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Chemical Resistance
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Polyurethane Solvent Resistance

NOTE: All resistance based on 1000 hour exposure except where noted.

Media

Percent Weight Change

Appearance

Water (23 C)

1.8

No Change

Water (50 C)

2.2

No Change


Inorganic Acids

Percent Weight Change

Phosphoric Acid 10%

1.5

No Change

Nitric Acid 10%

1.3

No Change

Hydrochloric Acid 10%

1.0

No Change

Sulfuric Acid 2%

1.5

No Change

Nitric Acid (concentrated)

sample degraded

No Change

Hydrochloric Acid (concentrated) 15%

skin degradation

Discoloration

Organic Acids

Percent Weight Change

Appearance

Formic Acid 10%

2.3

No Change

Acetic Acid 10%

1.7

No Change


Inorganic Bases

Percent Weight Change

Appearance

Potassium Hydroxide 10%

1.7

No Change

Ammonium Hydroxide 10%

2.5

No Change

Organic Bases

Aniline

19

Edge degradation 
(1000 hours)

Di-n-butyl Amine

2.5

No Change

Hydrocarbon

Toluene

1

No Change

Decahyronapthalene

No Change

No Change

Amides

Di-methyl Formamide (DMF)

Sample Degraded in 24 Hours

N-Methyl Pyrrolidone (NMP)

Ditto

Alcohols

Percent Weight Change

Appearance

Ethyl Alcohol

26.5

Softening, Edge Distortion

Ethylene Glycol

10

(distorted after 500 hours)

Mono Ethyl Ether

10

Benzyl Alcohol

17

Edge degradation

Cyclohexanol

No Change

No Change

Glycerine

No Change

No Change

Hydroquinone 10%

1.5

No Change


Ketones

Percent Weight Change

Appearance

Acetone

sample swollen, broken 
after 24 hours

Cyclohexanone

21.3

sample collapsed

Methyl-ethyl ketone

sample swollen, broken 
after 24 hours


Esters

Percent Weight Change

Appearance

Ethyl Acetate

34

No Change

Dioctyl Phtalate

No Change

No Change

Caster Oil

1

No Change

Chlorinated Solvents

Percent Weight Change

Appearance

Chlorobenzene

9

No Change

Methylene Chloride

sample swollen, 
broken after 24 hours

Carbon Tetrachloride

1

No Change

1, 1, 1 - Tetrachlorethane

1.5

No Change

Trichorethylene

30

No Change


Miscellaneous

Percent Weight Change

Appearance

Dimethylsulphoxide

sample degraded 
after 48 hours

Formaldehyde (40%)

1

No Change

Hydrogen Peroxide

2.5

No Change


NOTE: All resistance based on 1000 hour exposure except where noted.