CHEM - Plastic Properties Table

Created by Karen Darley, Modified on Thu, 16 Jan at 12:12 PM by Kathleen Patrick

Table 1. Physical properties of plastics

Plastics	Maximum temperature for use	Brittleness temperature	Microwave-ability*	Density
PFA, Perfluoroalkoxy alkanes	260°C	‐200°C	yes	2.17g/cm³
PTFE, Polytetrafluoroethylene	260°C	‐200°C	yes	2.17g/cm³
FEP, Fluorinated ethylene propylene	205°C	‐100°C	yes	2.15g/cm³
ETFE, Ethylene tetrafluoroethylene	150°C	‐100°C	yes	1.70g/cm³
PMP, Polymethylpentene	150°C	0°C	yes	0.83g/cm³
PP, Polypropylene	125°C	0°C	yes	0.90g/cm³
HDPE, High-density polyethylene	105°C	‐50°C	yes	0.95g/cm³
LDPE, Low-density polyethylene	80°C	‐50°C	yes	0.92g/cm³
PET, Polyethylene terephthalate	65°C	-40°C	Marginal	1.38g/cm³
PC, Polycarbonates	125°C	‐130°C	yes	1.20g/cm³
POM, Polyoxymethylene	130°C	‐40°C	no	1.42g/cm³
PA, Polyamide	90°C	0°C	‐	1.13g/cm³
SAN, Styrene-acrylonitrile resin	70°C	‐40°C	no	1.03g/cm³
PMMA, Poly(methyl methacrylate)	65 ‐ 95°C	‐50°C	no	1.18g/cm³
PS, Polystyrene	70°C	‐20°C	no	1.05g/cm³
PVC, Polyvinyl chloride	80°C	‐20°C	no	1.35g/cm³
MF, Melamine resin	120°C	‐80°C	yes**	1.50g/cm3
NR, Natural rubber	80°C	‐40°C	no	1.20g/cm³
SI, Silicon polymer	180°C	‐60°C	no	1.10g/cm³
EPDM, Ethylene propylene rubber	130°C	‐40°C	‐	‐
FKM, Fluorocarbon (Viton)	220°C	‐30°C	‐	‐

Chemical Resistance of Plastics

With regard to chemical stability, plastics are classified as follows:

+
Very good chemical resistance
Within 30 days, continuous exposure to media causes no damage to the plastic. The plastic may remain resistant for years.

0
Good to limited chemical
resistance
Within 7‐30 days, continuous exposure to media causes minor damage (e.g. swelling, softening, loss of mechanical strength, discolouration), some of which is reversible.

‐
Poor chemical resistance
Not suitable for continuous exposure to media. Immediate damage may occur (e.g. loss of mechanical strength, deformation, discolouration, cracking, liquefaction).

Table 2. Chemical resistance of plastics to various substance classes (@20°C)

Classes of chemical substances	PFA	PTFE	FEP	ETFE	PMP	PP	HDPE	LDPE	PC	POM	PA	SAN	PMMA	PS	PVC	MF	NR	SI	EPDM	FKM
Alcohols, aliphatics	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	0	+	‐	+	+	+	+	+	+	‐
Ethers	+	+	+	+	‐	0	0	0	‐	+	+	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐
Aldehydes	+	+	+	+	0	+	+	0	0	0	0	‐	0	‐	‐	+	0	0	+	+
Esters	+	+	+	+	0	0	0	0	‐	‐	+	‐	0	‐	‐	+	0	0	0	‐
Hydrocarb., aliphatic	+	+	+	+	0	+	+	0	0	+	0	‐	+	‐	+	+	‐	‐	‐	0
Hydrocarb., aromatic	+	+	+	+	‐	0	+	0	‐	+	0	‐	‐	‐	‐	+	‐	‐	‐	0
Hydrocarb., halogenated	+	+	+	+	‐	0	0	0	‐	+	0	‐	‐	‐	‐	+	‐	‐	‐	0
Ketones	+	+	+	0	0	0	0	0	‐	+	+	‐	‐	‐	‐	+	‐	‐	0	‐
Alkalis	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	‐	+	+	+	+	+	+	‐	+	0	+	0
Acids, strong or conc,	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	0	+	‐	‐	‐	+	0
Acids, weak or diluted	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	0	‐	‐	0	‐	0	+	0	0	0	+	+
Oxidising acids, oxidising agents	+	+	+	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	0	0

The carefully prepared recommendations listed here are based on technical literature and made available by the manufacturers of raw materials, to provide information and advice. However, nothing can replace suitability tests conducted by the end user under the actual conditions of use.

Table 3. Chemical stability of plastics (@20°C)

Chemicals	PFA/FEP	PTFE	ETFE	PMP	PP	HDPE	LDPE	PC	POM	PA	SAN	PMMA	PS	PVC	MF	NR	SI	EPDM	FKM
Acetaldehyde	+	+	+	0	+	+	+	0	+	0	‐	‐	‐	‐		‐	‐	0	‐
Acetic acid (glacial acetic acid), 100%	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	‐	‐	‐			‐		0	0	0	0	‐
Acetic acid, 50%	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	0	‐	+	‐	0	+	+	‐	‐	‐	‐
Acetic anhydride	+	+	+	+	0	0	‐	‐	‐	0			‐	‐		0	0	0	‐
Acetone	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	‐	‐	+		‐	‐	‐	+	0	‐	+	‐
Acetonitrile	+	+	+	0	+	+	+	‐	+	+	‐	‐	‐	‐		‐	‐	‐	‐
Acetophenone	+	+	+	0	0	0	‐	‐	+	+	‐	‐	‐	‐	+	‐	‐	+	‐
Acetyl chloride (acetic acid chloride)	+	+	+		+	+	+	‐		‐	‐	‐	‐	‐		‐	‐	‐	+
Acetylacetone	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	‐	+		‐	‐	‐	‐		‐	‐	+	‐
Acrylic acid (2‐propenic acid)	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	‐	‐		‐	‐	‐	‐		‐	‐	‐	‐
Acrylonitrile	+	+	+	‐	0	+	+	‐	‐	+	‐	‐	‐	‐		‐	‐	‐	‐
Adipic acid	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+		+	+	+	+
Allyl alcohol (2‐propan‐1‐ol)	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	0	+	0	0	‐	0	0		0	‐	+	+
Aluminium chloride	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	‐	+	0	+	+	+	+	+	0	0	+	+
Aluminium hydroxide	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	0	+	+	0	0	0	+		+	+	+	+
Amino acids	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+		+	+	+	+
Ammonium chloride	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	0	+	+	+	0	+	+		+	+	+	+
Ammonium fluoride	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	0	+	+	+	0	+	+		‐	+	+	0
Ammonium hydroxide, 30% (ammonia)	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	‐	0	0	+	+	0	+	+	+	0	+	‐
Ammonium sulphate		+		+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+		0	0	+	‐
n‐Amyl acetate (pentyl acetate)	+	+	+	+	0	+	0	‐	+	0	‐	+	‐	‐		0	‐	0	‐
Amyl alcohol (pentanol)	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+		0	0		0	‐	0	0
Amyl chloride (chloropentane)	+	+	+	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	+	+	‐	‐	‐	‐		‐	‐	‐	+
Aniline	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	0	0	0	‐	‐	‐	‐		‐	‐	‐	‐
Aqua regia	+	+	+	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐
Barium chloride	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+		+	+	+	+
Benzaldehyde	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	0	+	0	‐	‐	‐	‐		‐	‐	0	‐
Benzene	+	+	+	0	+	+	0	‐	+	+	‐	‐	‐	‐	+	‐	‐	‐	0
Benzoyl chloride		+	+	0	+	+	0	‐	+	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐		‐	‐	‐	+
Benzyl alcohol	+	+	+	0	0	0	0	0	+	‐	‐	‐	‐	0		‐	0	0	+
Benzyl chloride		+	+						+	+			‐			‐	‐	‐	+
Benzylamine	+	+	+	0	0	0	0	‐	+		‐	‐	‐	‐		‐	0	0	+
Boric acid, 10%	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+		+	+	+	+
Bromine	+	+	+	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐		‐	‐	‐	0
Bromobenzene	+	+	0	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐		+	‐	‐	‐	‐		‐	‐	‐	+
Bromoform	+	+	+	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐		‐	‐
Bromonaphthalene	+	+	+								‐		‐
Butanediol	+	+	+	+	+	+	+		+	+	‐		‐			0	‐	+	‐
1‐Butanol (butyl alcohol)	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	0	+	+	+	0	0	0		+	0	0	+
n‐Butyl acetate (acetic acid n‐butyl ester)	+	+	+	+	0	+	0	‐	+	+	‐	‐	‐	‐		‐	‐	0	‐
Butyl methyl ether	+	+	+	+	+	0	0	‐	+		‐	‐	‐	‐		‐	‐	‐	‐
Butylamine		+	+						+		‐		‐			‐	0	‐	‐
Butyric acid (butanoic acid)	+	+	+		‐	0	‐	0		0	‐		‐			‐	‐	‐	0
Calcium carbonate	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+		+	+	+	+
Calcium chloride	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	‐	+	+	+	0		+	+	+	+
Calcium hydroxide	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	‐	+	+	+	+	+	+		+	0	+	+
Calcium hypochlorite	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	0	+	+	+	0	+	0		‐	0	+	+
Carbon disulphide	+	+	+	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	+	0	‐	‐	‐	‐		‐	‐	‐	+
Carbon tetrachloride	+	+	+	‐	‐	0	0	‐	0	‐	‐	0	‐	‐	+	‐	‐	‐	+
Chloroacetaldehyde, 45%		+	+							‐	‐	‐	‐
Chloroacetic acid (monochloroacetic acid)	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	0	‐	‐	‐	0	0	+		‐	‐	0	0
Chloroacetone		+	+								‐	‐	‐			0	‐	+	‐
Chlorobenzene	+	+	+	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐		‐	‐	‐	‐	‐		‐	‐	‐	0
Chlorobutane	+	+	+	0	0	0	0		‐		‐	‐	‐			‐	‐	‐	0
Chloroform	+	+	+	0	‐	0	0	‐	‐	0	‐	‐	‐	‐	+	‐	‐	‐	0
Chloronaphthalene		+	+						‐							‐	‐	‐	+
Chlorosulphonic acid	+	+	0						‐	‐						‐	‐	‐	‐
Chromic acid, 10%	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	0	‐	‐	0	‐	+		‐	0	‐	+
Chromic acid, 50%	+	+	+	0	0	+	+	0	‐	‐	0	‐	‐	+		‐	‐	‐	+
Chromic‐sulphuric acid	+	+	+	0	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	0	‐	0	+		‐	‐	‐	+
Copper sulphate	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+		0	+	+	+
Cresol	+	+	+	‐	0	0	‐	‐		‐			‐	‐		‐	‐	‐	+
Cumene (isopropylbenzene)	+	+	+	‐	0	+	0	‐	+		‐	‐	‐	‐		‐	‐	‐	+
Cyclohexane	+	+	+	‐	0	0	0	‐	+	+			‐	‐	+	‐	‐	‐	+
Cyclohexanone	+	+	+	0	0	0	‐	‐	‐	+			‐	‐		‐	‐	‐	‐
Cyclopentane	+	+	+	0	0	0	‐	‐					‐	‐		‐	‐	‐	+
Decane	+	+	+	0	0	0		0	+					0		‐	0	‐	+
1‐Decanol	+	+	+	+	+	+		0	+		0		0	+		0	0	+	+
Di(ethylene glycol)	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	0	+	0	+	‐	0	‐		+	0	+	+
Dibenzyl ether	+	+	+	0	+	+			+		‐	‐	‐			‐	‐	0	‐
Dibromoethane	+	+	0
Dibutyl phthalate	+	+	+	+	+	0	0	‐	+		‐	‐	‐	‐		‐	0	0	0
Dichloroacetic acid	+	+	+	+	0	0	0	0		‐			0	0		‐	‐	‐	‐
Dichlorobenzene	+	+	+	‐	0	0	0	‐	‐	+	‐	‐	‐	‐		‐	‐	‐	+
Dichloroethane	+	+	+	0	0	0	0		‐	0						‐	‐	‐	0
Dichloromethane (methylene chloride)	+	+	0	0	0	0	0	‐		0			‐	‐		‐	‐	‐	0
Diesel oil (heating oil)	+	+	+	0	+	+	0	‐	+	+	‐	0	‐	0		‐	‐	‐	+
Diethanolamine		+			0	0		‐			‐	‐	‐					0
Diethyl ether	+	+	+	‐	0	0	‐	‐	+	+	‐	‐	‐	‐		‐	‐	‐	‐
Diethylamine	+	+	+	0	0	‐	‐						0	‐		0	0	0	‐
1,2 Diethylbenzene	+	+	+	‐	‐	0	‐	0					‐	‐		‐	‐	‐	+
Dimethyl sulphoxide (DMSO)	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	‐			‐	‐	‐	‐			+
Dimethylaniline	+	+	+					‐			‐	‐	‐			‐	0	0	0
Dimethylformamide (DMF)	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	‐	+	+	‐	‐	‐	0		0	0	0	‐
1,4‐Dioxane	+	+	+	0	+	+	+	0	0	+	‐	‐	‐	‐		‐	‐	0	‐
Diphenyl ether		+							0	0	‐	‐	‐			‐	‐	‐	0
1,2 Ethanediol (ethylene glycol, glycol)	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	0	+	+	+	+	+	‐	+	+	0
Ethanol (ethyl alcohol)	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	0	‐	0	+	+	0	0	+	0
Ethanolamine	+	+	+		+											‐	‐	+
Ethyl acetate (acetic acid ethyl ester)	+	+	+	0	+	+	+	‐		+			‐	‐	+	‐	‐	0	‐
Ethyl methyl ketone (MEK)	+	+	0	‐	+	0	0	‐	‐	+	‐		‐	‐		‐	‐		‐
Ethylbenzene	+	+	0	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐			‐	‐	‐	‐		‐	‐	‐	0
Ethylene oxide	+	+	+	0	0	0	0	0	+	0	‐	‐	‐	0		‐	‐	‐	‐
Fluoroacetic acid		+								‐	‐		‐	‐		‐	‐	‐	‐
Formaldehyde, 40%	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	‐	‐	0		0	0	+	0
Formamide	+	+	+	+	+	+	+		‐	+						+		0	0
Formic acid, 98‐100%	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	‐	‐	0	‐	+	‐	+	0	‐	0	‐
Gasoline (petroleum spirits)	+	+	+	0	0	+	0	0	+	+	‐	+	‐	0	+	‐	‐	‐	+
Glycerine	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	0	+	+	+	+	+	+	0	+	+	0
Glycolic acid, 70%	+	+	+	+	+	+	+			‐						+	+	+	0
Heating oil (Diesel oil)	+	+	+	0	+	+	0	‐	+	+	‐	0	‐	0		‐	‐	‐	+
Heptane	+	+	+	0	0	0	0	+		+		0	‐	‐		‐	‐	‐	+
Hexane	+	+	+	0	+	+	0	‐	+	+	+	0	‐	0		‐	‐	‐	+
Hexanoic acid		+										+
Hexanol	+	+	+	+	+	+	+					+				0	0	‐	+
Hydrochloric acid, 10%	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	‐	‐	‐	0	0	+	+	‐	0	0	+	+
Hydrochloric acid, 20%	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	0	‐	‐	0	0	+	0	‐	0	‐	+	+
Hydrochloric acid, 37%	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	‐	‐	‐	0	0	0	0	‐	0	‐	+	0
Hydrofluoric acid, 40%	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	‐	‐	‐	+	‐	+	0	‐	‐	‐	0	0
Hydrofluoric acid, 70%	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐
Hydrogen bromide	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	‐	‐			0			0	‐	0	+
Hydrogen peroxide, 35%	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	‐	+	‐	+	+	0	‐	0	0
Hydroiodic acid	+	+	+	+	+	+	+											+	+
Isoamyl alcohol (3‐methyl‐1‐butanol)	+	+	+	+	+	+	+		+							0	0	0	0
Isobutanol (isobutyl alcohol)	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+		0	0	0	+		+	+	+	+
Isooctane	+	+	+					0		+	0		0			‐	‐	‐	+
Isopropanol (2‐propanol)	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	0	0	+		+	0	+	+
Isopropyl ether	+	+	+	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐		‐			‐	‐		‐	‐	‐	‐
Lactic acid (2‐hydroxypropionic acid)	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	0	+	0	+	0		0	0	0	+
Lugol's solution (iodine/potassium iodide solution)	+	+	+	+	+	‐	‐	0	0		0	‐	0	‐		+	‐	+	+
Mercury	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+		+	+	+	+
Mercury chloride	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	0	‐	+	+	+	‐	‐	+	+	+	+
Methanol	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	0	0	‐	0	+	0	0	+	+	‐
Methoxybenzene	+	+	+					‐	0		‐	‐	‐			‐	‐	‐	‐
Methyl butyl ether	+	+	+	+	+	0	‐	‐	0		‐	‐	‐	‐		‐	‐	‐	‐
Methyl ethyl ketone (MEK)	+	+	0	‐	+	0	0	‐	‐		‐	‐	‐	‐		‐	‐	0	‐
Methyl formate (formic acid methyl ester)	+	+	+					‐	+		‐	‐	‐			‐	0	0
Methyl propyl ketone	+	+	+	0	+	+	+	‐	+		‐	‐	‐	‐		‐	‐	0	‐
Methylene chloride (dichloromethane)	+	+	+	‐	0	0	0	‐	‐	0	‐	‐	‐	‐		‐	‐	‐	0
Mineral oil (motor oil)	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+		+	+	+	+		‐	0	‐	+
Monochloroacetic acid	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	0	‐	‐	‐	0	0	+		‐	‐		0
Nitric acid, 10%	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	‐	‐	+	+	‐	+	‐	‐	‐	0	0
Nitric acid, 30%	+	+	+	0	0	0	0	+	‐	‐	0	0	‐	0	‐	‐	‐	‐	0
Nitric acid, 70%	+	+	+	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐
Nitrobenzene	+	+	+	‐	‐	0	‐	‐	0	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐		‐	‐	‐	‐
Oleic acid	+	+	+							+	‐	‐	‐			‐	‐	‐	0
Oxalic acid	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	‐	+	+	+	+		0	0	+	+
Ozone	+	+	+	+	0	0	0	‐	‐	‐	0	+	0	+		‐	+	+	+
n‐Pentane	+	+	+							+						‐	‐	‐	+
Peracetic acid	+	+	+					‐	‐								‐
Perchloric acid	+	+	+	0	+	+	+	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	0		‐	‐	0	+
Perchloroethylene	+	+	+	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	+	‐	0	0	‐	‐		‐	‐	‐	0
Petroleum	+	+	+	0	0	0	0	0	+	+		+	‐	+		‐	0	‐	+
Petroleum ether	+	+	+				0		+	+		+	‐	0		‐	‐	‐	+
Phenol	+	+	+	0	+	+	+	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐		‐	‐	‐	0
Phenylethanol	+	+	+		0	0				0
Phenylhydrazine	+	+	+		0	0										0	‐	‐	0
Phosphoric acid, 85%	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	‐	+	‐	+	+	‐	‐	‐	0	+
Piperidine	+	+	+		+	+										‐	‐	‐	‐
Potassium chloride	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	0	+	0	+		+	+	+	+
Potassium dichromate		+								‐						0	0	+	0
Potassium hydroxide	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	‐	+	+	0	+	0	0	‐	0	‐	+	‐
Potassium permanganate	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	0	‐	+	+	+	+		‐	‐	+	+
Propanol	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	0	+	+	+	0	0	+		+	0	+	+
Propionic acid	+	+	+	+	+	+	0	‐	‐	0			0	0		‐	‐	0	+
Propylene glycol (propanediol)	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	‐	‐	0	+	0		+	+	+	+
Pyridine	+	+	‐+	+	0	+	+	‐	+	+	‐	‐	‐	0		‐	‐	‐	‐
Salicylaldehyde	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	0			‐		‐	‐
Salicylic acid	+	+	+	+	+	+	+		‐	+	+		+	0		+	+	+	+
Silver acetate	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	0		0	0	0	0		+	+	+	+
Silver nitrate	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	0	+	+	+	0	0		+	+	+	+
Sodium acetate	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	‐	+	0		+	0	+	‐
Sodium chloride	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+		+	+	+	+
Sodium dichromate	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	‐	+	+	+	+	+		+	0	+	+
Sodium fluoride	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+		0	0	+	+
Sodium hydroxide	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	‐	+	+	+		+	+	‐	0	0	+	0
Sulphuric acid, 60%	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	0	‐	‐	+	‐	‐	0		‐	‐	‐	+
Sulphuric acid, 98%	+	+	+	+	‐	0	0	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐		‐	‐	‐	+
Tartaric acid	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	0	+	0	+	+	‐	+	+	0	+
Tetrachloroethylene	+	+	0							‐						‐	‐	‐	0
Tetrahydrofuran (THF)	0	+	+	0	‐	0	0	‐	0	+	‐	‐	‐	‐	+	‐	‐	‐	‐
Tetramethylammonium hydroxide	+	+	+					‐	‐									+	‐
Toluene	+	+	+	0	0	0	0	+	+	+	‐	‐	‐	‐		‐	‐	‐	0
Tri(ethylene glycol)	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+		+	0	+	0		0	+	+	+
Tri(propylene glycol)	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+		+	0	+	0		+	+
Trichloroacetic acid	+	+	+	+	0	0	0	0		‐			0	0		0		0	‐
Trichlorobenzene	+	+	+	0	‐	‐	‐	‐					‐	‐
Trichloroethane	+	+	+	‐	‐	0	‐	‐	0	0	‐	‐	‐	‐		‐	‐	‐	+
Trichloroethylene	+	+	+	‐	‐	0	‐	‐	‐	0	‐	‐	‐	‐		‐	‐	‐	0
Trichlorotrifluoroethane	+	+	0							0	‐		‐					0
Triethanolamine	+	+									‐		‐			0	‐	0	‐
Trifluoroacetic acid (TFA)	+	+							‐		‐		‐						‐
Trifluoroethane	+	+									‐		‐			‐	‐	‐	+
Turpentine	+	+	+	0	‐	0	0	‐	+	+	0	+	‐	+		‐	‐	‐	+
Urea	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	‐	+	+	+	+	+	0	+	+	+	+	+
Xylene	+	+	+	0	‐	0	0	‐	+	+	‐	‐	‐	‐		‐	‐	‐	0
Zinc chloride, 10%	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	‐	+	‐	+	+		+	+	+	+
Zinc sulphate, 10%	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	0	‐	+	0	+	+		0	+	+	+

* Mind the chemical and temperature suitability!
** Caution necessary when used in a microwave oven: Heating can release amounts of melamine and formaldehyde that can be harmful to health!

Table 4. Chemical stability of plastics (@50°C)

Chemicals	PFA/FEP	PTFE	ETFE	PMP	PP	HDPE	LDPE	PC	POM	PA	SAN	PMMA	PS	PVC
Acetaldehyde	+	+	0	‐	‐	0	‐	‐	+		‐	‐	‐	‐
Acetic acid (glacial acetic acid), 100%	+	+	+	0	0	+	0	‐	‐	‐			‐
Acetic acid, 50%	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	0	‐	‐	0	‐	0	0
Acetic anhydride	+	+	+	0	0	0	‐	‐	‐	0			‐	‐
Acetone	+	+	0	+	+	+	0	‐	+	+	‐	‐	‐	‐
Acetonitrile	+	+	+	‐	0	0	0	‐			‐	‐	‐	‐
Acetophenone	+	+	+	‐	0	0	‐	‐			‐	‐	‐	‐
Acetyl chloride (acetic acid chloride)	+	+	+					‐		‐	‐	‐	‐	‐
Acetylacetone	+	+	+					‐			‐	‐	‐	‐
Acrylic acid (2‐propenic acid)	+	+	+					‐	‐		‐	‐	‐	‐
Acrylonitrile	+	+	+	‐	‐	+	+	‐	‐		‐	‐	‐	‐
Adipic acid	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+		+	+	+	0
Allyl alcohol (2‐propan‐1‐ol)	+	+	+	0	+	+	+	0	+		‐	‐	0	‐
Aluminium chloride	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	‐	0	‐	+	+	+	0
Aluminium hydroxide	+	+	+	0	+	+	+	‐	+	+	0	0	0	+
Amino acids	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
Ammonium chloride	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	0	+		+	0	+	0
Ammonium fluoride	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	0	+		+	0	+	0
Ammonium hydroxide, 30% (ammonia)	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	‐	0		0	+	‐	0
Ammonium sulphate		+		+	+	+	+	+	+		+	+	+	+
n‐Amyl acetate (pentyl acetate)	+	+	+	0	‐	0	‐	‐	+		‐	+	‐	‐
Amyl alcohol (pentanol)	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+		+		0	0
Amyl chloride (chloropentane)	+	+	+	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	+		‐	‐	‐	‐
Aniline	+	+	0	0	+	+	0	‐	0	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐
Aqua regia	+	+	+	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐
Barium chloride	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+		+	+	+	+
Benzaldehyde	0	+	0	+	+	+	+	‐	+		‐	‐	‐	‐
Benzene	+	+	+	0	0	+	‐	‐	0		‐	‐	‐	‐
Benzoyl chloride		+	+	0	0	+	‐	‐	0	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐
Benzyl alcohol	+	+	+	‐	‐	‐	‐	0	+	‐	‐	‐	‐	0
Benzyl chloride		+	+										‐
Benzylamine	+	+	+				‐	‐			‐	‐	‐	‐
Boric acid, 10%	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+		+	+	+	+
Bromine	+	+	+	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐
Bromobenzene	+	+	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐			‐	‐	‐	‐
Bromoform	+	+	+	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐
Bromonaphthalene	+	+	+								‐		‐
Butanediol	+	+	+	+	+	+	+		+		‐		‐
1‐Butanol (butyl alcohol)	+	+	+	0	+	+	+	0	+	0	0	‐	‐	0
n‐Butyl acetate (acetic acid n‐butyl ester)	+	+	+	0	0	+	0	‐	0		‐	‐	‐	‐
Butyl methyl ether	+	+	0	‐	0	‐	‐	‐	+		‐	‐	‐	‐
Butylamine		+	+						+		‐		‐
Butyric acid (butanoic acid)	+	+	+		‐	‐	‐	‐		0	‐		‐
Calcium carbonate	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
Calcium chloride	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	‐	+	+	+	‐
Calcium hydroxide	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	‐	+		0	+	0	+
Calcium hypochlorite	+	+	+	0	+	+	+	‐	+	‐	+	0	+	‐
Carbon disulphide	+	+	0	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	+		‐	‐	‐	‐
Carbon tetrachloride	+	+	+	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	0	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐
Chloroacetaldehyde, 45%		+	+							‐	‐	‐	‐
Chloroacetic acid (monochloroacetic acid)	+	+	+	0	0	+	+	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	0
Chloroacetone		+	+								‐	‐	‐
Chlorobenzene	+	+	0	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐		‐	‐	‐	‐	‐
Chlorobutane	+	+	+	‐	‐	‐	‐		‐		‐	‐	‐
Chloroform	0	+	0	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐
Chloronaphthalene		+	+						‐
Chlorosulphonic acid	+	+	‐						‐	‐
Chromic acid, 10%	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	0	0	‐	‐	‐	‐	0
Chromic acid, 50%	+	+	+	0	0	0	0	‐	‐	‐	0	‐	‐	‐
Chromic‐sulphuric acid	+	+	+	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	0	‐	0	0
Copper sulphate	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+		0	+	+	0
Cresol	+	+	0	‐	0	‐	‐	‐		‐			‐	‐
Cumene (isopropylbenzene)	+	+	+	‐	‐	0	‐	‐	‐		‐	‐	‐	‐
Cyclohexane	+	+	0	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	+				‐	‐
Cyclohexanone	+	+	+	0	‐	‐	‐	‐					‐	‐
Cyclopentane	+	+	+	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐					‐	‐
Decane	+	+	+			‐
1‐Decanol	+	+	+
Di(ethylene glycol)	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	0	0		+	‐	‐	‐
Dibenzyl ether	+	+	+								‐	‐	‐
Dibromoethane		+
Dibutyl phthalate	+	+	+	0	0	‐	‐	‐	+		‐	‐	‐	‐
Dichloroacetic acid	+	+	0	+	‐	0	‐	‐		‐			‐	‐
Dichlorobenzene	+	+	0	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐		‐	‐	‐	‐
Dichloroethane	+	+	+	‐	‐	‐	‐		‐
Dichloromethane (methylene chloride)	+	+	0	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐		‐			‐	‐
Diesel oil (heating oil)	+	+	+	‐	0	0	‐	‐	+	+	‐	‐	‐	‐
Diethanolamine		+						‐			‐	‐	‐
Diethyl ether	+	+	+	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	+	+	‐	‐	‐	‐
Diethylamine	+	+	0	0	‐	‐	‐						0	‐
1,2 Diethylbenzene	+	+	0	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐					‐	‐
Dimethyl sulphoxide (DMSO)	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	‐			‐	‐	‐	‐
Dimethylaniline	+	+	+					‐			‐	‐	‐
Dimethylformamide (DMF)	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	‐	+		‐	‐	‐	‐
1,4‐Dioxane	+	+	0	0	0	+	0	0	0		‐	‐	‐	‐
Diphenyl ether		+									‐	‐	‐
1,2 Ethanediol (ethylene glycol, glycol)	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	0	+	+	+	+
Ethanol (ethyl alcohol)	+	+	+	0	+	+	+	0	+		‐	‐	‐	0
Ethanolamine	+	+	+
Ethyl acetate (acetic acid ethyl ester)	+	+	+	‐	0	+	+	‐					‐	‐
Ethyl methyl ketone (MEK)	+	+	0	‐	0	‐	‐	‐	‐		‐		‐	‐
Ethylbenzene	+	+	0	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐			‐	‐	‐	‐
Ethylene oxide	+	+	+	‐	‐	0	0	‐	+		‐	‐	‐	‐
Fluoroacetic acid										‐	‐		‐	‐
Formaldehyde, 40%	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	0	+	0	+	‐	‐	‐
Formamide	+	+	+	+	+	+	+		‐
Formic acid, 98‐100%	+	+	+	0	+	+	+	0	‐	‐	0	‐	0	‐
Gasoline (petroleum spirits)	+	+	+	0	0	+	‐	‐	+		‐		‐	‐
Glycerine	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	0	+	+	+	+	+
Glycolic acid, 70%	+	+	+	+	+	+	+			‐
Heating oil (Diesel oil)	+	+	+	‐	0	0	‐	‐	+		‐	‐	‐	‐
Heptane	+	+	+	0	0	0	‐	0				‐	‐	‐
Hexane	+	+	+	‐	0	0	‐	‐	+		+	0	‐	‐
Hexanoic acid		+
Hexanol	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
Hydrochloric acid, 10%	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	+
Hydrochloric acid, 20%	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	0	‐	‐	‐	‐	+
Hydrochloric acid, 37%	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	0	‐
Hydrofluoric acid, 40%	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	‐	‐	‐	0	‐	+	‐
Hydrofluoric acid, 70%	+	0	+	0	0	0	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐
Hydrogen bromide	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	‐	‐			‐
Hydrogen peroxide, 35%	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	‐	‐	+	‐	+	0
Hydroiodic acid	+	+	+	+	+	+	+
Isoamyl alcohol (3‐methyl‐1‐butanol)	+	+	+	+	+	+	+		+
Isobutanol (isobutyl alcohol)	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+		‐	‐	0	0
Isooctane	+	+	+								‐		‐
Isopropanol (2‐propanol)	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+		‐	‐	0	0
Isopropyl ether	+	+	0	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐		‐			‐	‐
Lactic acid (2‐hydroxypropionic acid)	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	‐	‐	+	‐	+	0
Lugol's solution (iodine/potassium iodide solution)	+	+	+	0	+	‐	‐	‐	0		‐	‐	‐	‐
Mercury	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+		+	+	+	+
Mercury chloride	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	0	‐	+	+	0	‐
Methanol	+	+	+	+	+	+	0	0	+		‐	‐	‐	0
Methoxybenzene	+	+	+					‐			‐	‐	‐
Methyl butyl ether	+	+	0	0	+	‐	‐	‐			‐	‐	‐	‐
Methyl ethyl ketone (MEK)	+	+	0	‐	0	‐	‐	‐	‐		‐	‐	‐	‐
Methyl formate (formic acid methyl ester)	+	+	+					‐			‐	‐	‐
Methyl propyl ketone	+	+	+	0	0	+	0	‐	+		‐	‐	‐	‐
Methylene chloride (dichloromethane)	+	+	+	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐
Mineral oil (motor oil)	+	+	+	+	+	+	0		+			+		+
Monochloroacetic acid	+	+	+	0	0	+	+	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	0
Nitric acid, 10%	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	0	‐	‐	0	0	‐	0
Nitric acid, 30%	+	+	+	‐	‐	‐	0	0	‐	‐	‐	0	‐	‐
Nitric acid, 70%	+	+	+	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐
Nitrobenzene	+	+	+	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐
Oleic acid	+	+	+								‐	‐	‐
Oxalic acid	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	‐	+	+	+	+
Ozone	+	+	+	+	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	0	0	0	0
n‐Pentane	+	+	+
Peracetic acid	+	+	+					‐	‐
Perchloric acid	0	+	+	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐
Perchloroethylene	+	+	+	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	0	‐	0	‐	‐	‐
Petroleum	+	+	+	0	‐	‐	‐	0	+				‐	‐
Petroleum ether	+	+	+						+				‐	‐
Phenol	+	+	+	0	+	+	0	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐
Phenylethanol	+	+	+
Phenylhydrazine	+	+	+
Phosphoric acid, 85%	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	‐	‐	+	‐	0	0
Piperidine	+	+	+
Potassium chloride	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	0	+	0	0
Potassium dichromate		+								‐
Potassium hydroxide	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	‐	+		0	+	0	0
Potassium permanganate	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	0	‐	0	+	+	+
Propanol	+	+	+	+	+	+	+		+	+	+			+
Propionic acid	+	+	0	0	0	0	‐	‐	‐	0			‐	‐
Propylene glycol (propanediol)	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	0	+	‐	‐	0	+	‐
Pyridine	+	+	‐	0	0	0	0	‐	0		‐	‐	‐	‐
Salicylaldehyde	+	+	‐	+	+	+	+	0			‐		‐	‐
Salicylic acid	+	+	+	+	+	+	+		‐		+		+	‐
Silver acetate	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	0		0	0	0	0
Silver nitrate	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	0		+	+	0	0
Sodium acetate	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	0		+	‐	+	0
Sodium chloride	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+		+	+	+	+
Sodium dichromate	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	0	0	0	+
Sodium fluoride	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+		+	+	+	+
Sodium hydroxide	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	‐	+	0	+		+	+
Sulphuric acid, 60%	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	0	‐	‐	0	‐	‐	‐
Sulphuric acid, 98%	+	+	+	+	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐
Tartaric acid	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	0	+	0	+	+
Tetrachloroethylene		+								‐
Tetrahydrofuran (THF)	0	+	0	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	0		‐	‐	‐	‐
Tetramethylammonium hydroxide	+	+	+					‐	‐
Toluene	+	+	+	‐	‐	0	+	+	+		‐	‐	‐	‐
Tri(ethylene glycol)	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	0	0		+	0	+	‐
Tri(propylene glycol)	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	0	0		+	0	+	‐
Trichloroacetic acid	+	+	0	+	‐	0	‐	‐		‐			‐	‐
Trichlorobenzene	+	+	0	0	‐	‐	‐	‐					‐	‐
Trichloroethane	+	+	+	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐		‐	‐	‐	‐
Trichloroethylene	+	+	+	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐		‐	‐	‐	‐
Trichlorotrifluoroethane	+	+	‐								‐		‐
Triethanolamine	+	+									‐		‐
Trifluoroacetic acid (TFA)	‐	0							‐		‐		‐
Trifluoroethane	0	+									‐		‐
Turpentine	+	+	+	0	‐	‐	‐	‐	+		0	+	‐	+
Urea	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	‐	+		+	+	+	‐
Xylene	+	+	+	‐	‐	‐	‐	‐	+		‐	‐	‐	‐
Zinc chloride, 10%	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	0	‐	+	‐	+	0
Zinc sulphate, 10%	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	+	‐	‐	+	0	+	0

* Mind the chemical and temperature suitability!
** Caution necessary when used in a microwave oven: Heating can release amounts of melamine and formaldehyde that can be harmful to health!