Chemical Resistance of High Performance Polymers
Glass Expansion products are made from High Performance Polymers. Below is a quick chemical compatibility reference table for most commonly used chemicals.
| Chemical Compound | PTFE | PVDF | PSU | PPSU | PPS | PPA | LCP | PEEK | PI | PAI | PBI | PEI |
| Acid, diluted | + | + | (+) | (+) | + | (+) | + | + | (±) | + | ± | + |
| Acid, concentrated | + | + | ± | ± | + | (+) | (+) | (+) | (±) | + | - | + |
| Bases, diluted | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | - | ± | ± | + |
| Bases, concentrated | + | ± | (+) | (+) | (+) | + | (+) | + | - | - | - | - |
| Hydrocarbons, aromatic | + | (+) | - | (±) | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | - |
| Hydrocarbons, aliphatic | + | (+) | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + | + |
| Esters and Ketones | + | + | - | - | + | (+) | + | + | + | + | + | (±) |
| Ethers | + | + | ± | ± | + | (+) | + | + | + | + | + | + |
| Solvents, chloride based | + | + | ± | - | ± | (+) | + | + | + | + | + | (±) |
| Alcohols | + | + | ± | ± | + | + | + | + | ± | + | + | + |
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+: resistant; (+): partially resistant; ±: conditionally resistant; (±): partially not resistant; -: not resistant |
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