KYNAR (PVDF) Chemical Compatibility & Chemical Resistance Chart Explanation of Footnotes 1. Satisfactory to 72 F (22 C) 2. Satisfactory to 120 F (48 C) Ratings -- Chemical Effect A = Excellent. B = Good -- Minor Effect, slight corrosion or discoloration. C = Fair -- Moderate Effect, not recommended for continuous use. Softening, loss of strength, swelling may occur. D = Severe Effect, not recommended for ANY use. N/A = Information not available. Chemical Acetaldehyde Acetamide Acetate Solvent Acetic Acid Acetic Acid 20% Acetic Acid 80% Acetic Acid Vapors Acetic Acid, Glacial Acetic Anhydride Acetone Acetone, 50% water Acetyl Chloride (dry) Acetylene Acrylonitrile Adipic Acid Alcohols: Amyl Alcohols: Benzyl Alcohols: Butyl Alcohols: Diacetone Alcohols: Methyl Alcohols: Propyl Allyl Chloride Aluminum Acetate (saturated) Aluminum Chloride Aluminum Chloride 20% Aluminum Fluoride Aluminum Hydroxide Aluminum Nitrate Aluminum Potassium Sulfate 10% Aluminum Sulfate Ammonia 10% Compatibility
Ammonia Nitrate Ammonia, anhydrous Ammonia, liquid Ammonium Bifluoride Ammonium Carbonate Ammonium Chloride Ammonium Fluoride 25% Ammonium Hydroxide Ammonium Nitrate Ammonium Persulfate Ammonium Phosphate, Dibasic Ammonium Sulfate Amyl Acetate Amyl Alcohol Amyl Chloride Aniline Aniline Hydrochloride Antimony Trichloride Aqua Regia (80% HCl, 20% HNO3) Arsenic Acid Asphalt Barium Carbonate Barium Chloride Barium Hydroxide Barium Sulfate Barium Sulfide Beer Beet Sugar Liquids Benzaldehyde Benzene Benzoic Acid Benzol Bleach Borax (Sodium Borate) Boric Acid Bromine Butadiene Butane Butanol (Butyl Alcohol) Butyl Amine Butyl Ether Butyl Phthalate Butylacetate Butylene Butyric Acid Calcium Bisulfide Calcium Bisulfite B 2 -Good
Calcium Bromide 38% Calcium Carbonate Calcium Chlorate Calcium Chloride (30% in water) Calcium Chloride (saturated) Calcium Hydroxide Calcium Hydroxide (saturated) Calcium Hydroxide 10% Calcium Hypochlorite Calcium Hypochlorite (saturated) Calcium Hypochlorite 30% Calcium Nitrate Calcium Oxide Calcium Sulfate Calcium Sulfide Cane Juice Carbolic Acid (Phenol) Carbon Dioxide (dry) Carbon Dioxide (wet) Carbon Disulfide Carbon Monoxide Carbon Tetrachloride Carbon Tetrachloride (dry) Carbon Tetrachloride (wet) Carbonic Acid Cellulose Acetate Chloral Hydrate Chlorine (dry) Chlorine Water Chlorine, Anhydrous Liquid Chloroacetic Acid Chlorobenzene (Mono) Chloroform Chlorosulfonic Acid Chromic Acid 10% Chromic Acid 30% Chromic Acid 5% Chromic Acid 50% Citric Acid Copper Chloride Copper Cyanide Copper Nitrate Copper Sulfate >5% Copper Sulfate 5% Cresols Cresylic Acid Cyclohexane B 2 -Good
Cyclohexanone Detergents Dextrin Dextrose Diacetone Alcohol Dibenzyl Ether Dichlorobenzene Dichloroethane Diesel Fuel Diethyl Ether Diethylamine Diethylene Glycol Dimethyl Aniline Dimethyl Formamide Diphenyl Oxide Disodium Phosphate Epsom Salts (Magnesium Sulfate) Ethane Ethanolamine Ether Ethyl Acetate Ethyl Benzoate Ethyl Chloride Ethyl Ether Ethylene Bromide Ethylene Chloride Ethylene Chlorohydrin Ethylene Diamine Ethylene Dichloride Ethylene Glycol Ethylene Oxide Fatty Acids Ferric Chloride Ferric Nitrate Ferric Sulfate Ferrous Chloride Ferrous Sulfate Fluoboric Acid Fluorine Fluosilicic Acid Formaldehyde 100% Formaldehyde 40% Formic Acid Freon 11 Freon 113 Freon 12 Freon 22 B 2 -Good C 1 -Fair
Freon TF Fruit Juice Fuel Oils Furan Resin Furfural Gallic Acid Gasoline (high aromatic) Gasoline, leaded, ref. Gasoline, unleaded Gelatin Glucose Glycerin Glycolic Acid Gold Monocyanide Grape Juice Grease Heptane Hexane Honey Hydraulic Oil (Petro) Hydraulic Oil (Synthetic) Hydrazine Hydrobromic Acid 100% Hydrobromic Acid 20% Hydrochloric Acid 100% Hydrochloric Acid 20% Hydrochloric Acid 37% Hydrochloric Acid, Dry Gas Hydrocyanic Acid Hydrofluoric Acid 100% Hydrofluoric Acid 20% Hydrofluoric Acid 50% Hydrofluoric Acid 75% Hydrofluosilicic Acid 100% Hydrofluosilicic Acid 20% Hydrogen Gas Hydrogen Peroxide 10% Hydrogen Peroxide 100% Hydrogen Peroxide 30% Hydrogen Peroxide 50% Hydrogen Sulfide (aqua) Hydrogen Sulfide (dry) Hydroxyacetic Acid 70% Ink Iodine Iodine (in alcohol) Iodoform B 2 -Good
Isooctane Isopropyl Acetate Isopropyl Ether Isotane Jet Fuel (JP3, JP4, JP5, JP8) Kerosene Ketones Lacquers Lactic Acid Lard Latex Lead Acetate Lead Nitrate Lead Sulfamate Ligroin Lime Linoleic Acid Lithium Chloride Lubricants Lye: Ca(OH)2 Calcium Hydroxide Lye: KOH Potassium Hydroxide Lye: NaOH Sodium Hydroxide Magnesium Carbonate Magnesium Chloride Magnesium Hydroxide Magnesium Nitrate Magnesium Sulfate (Epsom Salts) Maleic Acid Maleic Anhydride Malic Acid Manganese Sulfate Mayonnaise Mercuric Chloride (dilute) Mercuric Cyanide Mercurous Nitrate Mercury Methane Methanol (Methyl Alcohol) Methyl Acetate Methyl Acetone Methyl Acrylate Methyl Alcohol 10% Methyl Bromide Methyl Butyl Ketone Methyl Cellosolve Methyl Chloride Methyl Dichloride C 1 -Fair
Methyl Ethyl Ketone Methyl Isobutyl Ketone Methyl Methacrylate Methylamine Methylene Chloride Milk Molasses Monochloroacetic Acid Monoethanolamine Morpholine Motor Oil Mustard Naphtha Naphthalene Nickel Chloride Nickel Nitrate Nickel Sulfate Nitric Acid (20%) Nitric Acid (5 to10%) Nitric Acid (50%) Nitric Acid (Concentrated) Nitrobenzene Nitromethane Nitrous Acid Nitrous Oxide Oils: Aniline Oils: Bay Oils: Bone Oils: Castor Oils: Citric Oils: Coconut Oils: Cod Liver Oils: Corn Oils: Cottonseed Oils: Crude Oil Oils: Diesel Fuel (20, 30, 40, 50) Oils: Fuel (1, 2, 3, 5A, 5B, 6) Oils: Ginger Oils: Hydraulic Oil (Petro) Oils: Hydraulic Oil (Synthetic) Oils: Lemon Oils: Linseed Oils: Mineral Oils: Orange Oils: Palm Oils: Peanut Oils: Peppermint
Oils: Pine Oils: Rapeseed Oils: Rosin Oils: Sesame Seed Oils: Silicone Oils: Soybean Oils: Sperm (whale) Oils: Tanning Oils: Transformer Oils: Turbine Oleic Acid Oleum 100% Oleum 25% Oxalic Acid (cold) Ozone Palmitic Acid Paraffin Pentane Perchloric Acid Perchloroethylene Petrolatum Petroleum Phenol (10%) Phenol (Carbolic Acid) Phosphoric Acid (<40%) Phosphoric Acid (>40%) Phosphoric Acid (crude) Phosphoric Acid (molten) Phosphoric Acid Anhydride Phosphorus Phosphorus Trichloride Photographic Solutions Phthalic Acid Phthalic Anhydride Picric Acid Plating Solutions: Antimony Plating 130 F Plating Solutions: Arsenic Plating 110 F Plating Solutions: Brass: High-Speed Brass Bath 110 F Plating Solutions: Brass: Regular Brass Bath 100 F Plating Solutions: Bronze: Cu-Cd Bronze Bath R.T. Plating Solutions: Bronze: Cu-Sn Bronze Bath 160 F Plating Solutions: Bronze: Cu-Zn Bronze Bath 100 F Plating Solutions: Cadmium: Cyanide Bath 90 F Plating Solutions: Cadmium: Fluoborate Bath 100 F Plating Solutions: Chromium: Barrel Chrome Bath 95 F Plating Solutions: Chromium: Black Chrome Bath 115 F Plating Solutions: Chromium: Chromic-Sulfuric Bath 130 F C 1 -Fair B 2 -Good
Plating Solutions: Chromium: Fluoride Bath 130 F Plating Solutions: Chromium: Fluosilicate Bath 95 F Plating Solutions: Copper (Acid): Copper Fluoborate Bath 120 F Plating Solutions: Copper (Acid): Copper Sulfate Bath R.T. Plating Solutions: Copper (Cyanide): Copper Strike Bath 120 F Plating Solutions: Copper (Cyanide): High-Speed Bath 180 F Plating Solutions: Copper (Cyanide): Rochelle Salt Bath 150 F Plating Solutions: Copper (Misc): Copper (Electroless) Plating Solutions: Copper (Misc): Copper Pyrophosphate Potash (Potassium Carbonate) Potassium Bicarbonate Potassium Bromide Potassium Chlorate Potassium Chloride Potassium Chromate Potassium Cyanide Solutions Potassium Dichromate Potassium Ferricyanide Potassium Ferrocyanide Potassium Hydroxide (Caustic Potash) Potassium Hypochlorite Potassium Iodide Potassium Nitrate Potassium Permanganate Potassium Sulfate Potassium Sulfide Propane (liquefied) Pyridine Pyrogallic Acid Salicylic Acid Salt Brine (NaCl saturated) Sea Water Silicone Silver Nitrate Soap Solutions Soda Ash (see Sodium Carbonate) Sodium Acetate Sodium Benzoate Sodium Bicarbonate Sodium Bisulfate Sodium Bisulfite Sodium Borate (Borax) Sodium Bromide Sodium Carbonate Sodium Chlorate Sodium Chloride Sodium Chromate
Sodium Cyanide Sodium Ferrocyanide Sodium Fluoride Sodium Hydroxide (20%) Sodium Hydroxide (50%) Sodium Hydroxide (80%) Sodium Hypochlorite (<20%) Sodium Hypochlorite (100%) Sodium Metaphosphate Sodium Nitrate Sodium Peroxide Sodium Polyphosphate Sodium Silicate Sodium Sulfate Sodium Sulfide Sodium Sulfite Sodium Thiosulfate (hypo) Stannic Chloride Stannous Chloride Stearic Acid Stoddard Solvent Sulfate (Liquors) Sulfur Chloride Sulfur Dioxide Sulfur Dioxide (dry) Sulfur Trioxide (dry) Sulfuric Acid (<10%) Sulfuric Acid (10-75%) Sulfuric Acid (75-100%) Sulfuric Acid (cold concentrated) Sulfuric Acid (hot concentrated) Sulfurous Acid Tannic Acid Tartaric Acid Tetrachloroethane Tetrahydrofuran Tin Salts Toluene (Toluol) Tomato Juice Trichloroacetic Acid Trichloroethane Trichloroethylene Tricresylphosphate Triethylamine Trisodium Phosphate Turpentine Urea C 1 -Fair
Urine Vinegar Vinyl Acetate Vinyl Chloride Water, Acid, Mine Water, Deionized Water, Distilled Water, Fresh Water, Salt Whiskey and Wines White Liquor (Pulp Mill) Xylene Zinc Chloride Zinc Sulfate WARNING The information in this chart has been supplied by reputable sources and is to be used ONLY as a guide in selecting equipment for appropriate chemical compatibility. Before permanent installation, test the equipment with the chemicals and under the specific conditions of your application. Ratings of chemical behavior listed in this chart apply at a 48-hr exposure period. There exists no specific knowledge of possible effects beyond this period. There exists no warranty (neither express nor implied) that the information in this chart is accurate or complete or that any material is suitable for any purpose. DANGER Variations in chemical behavior during handling due to factors such as temperature, pressure, and concentrations can cause equipment to fail, even though it passed an initial test. SERIOUS INJURY MAY RESULT Use suitable guards and/or personal protections when handling chemicals. Last Modified December 9, 2015