TECHNICAL GUIDE TUBING CHEMICAL RESISTANCE CHARACTERISTICS POLYETHYLENE VINYL OR PVC The information contained in these lists is to be used as a guide for the selection and use of Sioux Chief’s tubing products. It is recommended that chemical resistance be checked with a sample of the product as compounds and additives frequently change. The list is not intended to be fully comprehensive and exclusion does not necessarily imply that the particular chemical would not be suitable for use with certain tubing products. Certain corrosives that would be destructive to tubing or hose with prolonged exposure can be satisfactorily handled for short periods of time if flushed with water after use. All information should be used as an indication only and Sioux Chief Manufacturing accepts no liability as to its accuracy. www.gotomahawk.com Chemical Resistance Characteristics of Polyethylene | Milky White Excellent Resistance Acetamide Acetic Acid (100%) Acrylic Emulsions Adipic Acid Alanine Allyl Alcohol Aluminum Chloride (Cons.) Aluminum Fluoride (Conc.) Aluminum Hydroxide Aluminum Sulfate (Conc.) Alums (All Types Conc.) Amino Acids Ammonia Dry Gas (100%) Ammonium Acetate (Sat.) Ammonium Carbonate Ammonium Chloride (Sat.) Ammonium Fluoride (Sat.) Ammonium Hydroxide (Conc.) Ammonium Metaphosphate (Sat.) Ammonium Nitrate (Sat.) Ammonium Oxalate Ammonium Sulfate (Sat.) Ammonium Sulfide (Sat.) Aniline Antimony Salts Arsenic Acid (80%) Arsenic Salts Barium Carbonate (Sat.) Barium Chloride (Sat.) Barium Hydroxide Sulfate (Sat.) Barium Sulfide (Sat.) Beer BenzenesulFonic Acid (10%) Benzoic Acid (Sat.) Benzyl Acetate Bismuth Salts Bleach Lye (10%) Boric Acid Boron Salts Brine N-Butyl Acetate (100%) N-Butyl Alcohol (100%) Iso-Butyl Alcohol (100%) Butanediol Cadmium Salts Calcium Hydroxide Calcium Bisulfide Calcium Carbonate (Sat.) Calcium Chlorate (Sat.) Calcium Chloride (Sat.) Calcium Hypochloride Calcium Nitrate (50%) Calcium Sulfate Carbozole Carbon Dioxide Wet/Dry (100%) Carbone Monoxide Carbonic Acid Castor Oil Cellosolve Acetate CesIum Salts Chloride Water (Sat.) Chromic Acid (50%) Chrome Alum (Sat.) Cider Citric Acid Coconut Oil Cottonseed Oil Cupric Chloride (Sat.) Cupric Cyanide (Sat.) Cupric Fluoride (Sat.) Cupric Nitrate (Sat.) Cupric Sulfate Cuprous Chloride (Sat.) Cyclohexane Detergents, Synthetic Developers, Photographic Dextrin Dextrose Diethyl Ketone Dimethyl Formamide Dimethyl Sulfoxide Dipropylene Glycol Disodium Phosphate Diazo Salts Emulsions, Photographic Ethyl Acetate (100%) Ethyl Alcohol (100%) Ethyl Benzoate Ethyl Cyanoacetate Ethyl Lactate Ethylene Glycol Fatty Acids Ferric Chloride (Sat.) Ferric Nitrate (Sat.) Ferrous Chloride (Sat.) Ferrous Sulfate Fish Solubles Fluoboric Acid Fluosilicic Acid (Conc.) Fluorides Freon 12 Formaldehyde (40%) Formic Acid (100%) Fructose (Sat.) Fruit Pulp Gallic Acid (Sat.) Gin Glucose Glycerine Glycols Glycolic Acid (30%) Grape Sugar (Sat.) Hydrobromic Acid (50%) Hydrochloric Acid (40%) Hydrocyanic Acid (Sat.) Hydrofluoric Acid (60%) Hydrogen (100%) Hydrogen Chloride Gas (Dry) Hydrogen Peroxide (30%) Hydrogen Phosphide (100%) Hydroquinone Hydrogen Sulfide Hypochlorous Acid (Conc.) Inks Isopropyl Acetate Isopropyl Alcohol Lactic Acid Latex Lead Salts Lithium Salts Magnesium Carbonate (Sat.) Magnesium Chloride (Sat.) Magnesium Hydroxide (Sat.) Magnesium Nitrate (Sat.) Malic Acid (10%) Mercuric Chloride (Sat.) Mercuric Cyanide (Sat.) Mercurous Nitrate (Sat.) Mercury Methyl Alcohol (100%) Methyl Isobutyl Ketone Methyl Proply Ketone Methyl Sulfuric Acid Milk Molasses Nickel Chloride (Sat.) Nickel Nitrate (Conc.) Nickel Sulfate (Sat.) Nicotine (Dilute) Nicotinic Acid (55%) N-Octane Orange Extract Oxalic Acid (Sat.) Palmitic Acid Perchloric Acid (10%) Phenol (50%) Phosphorous Pentoside (100%) Phosphorous Trichloride (100%) Photographic Solutions Pickling Baths: Sulfuric Acid, Hydrochloric Acid Sulfuric-Nitric Picric Acid (1%) Plating Solutions: Brass, Cadmium, Chromium, Copper Gold, Indium, Lead, Nickel, Rhodium Silver,Tin, Zinc Potassium Bicarbonate (Sat.) Potassium Borate (1%) Potassium Bromate (10%) Potassium Bromide (Sat.) Potassium Carbonate Potassium Chlorate (Sat.) Potassium Chloride (Sat.) Potassium Chromate (40%) Potassium Dichromate (Sat.) Potassium Cyanide (Sat.) Potassium Ferri/Ferro Cyanide (Sat.) Potassium Fluoride Potassium Hydroxide Potassium Nitrate (Sat.) Potassium Perborate (Sat.) Potassium Perchlorate (10%) Potassium Permanganate (20%) Potassium Sulfate (Conc.) Potassium Sulfide (Conc.) Potassium Sulfite (Conc.) Potassium Persulfate (Sat.) Propargyl Alcohol Propyl Alcohol Propylene Glycol Resorcinol Salicylaldehyde Salicylic Acid Salt Solutions Sea Water Selinic Acid Shortening Silver Acetate Silver Nitrate Silver Salts Soap Solution Sodium Acetate (Sat.) Sodium Benzoate (35%) Sodium Bicarbonate (Sat.) Sodium Bisulfate (Sat.) Sodium Bisulfite (Sat.) Sodium Bromide (Conc.) Sodium Carbonate Sodium Chlorate (Sat.) Sodium Chloride (Sat.) Sodium Cyanide Sodium Dichromate (Sat.) Sodium Ferricyanide (Sat.) Sodium Ferrocyanide (Sat.) Sodium Fluoride (Sat.) Sodium Hexametaphosphate Sodium Hydroxide Sodium Hypochlorite Sodium Nitrate Sodium Sulfate Sodium Sulfide (Sat.) Sodium Sulfite Sour Crude Stannous Chloride (Sat.) Stannic Chloride (Sat.) Starch Solution (Sat.) Stearic Acid (100%) Sulfur Sulfuric Acid To 70% Sulfur Dioxide Sulfur Salts Sulfurous Acid Tallow Tannic Acid (Conc.) Tartaric Acid (Sat.) Triethylene Glycol Tripropylene Glycol Trisodium Phosphate Turkey Red Oil Undacyl Alcohol Urea Urine Vinegar Vanilla Extract Wetting Agents Whiskey Wines Yeast Zinc Chloride (Sat.) Zinc Stearate Zinc Sulfate (Sat.) Chlorine Gas (100%) Chloroform (100%) Cyclohexanone Decalin Dioctyl Phthalate Ethyl Bromide Ethyl Chloride Ehylene Oxide Fluorine Fuel Oil Furfural (100%) Furfural Alcohol Heptane Iodine Linseed Oil Methyl Bromide Methyl Ethyl Ketone (100%) Methylene Chloride (100%) Mineral Oils Naptha Naphthalene Nitric Acid (70%) Oils And Fats Oleic Acid Ozone Petroleum Ether Propylene Dichloride Sulfuric Acid (80%) Tetrahydrofuran Transformer Oil Trichloroethylene Carbon Disulfide Carbon Tetrachloride Cedarwood Oil Chlorine Liquid Chlorobenzene Chlorosulfonic Acid Cinnamon Oil Cresol O-Dichlorobenzene P-Dichlorobenzene Diethyl Benzene Ether Ethyl Benzene Ethyl Butyrate Ethyl Chloride Etylene Chloride Hexane Nitrobenzene (100%) Lube Oil Perchloric Acid Perchlorethylene Sulfur Dioxide (40 Psi) Sulfuric Acid (96%) Sulfuric Acid, Fuming Thionyl Chloride Trichloroethane Trichloroethylene Vinylidene Chloride Fair to Good Resistance Acetaldehyde Acetone Ammonia Liquid Amyl Acetate (100%) Benzene Bromine Water Camphor Oil Chloroacetic Acid (100%) Poor Resistance Amyl Chloride (100%) Aqua Regia Benzaldehyde Benzyl Alcohol Bromine Gas/Liquid Bromobenzene Butadiene Butyric Acid The above table and recommendations are accurate to the best of our knowledge. No guarantees are expressed or implied. For product spec sheets visit www.gotomahawk.com/technical/technical-documents/spec-sheets Chemical Resistance Characteristics of Vinyl or PVC | Clear Tubing Excellent Resistance Acetic Acid Air Alcohols Aluminum Chloride Aluminum Sulfate Alums Ammonia Gas Ammonium Chloride Ammonium Nitrate Ammonium Phosphate Ammonium Sulfate Amyl Alcohol Animal Oils Antimony Salts Arsenic Salts Barium Salts Basic Copper Arsenate Beer Benzoic Acid Benzyl Alcohol Boric Acid Boric Copper Sulfate Bordeaux Mixture Butanol Butter Calcium Hydroxide Calcium Hypochlorite Calcium Salts Carbolic Acid Carbon Monoxide Corn Oil Cottonseed Oil Caustic Potash (-20%) Caustic Soda (-20%) Chloroform Chromic Acid Chlorine (Dry) Chlorine (Water) Chromium Salts Copper Chloride Copper Sulfate Citric Acid Cresylic Acid Cupric Sulfate Essential Oils Ethyl Alcohol Ethyl Chloride Ethylene Glycol Fatty Acid Ferric Chloride Ferric Sulfate Fluoboric Acid Fluosilicic Acid Formic Acid Formaldehyde Freon Gallic Acid Gas (Natural) Gasoline (Non-Aromatic) Gelatin Glue (Depending On Type) Glucose Glycerine Hydrochloric Acid Hydrocyanic Acid Hydroflouric Acid Hydraulic Oil Hydrogen Gas Hydrogen Peroxide (Dil.) Hydrogen Sulfide Lactic Acid Lard Lead Arsenate Lead Sulfate Lime Linseed Oil Magnesium Chloride Magnesium Hydroxide Magnesium Sulfate Makeic Acid Milk Mineral Oil Molasses Nickel Chloride Nicotine Nitric Acid 20% Nitrogen Oxide Nitrous Acid Oil Oxalic Acid Oxygen Palmitic Acid Picric Acid Phosphoric Acid Potassium Chloride Potassium Sulfate Propane Pyrethrum Sodium Bisulfite Sodium Bicarbonate Sodium Borate Sodium Carbonate Sodium Chloride Sodium Cyanide Sodium Hydroxide Sodium Hypochlorite Sodium Nitrate Sodium Phosphate Sodium Silicate Sodium Sulfide Sodium Sulfate Sodium Thiosulfate Stearic Acid Stannous Chloride Sulphur Dioxide Sulfuric Acid (Dil.) Sulfurous Acid Tannic Acid Tartaric Acid Tar Oil Turpentine Urea Uric Acid Vinegar Water Whiskey Wine Wool Oil Zinc Chloride Zinc Hydrate Zinc Sulfate Caustic Soda (+20%) Chlordane Creosote Ether Gasoline (Aromatic) Hydrogen Peroxide (Conc.) Kerosene Mercuric Chloride Oleic Acid Pentane Perchloric Acid Perchlorethylene Phenolates Phenols Stoddard Solvent Sulfuric Acid (Conc.) Trichloroethylene Trichloracetic Acid Chloracetic Acid Cresols Cyclohexanone Ethyl Acetate Ethylene Dischloride Fuel Oil (Aromatic Gas) Fuel Oil (Aromatic Gas) Isopropyl Acetate Ketones Lacquer Solvents Naphtha Nitrobenzene Paint Solvents Pyridine Toluene Toluol Xylol Xylene Fair to Good Resistance Aniline Benzine Benzol Borax Butane Bromine Calcium Bisulfide Calcium Chloride Carbon Tetrachloride CaustIc Potash (+20%) Poor Resistance Acetic Anhydride Acetone Acetyl Bromide Acetyl Chloride Ammonium Hydroxide Amyl Acetate Aromatic Hydrocarbons Butyl Acetate Carbon Bisulfide The above table and recommendations are accurate to the best of our knowledge. No guarantees are expressed or implied. 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