Metarial’s chemical resistance

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For better match the luminaires to the working environment, we present a table of chemical resistance of selected materials used in the production of our luminaires.

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Tab.1 Material’s chemical resistance

Conditions:	PMMA	PC	Polyester	Stainless steel AISI 304	Stainless steel 316L	"Black" steel	Aluminum
Acetic acid 5%	II	II	III	III	III	II	III
Acetic acid 30%	I	I	III	II	III	I	III
Acetone	I	I	I	II	II	I	III
Acetylene		III		III	III	III
Alcohol	I	I	II				III
Ammonia	III	I	III	II	III	II	III
Aniline	II	I	II	II	II		III
Battery acid	II	II	II	I	I	I
Benzene	I	I	I	III	III	III	III
Benzol	I	I	I	III	III	III	II
Calcium chloride	III	III	III	I	II	II	III
Caustic soda solution 10%	III	I	I	III	III	II	I
Citric acid (20%)	III	III	II	III	III	I	III
DIESEL		I	III	III	III	II
Engine oil		III	III
Ethanol	I	I	II	III	III
Ethanol (up to 30%)	II	III	III	III	III	III	II
Ether	II	I	II	I	III	II	III
Fluorine	I	II
Formaldehyde	III	III	III	I	I	II	III
Glicerine	III	II	III	III	III	III	III
Glucose		III		III	III	III
Glycol	III	III	III	III	III	II	III
Heating oil		II	III				III
Hydraulic oil	III	III	III
Hydrochloric acid	III	II	III	I	I	I
Hydrochloric acid > 15%	III	III	III				I
Hydrogen sulfide	III	III	III				III
Lactic acid	III	III	II	III	III	I	III
Methanol	I	I	I	III	III	III	III
Methyl chloride	I	I	I	II	II		II
Methylethyl	I	I	I				III
Mineral oil	I	II	III		III
Nitric acid >10%	III	III	III	III	III	I	I
Paraffin oil	III	II	III				III
Petrol	II	II	III	III	III	III	III
Petroleum				II	II	I	III
Phenol	I	I	I	I	II	I
Phosphoric acid (>30%)	I	II	II	II	II	I
Potassium chloride		III	III	I	I	II	II
Potassium hydroxide			I				I
Pyridines	I	I	I	I	III	I	I
Sea water	III	III	III	II	III	I	II
Soda	III	II	III	III	III		I
Sodium carbonate		III	III				II
Sodium chloride	III	III	III	II	II	I	II
Sodium hydroxide			I				III
Sulphur dioxide	I	II	III				II
Sulphuric acid > 50%	II	II	II	II	II	I	I
Tartaric acid		II	III
Turpentine	II	II	III	III	III	II	III
Vegetable oil	III	I	III	III	III
Xylene	I	I	I		III
Zinc sulfate		III	III				II

I – lack of immunity; II – limited immunity; III – complete immunity;

The values given are for temperature conditions corresponding to room temperature and represent data from laboratory tests. Actual conditions may change the plastic’s susceptibility to the elements. The manufacturer is not responsible for the above data.

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