Home All Products ABS Acetals POM Acrylic PMMA Acetate-CAB Buna Rubber Tubing Carbon Fiber Products Ceramics - Mica (High Temp) Cirlex® Polyimide CPVC EVA Ertalyte PET-p ETFE - Tefzel® FEP Fluoropolymers Fiberglass-FRP Fluorosint® G10/FR4, G11/FR5, CE, LE, G5, G7, G9, XX Phenolics & Laminates Graphite HDPE HIPS-Polystyrene Hytrel® Sheets Kevlar Kydex® Lexan® LDPE LLDPE-Linear Low Mica High Temp. MDPE Tubing Neoprene Nomex Films Noryl® Nylon Nylatron® PBT PCTFE Peek Pes Sheet Petg PES Sheets PFA-Fluropolymers Plexiglas® Polycarbonate Polyester Polyimide Polypropylene Polystyrene Polysulfone Polyurethane-TPU PPS PTFE PVC PVDF Pyropel® Polyimide Rubber Products Rulon Santoprene® Silicone Teflon® Torlon® TPX Tygon® Tubing UHMWPE Ultem® PEI Versilic® Vespel® Polyimide Welding Rods Zelux® Stainless Steel, Carbon, Chrome, Tungsten, Titanium Balls Credit Application Domestic Selling Policy Contact K-mac Plastics   Hoses Metal Balls Metal Sheets, Rods, Tubes, Bars Injection Molders Database and Lists       Goods and services provided by K-mac Plastics (MI, USA). Sold by 2CheckOut.com Inc. (Ohio, USA). Plastic Links Plastic Rods, Tubes and Sheets Pinewood Derby Cars Circuit Breakers Texas Longhorns

CHEMICALS Acids Side by Side Material Comparison Chemical Resistance Chart (Note: Large File) Reagent Time Exposed Percent Increase Observed Condition of Plastic Weight Thickness  Acetic, 5% 1 year 3.6 2.1 Slightly softened  Acetic, 10% 2 months 5.2 2.4 Slightly softened •Acetic, 30% 2 months 13.6 8.6 Softened and swollen  Boric, 5% 2 days 1.3 0.0 Unchanged  Chromic, 6% 8 days (38ºC, 100ºF) 2.0 0.1 Slightly stained  Citric, 10% 4 months (60ºC, 140ºF) 1.6 0.8 Slightly softened  Citric, 10% 1 year 1.4 0.6 Unchanged •Citric, 60% 4 months (60ºC, 140ºF) — — Surface attacked  Fluosilicic,  10% 2 months 4.5 1.2 Unchanged  Fluosilicic,  28% 2 months 4.7 3.6 Unchanged  Formic, 3% 20 days — — Unchanged  Hydrochloric,  10% 1 year 0.9 0.5 Surface slightly attacked •Hydrofluoric,  10% 1 month 10.3 5.5 Slightly swollen and softened •Hydrofluoric,  48%   — — Dissolved  Lactic, 50% 2 days 1.6 0.5 Unchanged •Nitric, 10% 8 months — — Decomposed  Oleic 1 year 2.3 1.5 Unchanged  Phosphoric,  30% 2 months 1.3 0.8 Unchanged  Phosphoric,  50% 2 months 1.6 0.8 Unchanged •Phosphoric,  75% 2 months — — Partially decomposed  Pyrogallic,  4% 1 week 2.6 1.1 Stained yellow  Stearic 1 week — — Unchanged  Sulfuric, 3% 1 year 1.6 1.0 Slightly discolored  Sulfuric, 10% 1 year 1.5 0.7 Slightly discolored •Sulfuric, 20% 1 year 0.9 0.3 Slightly softened, surface attacked •Sulfuric, 30% 1 year –0.4 –0.3 Surface attacked •Sulfuric, 94%   — — Disintegrated  Tannic, 10% 4 months (38ºC, 100ºF) 2.8 1.2 Unchanged  Trichloroacetic,  1% 1 month 3.3 0.5 Unchanged •Trichloroacetic,  5% 1 month 9.3 3.1 Softened Alcohols, Monohydric Reagent Time Exposed Percent Increase Observed Condition of Plastic Weight Thickness  n-Amyl 2 days 3.1 3.0 Unchanged •tert-Amyl 2 days 14.0 11.3 Softened, tacky •n-Butyl 2 days 6.5 7.2 Swollen •sec-Butyl 2 days 7.2 10.7 Swollen •tert-Butyl 2 days 3.6 3.3 Slightly softened •Diacetone   — — Dissolved •Ethyl (denatured) 2 days 23.0 24.7 Softened •Ethyl, 50% 1 week 13.4 11.6 Softened •2-Ethylhexyl 1 week — — Swollen •Isoamyl 2 days 2.0 2.1 Very slightly softened •Isopropyl 2 days 23.4 25.1 Softened, tacky •Methyl   — — Dissolved  Methyl, 5% 1 year 2.0 1.2 Slightly softened •n-Propyl 2 days 15.0 4.4 Slightly softened •Tetrahydrofurfuryl   — — Dissolved Alcohols, Dihydric and Trihydric Reagent Time Exposed Percent Increase Observed Condition of Plastic Weight Thickness •Diethylene  Glycol 2 months 8.2 6.1 Softened  2-Ethyl  Hexanediol-1,3 2 days (38ºC, 100ºF) — — Unchanged  Ethylene  Glycol 1 year 4.2 2.1 Unchanged  Glycerin 1 year 0.0 0.4 Unchanged  Propylene  Glycol 2 days 0.4 0.0 Unchanged •Triethylene  Glycol 2 months 8.6 6.7 Softened Hydrocarbons Reagent Time Exposed Percent Increase Observed Condition of Plastic Weight Thickness  Gas, Natural,  aromatic-free 1 year — — Showed slight decrease in tensile strength and increase in impact strength  Gas, Natural,  5% aromatic  content 23 days — — Showed slight decrease in tensile strength and increase in impact strength  Heptane 1 year 1.6 2.5 Unchanged  Hexane 1 week — — Unchanged  Propane, gas 2 months 0.3 0.6 Unchanged  Propane, liquid 2 months 1.4 4.6 Unchanged •Toluene 2 days 39.3 54.9 Softened •Xylene 1 week 41.5 33.2 Softened Hydrocarbons, Halogenated Reagent Time Exposed Percent Increase Observed Condition of Plastic Weight Thickness •Carbon Tetrachloride 2 days 14.8 6.8 Surface slightly softened •Chlorobenzene   — — Dissolved •Chlorobromomethane   — — Dissolved •Chloroform   — — Dissolved •o-Dichlorobenzene 3 days — — Softened and swollen •p-Dichlorobenzene 3 days 11.1 11.7 Swollen •Ethylene Chloride   — — Dissolved •Methylene Chloride   — — Dissolved •Propylene Chloride   — — Dissolved •s-Tetrabromoethane 3 days — — Softened, swollen, and tacky •Tetrachloroethane   — — Dissolved •Tetrachloroethylene 12 days — — Badly swollen •Trichloroethylene 1 day — — Badly swollen Ketones Reagent Time Exposed Percent Increase Observed Condition of Plastic Weight Thickness •Acetone   — — Dissolved •Cyclohexanone   — — Dissolved •Di-Isopropyl Ketone   — — Dissolved •Methyl Ethyl Ketone   — — Dissolved •Methyl n-Butyl Ketone   — — Dissolved •Methyl Isobutyl Ketone   — — Dissolved •Phorone   — — Dissolved Reagent Time Exposed Percent Increase Observed Condition of Plastic Weight Thickness Aluminum Acetate, Basic, 33% water slurry 2 months 1.8 0.6 Unchanged Aluminum Chloride, 10% 2 months 1.5 0.7 Unchanged Aluminum Chloride, saturated solution 2 months 0.1 0.0 Unchanged Aluminum Sulfate, solid 3 months 1.7 1.1 Unchanged Ammonium Bifluoride, saturated solution 1 month 2.3 — Slightly bleached Ammonium Chloride, saturated solution 1 month 2.1 0.8 Unchanged Ammonium Nitrate, solid 1 week 0.2 0.2 Unchanged Ammonium Nitrate, 10% 1 week 1.7 0.8 Unchanged Ammonium Sulfate, solid 1 year 0.1 0.6 Unchanged Ammonium Sulfate, 10% 1 year 1.3 0.5 Unchanged Calcium Chloride, 2.5% 1 year 1.5 0.9 Unchanged Calcium Chloride, 40% 2 months 0.4 0.0 Unchanged Calcium Hypochlorite, 6% 1 year 6.0 –3.8 Softened and cracked Calcium Hypochlorite, 30% 13 days 0.8 0.0 Unchanged Calcium Phosphate, Monobasic, solid 1 year 1.7 0.5 Unchanged Calcium Phosphate, Dibasic, solid 1 year –0.6 0.6 Unchanged Calcium Phosphate, Tribasic, solid 1 year –0.6 0.6 Unchanged Calcium Sulfate (Gypsum), solid 1 year –0.1 0.6 Unchanged Copper Sulfate (Cupric), 10% 2 months 1.7 0.6 Unchanged Copper Sulfate, saturated solution