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Chemical Resistances Chart

View the guidelines chart to pack:

  1. Common chemicals in plastics.
  2. Plastic products for home.
  3. Cosmetics.
  4. Food in plastics.
  5. Products for cars, industrial and others.
REFERENCE CHART
  1. Satisfactory
  2. Probably satisfactory
  3. Not available information
  4. Unsatisfactory
 
LDPE - Low density Polyethylene
HDPE - High Density Polyethylene
PP - Polypropylene
PVC - Rigid Polyvinyl Chloride
PET & PET-G - Polyester and co-polyester
SAN - styrene acrylonitrile
PS - Polystyrene

Guidelines to pack common chemical products in plastic
PRODUCT / PLASTIC LDPE HDPE PP PVC PET PET-G SAN PS
Glacial acetic acid2114444
Acetone2114444
Ethanol2111122
Methanol1111121
Propyl alcohol1111122
Aliphatic (of a linear chain) Hydrocarbon4221124
Ammonia 28%2111322
Battery electrolyte1112212
Benzene, Xylene, and other aromatic hydrocarbons4444444
Liquid bromine4424444
Carbon tetrachloride and other chloride hydrocarbons4444444
Chromic acid under 40%1111122
Chromic acid 40% or superior2111324
Dipropylene glycol1111311
Simple ethers4442344
Acetates style and other simple esters2224444
Ethylenglycol1111211
Formaldehyde 36%1111324
Formic acid1111322
Gasoline4222224
Hexachlorophene2132333
Hidrobromide acid 48%1121322
Hydrochloric acid (muriatic) 36% or 22.4°1111212
Hydrofluoric acid up to 52%1111344
Hidrofluosilico acid up to 26%1133332
Hydrogen Peroxide up to 30%1111112
Kerosene, naphta, mineral spirits, petroleum, distilled or solvent.4232214
Mercury, metal1111311
methyl ethyl ketone (MEC) 2224444
Peroxide MEC3134344
Nitric acid below 20%1111124
Nitric acid between 20 and 70%2221344
Oxalic acid1111311
Phenol2212444
Phosphoric acid at 85% or 59º1111312
Potassium hydroxide1111322
Solutions of quaternary ammonium salt1111322
Sodium hydroxide1111212
hypochlorite 6% sodium chloride1111122
hypochlorite 7-15% sodium chloride1121312
Sulfuric acid, cond. at 93% or 66º2212444
Trichloroethane4421124
Turpentine4421124
Water1111111