |
|
Tetrahydrofuran |
|
5 |
5 |
|
Tetralin |
|
5 |
5 |
|
Toluene |
|
5 |
5 |
|
Transformer oil |
|
2 |
5 |
|
Trichloroethane |
|
5 |
5 |
|
Triethanolamine |
|
1 |
1 |
|
Trichloroethylene |
|
5 |
5 |
|
Triethylamine |
|
4 |
|