Plastic Tubing Specifying Guide / Chemical Resistance Properties
All products should be tested in their own environments before use.
* For prolonged exposure, should be extruded in black.
** Not good in hydrochloric, sulfuric and phosphoric acids
# Complies with the relevant section of Title 21 of the Code of Fed. Reg. Typical data obtained from tests on raw material under ASTM procedures.
| *Outdoor Exposure |
Strong Acids |
Weak Acids |
Strong Alkalies |
Weak Alkalies |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flexible Vinyl (PVC) | Poor | Good | Excellent | Good | Excellent |
| LLDPE | Fair | Fair | Good | Good | Good |
| HDPE | Fair | Good | Excellent | Excellent | Excellent |
| Polypropylene | Fair | Good | Excellent | Excellent | Excellent |
| EVA | Excellent | Poor | Excellent | Excellent | Excellent |
| Nylon 6 | Poor | Poor | Poor | Fair | Fair |
| Nylon 6/6 | Poor | Poor | Poor | Fair | Fair |
| Nylon 11/12 | Good | Excellent** | Excellent** | Good | Good |
| Polyurethane Ether | Good/Excellent | Poor | Poor | Poor | Fair/Poor |
| Polyurethane Ester | Good/Excellent | Poor | Poor | Poor | Fair/Poor |
| TPV 65A | Good/Excellent | Excellent | Excellent | Excellent | Excellent |
| TPV 75A | Good/Excellent | Excellent | Excellent | Excellent | Excellent |
| TPV 70AFDA# | Good/Excellent | Excellent | Excellent | Excellent | Excellent |
| Ketones | Esters | Aliphatics | Aromatics | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flexible Vinyl (PVC) | Poor | Poor | Good | Fair |
| LLDPE | Fair | Fair | Fair | Fair |
| HDPE | Fair | Fair | Fair | Fair |
| Polypropylene | Fair | Fair | Poor | Poor |
| EVA | Poor | Poor | Fair | Poor |
| Nylon 6 | Fair | Fair/Good | Excellent | Fair/Good |
| Nylon 6/6 | Fair | Fair/Good | Excellent | Fair/Good |
| Nylon 11/12 | Good | Good | Good | Good |
| Polyurethane Ether | Poor | Poor | Good/Excellent | Fair/Poor |
| Polyurethane Ester | Poor | Poor | Good/Excellent | Fair/Poor |
| TPV 65A | Good | NA | Fair/Good | Poor |
| TPV 75A | Good | NA | Fair/Good | Poor |
| TPV 75A-FDA# | Good | NA | Fair/Good | Poor |
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