CHEMICAL
RESISTANCE CHART 2

PART [1, 2, 3, 4]

  • A - No Effect-Acceptable
  • B - MinorEffect-Acceptable
  • C - Moderate Effect-Questionable
  • D - Severe effect-Not Recommended
  1. P.V.C.-Satisfactory to 72º F.
  2. Polypropylene-Satisfactory to 72º F.
  3. Polypropylene-Satisfactory to 120º F.
  4. Buna-N-Satisfactory for "O" Rings
  5. Polyacetal-Satisfactory to 72º F.
  6. Ceramag-Satisfactory to 72º F.
 
The ratings for these materials are based upon the chemical resistance only. Added consideration must be given to pump selections when the chemical is abrasive, vicious in nature, or has a Specific Gravity greater than 1.1.

Note:The materials shown below in BOLDFACE TYPE are used in the construction of Little Giant chemical pumps.
 

 

A - No Effect-Acceptable
B - MinorEffect-Acceptable
C - Moderate Effect-Questionable
D - Severe effect-Not Recommended
Cider - A A A B - - A - D - A - - A B - - B - - A A - A A - A - - A
Citric Acid - A A A C A A D C D - A - A A B C C B B - A A B A D C A A A A
Citric Oils - A A - C - - B - - - - - - A B - - - A - A A - A A C D - - A
Coffee A A A A A - - B - C - - - A A A A - - A - A A - A A - A - A A
Copper Chloride  C D D B D A A D - D - A B A A B D - B A A - A - A A - A A A A
Copper Cyanide  - A A A D A A C - D - A - A A B A - B A A A A - B B - A A A C
Copper Floborate - D D - D - B D - D - A - A - B - - A - - A - - A B - A - A A
Copper Nitrate B A A B D A A D - - - A - A A B D - B A - A A - A A - A - - A
Copper Sulfate 
(5% Solution)		 - A A A D A A D D D - A - A A B D - B A A A A - A A C A - C A
Copper Sulfate B B - - - A A C D - - A - A A - C - - A - - A - B B - A A - A
Cream - A A - A - - C - D - - - - A A A - - A - A A - A A - C - - A
Cresols 2 - A A - B - - D C - - D D - - D - D D C A A A - A D D D D D A
Cresylic Acid B A A - C A B C - - - B D A - D D - C - - A A - A D - D D D A
Cyclohexane - A - - A A - A - - A - D - D A - - - D A A A - A A D D D D A
Cyanic Acid - A - - - - - - - - - - - - - D - - - - - - - - - C - D - - A
Detergents - A A - A - - A - - A A - - A B A B B A A A A - A A - B A C A
Dichlorethane - A A - - - A - - - - D D A - - A - D - - - - - C - - D - D A
Diesel Fuel A A A - A - - A - A A - - - D A - - - D A A A - A A - D D D A
Diethylamine A A - - A - - A - - - D - A B D - - - C - A A - D B - B B C A
Diethylene Gycol - A - - - - - A - - - - - - A A A B B - - A A - A A C A A A A
Diphenyl Oxide - A - - - - - A - - - - - - - A - - - - - A A - A D - D D D A
Dyes - A A - B - - C - - - - - - A A - - - - - - - - A - - C - - A
Epsom Salts(Magnesium Sulfate) B A A A A A B B - - - A - - A A - - - A - A A - A A - A - C A
Ethane A A - - A - - A - - - - - - D A - - - - - A A - A A - B D D A
Ethanolamine - A A - - - - - - - C - - - - D - - - - A A A - D B C B - C A
Ether 3 A A A A A - B B A - D D C - D A C - - - A A A A C D - D C D A
Ethyl Acetate 2 - A A - B - B B - - C D D A D A A D C C A A A - D D C D B D A
Ethyl Chloride - A A A B A B B - C D D D A D A A - D D A A A - A D D C A A A
Ethyl Sulfate - D - - - - - - - - - - - - - B - - - - - A A - A A - - - - A
Ethylene Chloride 2 - A A - C B B A - C C D - A D A - D - D A A A - A D D D C D A
Ethylene Dichloride - A A - D A B C - - C D D A D A A - D A A C A - A D D D C D A
Ethylene Glycol 4 - A A - A - A B B B C A B A A A A B B A A A A A A A C A A A A
Ethylene Oxide - - A - A - - A - - - D - A A A A - - - - A A - D D D D C D A
Fatty Acids - A A - B A A C - D - A B A B A A - B A - A A - A C C B C C A
Ferric Chloride - D D D D A B D D D - A B A A B D - B A A A A - A D C B A A A
Ferric Nitrate - A A A D A A D - - - A - A A B D - B A A A A - A A D A A A A
Ferric Sulfate - A C A D A A D D D - A B A A B A C - A A C A - A B C A - A A
Ferrous Chloride - D D - D A B C - D - A B A A B D - B A A A A - A B C A - A A
Ferrous Sulfate B A C - D A B C - D D A B A A B D - B A A A A - A B - A - A A
Fluboric Acid - D B - - D A - - D - A B A B B C - B A - A D - A B - A - - A
Fluorine D D D - D D A D - D D C - C - - D - C - - D - - - - - - - - D
Fluorosilicic Acid - - B - D D B - - D - A B A A B D - B A - A D - B A - A - - C
Formaldehyde 40% - - A - - A A - - - - B - A A - D - - A A - A - D B B A - - A
Formaldehyde A A A - A A B A B D A A B A D A A - B A A A A - A C B D B C A
Formic Acid 6 C A B B D C A C C D D D B A A D D - B A A A A B B D C D A C B
Freon 11 1 A - A - B - - B - C B B D A D A A D C - A A A A C C D D D D A
Freon 12 (wet)2  - - D - B - - B - - - B D A D A A B C A A A A A A A D B B D A
Freon 22 - - A - B - - B - - - D D - B A A - - - A A A A D D D A A A A
Freon 113 - - A - B - - B - - - C D - - A A - - - A A A A C A D A - D A
Freon T.F.4 - - A - B - - B - - - B D - D A A - - D A A A A B A D A D D A
Fruit Juice A A A A B - - B - D D A - D A B A - B A - A A A A A - A - - A
Fuel Oils A A A - A A A B - C B A - A A A A - D B A A A - A A C B D D A
Furan Resin - A A - A - - A - A A - - A - A - - - - A - A - A D - D - D A
Furfural 1 A A A - A - B A - - A D - A D B A D D D A A A - D D D D B D A
Gallic Acid B A A - A - A A - D D A A A - - A - - - - - - - B A - - - - -
Gasoline 1 4 A A A A A D A A - A A C - A D A A D D C A A A A A A D D C D A
Gelatin A A A A A - A A C D D A - A A A A - - A - A A - A A - A A A A
Glucose A - A - A - - A A B B A B A B A A B B A - A A - A A B A A A A
Glue P.V.A.1 B B A - B A - A - - A A B A - A A - - - - A A - A A - A - - A
Glycerine A A A A A A A A B B B A B A A A A C - A - A A - A A B A A A A
Cycolic Acid - - - - - - A - - - - A - A C - - B A A A - - A A - A - - A
Gold Monocyanide - - A - - - - A - D - - - - - A - - - - - A A - A A - A - - A
Grape Juice - A A - B - - B - D - A - - A B - B B - - A A - A A - A - - A
Grease 4 A A A - A - - B - A A - - A - A A - - - - A A - A A - D - - A
Heptane 1 A - A - A - A A - - B A - A D A A C D D A A A - A A - B D - A
Hexane 1 A A A - A - A B - - B C - A D A A D - C A A A - A A B B D D A
Honey - A A - A - - A - A - A - - A A A B - A - A A - A A - A A - A
Hydraulic Oils (Petroleum)1 A A A - A - - B - A A - - A - A A - - D - A A - A A - B D D A
Hydraulic Oils (Synthetic)1 - A A - A - - A - A - - - - - A A - - D - A A - A C D - - - A
Hydrazine - A A - - - - - - C - - - - - D - - - - - A - - A B D B A C A
Hydrobromic Acid 20% - - D - - A A - - - - A - A A - D - - A - - B - A D - C - - B
Hydrobromic Acid 4 D D D D D A A D - D D A B A C D D - B B - A A - A D D D A A A
Hydrochloric Acid
(Dry Gas)		 D C A - D - A - - - D A - A - - - - - - - A - - - - - - A - A
Hydrochloric Acid (20%)4 - D D D D C B D - D - A B A A D D B A A D A A D A C - C A C A
Hydrochloric Acid (37%)4 - D D D D C B D - D - A B A A D D C A A D A C D A C C C C D A
Hydrochloric Acid 100% - D D - D D C D - D - A A A - - D - A - - A C - C D - C - A A
Hydrocyanic Acid A A A C A A A D D - C A B A A B A - B A - A A - A C - B - A A
Hydrocyanic Acid (Gas 10%) - D D - - - - - - - - A - A - - - - - - - - - - - - - C A C A
Hydrofluoric Acid (20%)1 - D D D D D B D - D - D B A A D D - C A C B C D A D - C A C B
Hydrofluoric Acid (75%) 1 2 - C D - D D C D - D - C B A D D D - C B C D D D A D D D C C C
Hydrofluoric Acid 100% D D D - D D B D - D D C D A - - - - D - C D D - - D - D - D A
Hydrofluosilicic Acid (20%) - D D - D D B A - D - D - A B D D - - A - A D - A B - B A A C
Hydrofluosilicic Acid - D D - C - C D - - - - C A - - - - - - - A - - - - D A - - -
Hydrogen Gas A A A - A - - A - B B A - A - - - - - - - - - - A - - - - - A
Hydrogen Peroxide 10% - C C - A C A D D D - A A A - - B - A - B A A - - A - D - C D
Hydrogen Peroxide 30% - - B - - B A - D - - A - A - - B - - A C - - - A D - C - - B
Hydrogen Peroxide - A B A A B A D D D D A C A B D B - B A C - A A A D C D C C A
Hydrogen Sulfide, Aqueous Solution - A A C C A A D C D - A B A A D B - B A A A A A B C - B A D A
Hydrogen Sulfide (Dry) A C A - D - A D C B B A - A - - B - - - A - A - A - - - - A A
Hydroxyacetic Acid (70%) - - - - D B - - - - - A - - - D - - - - - A A - A A - A A - A
Ink A A A - C - - C - D D - - - B A A - B - - A A A A A - A - - A
Iodine - D D D D A B D - D - D B A A C D D D D - D A - A B - D B D A
Iodine (In Alcohol) - - B - - D A - - - - D - A C - D - - B - - A - A D - D - - -
Iodoform B D A - A - - C - C B - - A - - A - - - - - - - C - - - - - -
Isotane 2 - - - - A - - - - - - - - - D A - - - D - - A - A A - - - D A
Isopropyl Acetate - - B - C - - - - - - - - - - A - - - - - A A - D D - D B D A
Isopropyl Ether 2 A - A - A - - A - - A - - A D A - - - D - A A - D B - D D D -
Jet Fuel (JP3,JP4,JP5) A A A - A - - A - A A A - A D A A - - D A A A - A A D D D D A
Kerosene 2 A A A A A A A A A A B A D A D A A B D D A A A A A A D D A D A
Ketones A A A - B A A A - A A D D A D B A - D D A C A - D D - D D C C
Lacquers A A A - A - - A C C C - D - C A A - - A - A A - D D - D - D A
Lacquer Thinners - - A - - A A - C - - C - A D - A - - B - - A - - D - D A - -
Lactic Acid A A B C C A A D - D D A B A A B C - B A A A A - B B - A B A A
Lard B A A A A - - A - A C A - - - A A C - A - A A - A A C B - D A
Latex - A A - A - - A - - - - - - A A A - B - - - A - A A - C A - A
Lead Acetate B A A - D A A C - - D A B A A A A - B A - A A - D B - D A A A
Lead Sulfamate - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - A - - - A - - - - A B C A D C A
Ligroin 3 - - A - - - - A - - - - - - D A - - - D - - A - A A - B A D A
Lime - A A - C A - A - A - A - - A D - C - - - A A - A A C B D - A
Lubricants - A A - A A A B - - - A - A - A A B - A A A A - A A C D - D A
Magnesium Carbonate - A A A - - B - - - - A - - A A - - B A - - A - - A - A A - A
Magnesium Chloride B B B A D A A B C D C A B A A A A - B A A - A - A A - A A A A
Magnesium Hydroxide A A A - D A A C B B B A - A A A A - B A A A A - A B - B - C A
Magnesium Nitrate - A A A - A A - - - - A - A A A A - B A - - A - A A - A - - A
Magnesium Oxide - A A - - - - - - - - - - - - A - - - - - - A - - A - A A - A
Magnesium Sulfate B B A - B A B B B C B A B A A A A - B A A A A - A A - A D C A
Maleic Acid C A A A B A A C - - B A B A A C A - - C - A A - A D - A D D A
Maleic Anhydride - - - - - - A - - - - - - - - C - - - - - A A - A D - D - D A
Malic Acid B A A - C - A D - - D A - A - - A - - - - - A - C - - A - A -
Mash - A A - - - - A - - - - - - A A - - - - - A A - - A - A - - A
Mayonnaise A A A - D - - D - D D - - A A A A B - A - A A - A A - - - - A
Melamine - D D - - - - D - - - - - - - D - - - - - A A - - C - - - - A
Mercuric Chloride (Dilute Solution) D D D D D A B D D D D A A A A A A - B A - A A - A A - A A A A
Mercuric Cyanide A A A - D A - D - - D A - A A A - - B A - A A - - A - - - - A
Mercury A A A A C C A D D A A A - A A A A - B A - A A - A A - A A A A
Methanol (See Alcohol Methyl) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Methyl Acetate A - A - A - A A - - B - - A - A - D - - - A A - D D D B B D -
Methyl Acrylate - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - A - - - - - A A - D D - B B D A
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  • A - No Effect-Acceptable
  • B - MinorEffect-Acceptable
  • C - Moderate Effect-Questionable
  • D - Severe effect-Not Recommended
  1. P.V.C.-Satisfactory to 72º F.
  2. Polypropylene-Satisfactory to 72º F.
  3. Polypropylene-Satisfactory to 120º F.
  4. Buna-N-Satisfactory for "O" Rings
  5. Polyacetal-Satisfactory to 72º F.
  6. Ceramag-Satisfactory to 72º F.