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PVC Coating Chemical Resistance Chart
Solutions Conc. Temp. Recommended
Exposure
Splashing Liquid Fumes
Solutions Conc. Temp. Recommended
Exposure
Splashing Liquid Fumes
Acetic Acid 10% 120 no no no
Acid Copper Plating Solution 160 yes yes yes
Alkaline Cleaners 160 yes yes yes
Aluminum Chloride Sat'd 160 yes yes yes
Aluminum Sulfate Sat'd 160 yes yes yes
Alums Sat'd 160 yes yes yes
Ammonium Chloride Sat'd 160 yes yes yes
Ammonium Hydroxide 28% 120 yes yes yes
Ammonium Hydroxide 10% 120 yes yes yes
Ammonium Sulfate Sat'd 160 yes yes yes
Ammonium Thiocyanate Sat'd 160 yes yes yes
Amyl Alcohol Any 90 yes yes yes
Arsenic Acids Any 150 yes yes yes
Barium Sulfide Sat'd 120 yes yes yes
Black Liquor Sat'd 90 yes yes yes
Benzoic Acid Sat'd 160 yes yes yes
Brass Plating Solution Any 160 yes yes yes
Bromine Water Sat'd 120 yes yes yes
Butyl Alcohol Any 90 yes yes yes
Cadmium Plating Solution Any 150 yes yes yes
Calcium Bisulfite Any 150 yes yes yes
Calcium Chloride Sat'd 160 yes yes yes
Calcium Hypochlorite Sat'd 120 yes yes yes
Carbonic Acid Sat'd 160 yes yes yes
Casein Sat'd 90 yes yes yes
Castor Oil Any 90 yes yes yes
Caustic Soda 35% 120 yes yes yes
Caustic Soda 10% 150 yes yes yes
Caustic Potash 35% 120 yes yes yes
Caustic Potash 10% 150 yes yes yes
Chlorine Water Sat'd 90 yes yes yes
Chromium Plating Solution Any 150 yes yes yes
Citric Acid Sat'd 160 yes yes yes
Copper Chloride (Cupric) Sat'd 160 yes yes yes
Copper Cyanide Plating Sol Any 160 yes yes yes
(High Speed) Any 180 yes yes yes
(with Alkali Cyanides) Sat'd 160 yes yes yes
Copper Sulfate Sat'd 160 yes yes yes
Cocoanut Oil Sat'd 90 yes yes yes
Cottonseed Oil Sat'd 90 yes yes yes
Disodium Phosphate Sat'd 160 yes yes yes
Ethyl Alcohol Any 90 yes yes yes
Ethylene Glycol Any 90 yes no yes
Ferric Chloride 45% 120 yes yes yes
Ferrous Sulfate Sat'd 150 yes yes yes
Fluoboric Acid Any 150 yes yes yes
Formaldehyde 37% 120 yes yes yes
Formic Acid 85% 100 no no no
Gallic Acid Sat'd 150 no no yes
Glucose Any 150 yes yes yes
Glue Any 150 yes yes yes
Glycerine Any 90 yes yes yes
Gold Plating Solution Any 150 yes yes yes
Hydrochloric Acid 10% 120 yes no yes
Hydrochloric Acid 21.5% 120 yes no yes
Hydrochloric Acid 37.5% 120 yes no yes
Hydrochloric Acid 37.5% 90 yes no yes
Hydrofluoric Acid 4% 140 yes no yes
Hydrofluoric Acid 10% 120 yes no yes
Hydrofluoric Acid 48% 120 yes no yes
Hydrogen Peroxide 30% 120 yes yes yes
Hydrogen Sulfide Sat'd 120 yes yes yes
Hydroquinone Any 90 yes yes yes
Indium Plating Solution Any 150 yes yes yes
Lactic Acid 50% 120 yes yes yes
Lactic Acid Any 90 yes yes yes
Lead Plating Solution Any 150 yes yes yes
Malic Acid Any 90 yes yes yes
Methyl Alcohol Any 90 yes yes yes
Mineral Oils Any 90 yes yes yes
Nickel Acetate Sat'd 160 yes yes yes
Nickel Plating Solution 160 yes yes yes
Nickel Salts Sat'd 160 yes yes yes
Nitric Acid 35% 120 yes no yes
Nitric Acid 40% 90 yes no yes
Nitric Acid 60% 120 yes no yes
Nitric Acid/ 15%
Hydrofluoric Acid 4% 140 yes yes yes
Nitric Acid/ 16%
Sodium Dichromate 13% 130 yes yes yes
Water 71%
Oleic Acid Any 90 yes yes yes
Oxalic Acid Sat'd 120 yes yes yes
Any 90 yes yes yes
Phenol Sat'd 120 no no no
Phosphoric Acid 75% 150 yes yes yes
Phosphoric Acid 85% 120 yes yes yes
Phosphoric Acid 85% 160 yes yes yes
Potassium Acid Sulfate Sat'd 150 yes yes yes
Potassium Antimonate Sat'd 150 yes yes yes
Potassium Bisulfite Sat'd 90 yes yes yes
Potassium Chloride Sat'd 160 yes yes yes
Potassium Cuprocyanide Sat'd 150 yes yes yes
Potassium Cyanide Sat'd 160 yes yes yes
Potassium Diachromate Sat'd 160 yes yes yes
Potassium Hypochlorite Sat'd 90 yes no yes
Potassium Sulfide Sat'd 150 yes yes yes
Potassium Thiosulfate Sat'd 150 yes yes yes
Propyl Alcohol Sat'd 150 yes yes yes
Rhodium Plating Solution Sat'd 150 yes yes yes
Silver Plating Solution Sat'd 150 yes yes yes
Soaps Any 90 yes yes yes
Sodium Acid Sulfate Sat'd 160 yes yes yes
Sodium Antimonate Sat'd' 150 yes yes yes
Sodium Bicarbonate Sat'd 160 yes yes yes
Sodium Bisulfite Sat'd 90 yes yes yes
Sodium Chloride Sat'd 160 yes yes yes
Sodium Cyanide Sat'd 160 yes yes yes
Sodium Dichromate Sat'd 160 yes yes yes
Sodium Hydroxide 10% 150 yes no yes
Sodium Hydroxide 35% 120 yes no yes
Sodium Hydroxide 73% 160 no no no
Sodium Hypochlorite Sat'd 90 yes no yes
Sodium Hypochlorite 15% 120 yes no yes
Sodium Sulfide Sat'd 150 yes yes yes
Sodium Thiosulfate Sat'd 150 yes yes yes
Sulfuric Acid 15% 120 yes yes yes
Sulfuric Acid 15% 160 yes yes yes
Sulfuric Acid 50% 120 yes yes yes
Sulfuric Acid 70% 90 yes no yes
Sulfuric Acid 98% 100 no no yes
Sulfurous Acid 2% 120 yes no yes
Sulfurous Acid 6% 120 yes no yes
Tannic Acid Sat'd 90 yes yes yes
Tartaric Acid Sat'd 90 yes yes yes
Tin Chloride Aqueous Sat'd 150 yes yes yes
Tin Plating Solution Sat'd 150 yes yes yes
Triethaneolamine Sat'd 150 yes yes yes
Trisodium Phosphate Sat’d 150 yes yes yes
Water Sat'd 160 yes yes yes
White Liquor 90 yes yes yes
Zinc Plating Solution 160 yes yes yes
Zinc Sulfate Sat'd 160 yes yes yes
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