CHEMICAL RESISTANCE OF ZEBRON COATINGS

MEDIUM

EFFECTS

  TESTING AGENCY

Water at Ambient
at 250deg. F                        
           

No Effect
0.4 mg. extractives per
square inch in 2 hrs.

U.S. Testing Company per FDA Standards

Sea Water, Immersion

1. No effect in 4 yrs.
2. Six year exposure
on piles no effect
3. One year immersion of
scribed panel. No edge lifting, no deterioration-  coating intact           
                          

U.S. Coast Guard
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

ACIDS

Phosphoric 16 percent              

No effect                                                   

ZEBRON R&D

Sulfuric 20 percent

No effect

L.A. Engineering Bureau

Acetic 5 percent                           

No effect

L.A. Engineering Bureau

Hydrofluoric 10 percent            

Surface Cloudiness                                 

N.W. Testing Lab

Hydrogen Sulfide

Slight Discoloration                                 

Orange County Sanitation

Chromic 15 percent      

No effect                                                   

N.W. Testing Lab

BASES

Sodium Hydroxide 20 percent  

No effect                                                 

ZEBRON R&D

Ammonium Hydroxide

No effect  

L.A. Engineering Bureau

ALCOHOLS

Ethanol at 150deg. F  
8 percent

0.2 mg. extractives per square inch in 2 hrs.                                            

U.S. Testing Company per FDA Standards

HYDROCARBONS

Crude Oil                                         

No effect

ZEBRON R&D

Heptane at 150deg

0.2 mg. extractives per square inch in 2 hrs. 

U.S. Testing Company per FDA Standards

Petroleum oils and greases       

No effect

L.A. Engineering Bureau

Soap and detergent

No effect

L.A. Engineering Bureau

Vegetable oils and greases      

No effect

L.A. Engineering Bureau

SALT SOLUTIONS

Sodium Chloride 5 percent
  Ambient
  250deg F


No effect
Softens, no other effect  

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Tennessee Gas

Magnesium Sulfate, saturated
  Ambient


No effect

ZEBRON R&D

Ferric Chloride 1 percent                      

No effect

L.A. Engineering Bureau

Sodium Sulfate (wet solid) No effect N.W. Testing Lab

Sodium Sulfite (wet solid)      

No effect

N.W. Testing Lab

Sodium Carbonate (wet solid)

No effect

N.W. Testing Lab

 

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