LDPE Chemical Resistance Chart

Legend: S = Satisfactory 0 = Some attack U = Unsatisfactory
Reagent70° (21°C)140° (60°C)
Acetic acid (1-10%)SS
Acetic acid (10-60%)SO
Acetic acid (80-100%)OU
AcetoneSS
Acrylic EmulsionsSS
Aluminum chloride diluteSS
Aluminum chloride concentratedSS
Aluminum fluoride concentratedSS
Aluminum sulfate concentratedSS
Alums (all types) concentratedSS
Ammonia (100% dry gas)SS
Ammonium carbonateSS
Ammonium chloride saturatedSS
Ammonium fluoride (20%)SS
Ammonium hydroxideSS
Ammonium metaphosphate saturatedSS
Ammonium nitrate saturatedSS
Ammonium persulfate saturatedSS
Ammonium sulfate saturatedSS
Ammonium sulfide saturatedSS
Ammonium thiocyanate saturatedSS
Amyl acetate (100%)UU
Amyl alcohol (100%)SS
Amyl chloride (100%)UU
Aniline (100%)SU
Antimony chlorideSS
Aqua regiaOU
Barium carbonate saturatedSS
Barium chloride saturatedSS
Barium hydroxideSS
Barium sulfate saturatedSS
Barium sulfide saturatedSS
BeerS
BenzeneUU
Benzene sulfonic acidSS
Benzine
Bismuth carbonate saturatedSS
Bleach lye (10%)SS
Black liquorSS
Borax cold saturatedSS
Boric acid diluteSS
Boric acid concentratedSS
Bromic acid (10%)SS
Bromine liquid (100%)UU
Butanediol (10%)SS
Butanediol (60%)SS
Butanediol (100%)SS
Butyl acetate (100%)OO
Butyl alcohol (100%)SS
Calcium bisulfideSS
Calcium carbonate saturatedSS
Calcium chlorate saturatedSS
Calcium chloride saturatedSS
Calcium hydroxideSS
Calcium hypochlorite bleach solutionSS
Calcium nitrate (50%)SS
Calcium sulfateSS
Carbon dioxide (100% dry)SS
Carbon dioxide (100% wet)SS
Carbon dioxide cold saturatedSS
Carbon disulphideUU
Carbon monoxideSS
Carbon tetrachlorideUU
Carbonic acidSS
Castor oil concentratedSS
Chlorine liquidUU
ChlorobenzeneUU
ChloroformUU
Chlorosulfonic acid (100%)UU
Chrome alum saturatedSS
Chromic acid (10-20%)SO
Chromic acid (50%)SO
CiderSS
Citric acid saturatedSS
Coconut oil alcoholsSS
Copper chloride saturatedSS
Copper cyanide saturatedSS
Copper fluoride (2%)SS
Copper nitrate saturatedSS
Copper sulfate diluteSS
Copper sulfate saturatedSS
Cottonseed oilSS
Cuprous chloride saturatedSS
CyclohexanoneUU
Detergents (synthetic)SS
Developers (photographic)SS
Dextrin saturatedSS
Dextrose saturatedSS
Disodium phosphateSS
Diethylene glycolSS
Emulsions (photographic)SS
Ethyl acetate (100%)OO
Ethyl alcohol (100%)SS
Ethyl alcohol (35%)SS
Ethyl chlorideUU
Ethylene glycolSS
Ferric chloride saturatedSS
Ferric nitrate saturatedSS
Ferrous chloride saturatedSS
Ferrous sulfateSS
Fluoboric acidSS
FluorineSU
Fluosilicic acid (32%)SS
Fluosilicic acid concentratedSO
Formaldehyde (40%)S
Formic acid (20%)SS
Formic acid (50%)SS
Formic acid (100%)SS
Fructose saturatedSS
Fuel oilOU
Furfural (100%)UU
Gallic acid saturatedSS
GasolineUU
GlucoseSS
GlycerineSS
GlycolSS
Glycolic acid (30%)SS
Hydrobromic acid (50%)SS
Hydrocyanic acid saturatedSS
Hydrochloric acid (10%)SS
Hydrochloric acid (30%)SS
Hydrochloric acid (35%)SS
Hydrochloric acid concentratedSS
Hydrofluoric acid (40%)SS
Hydrofluoric acid (60%)SS
Hydrofluoric acid (75%)SO
Hydrogen (100%)SS
Hydrogen bromide (10%)SS
Hydrogen chloride dry gasSS
Hydrogen peroxide (30%)SO
Hydrogen peroxide (90%)SU
HydroquinoneSS
Hydrogen sulfideSS
Hypochlorous acid concentratedSS
InksSS
Lactic acid (10%)SS
Lactic acid (90%)SS
Lead acetate saturatedSS
Magnesium carbonate saturatedSS
Magnesium chloride saturatedSS
Magnesium hydroxide saturatedSS
Magnesium nitrate saturatedSS
Magnesium sulfate saturatedSS
Mercuric chlorideSS
Mercuric cyanide saturatedSS
Mercurous nitrate saturatedSS
MercurySS
Methyl alcohol (100%)SS
Methyl ethyl ketone (100%)UU
Methyl bromideO
Methylsulfuric acidSS
Methylene chloride (100%)UU
Mineral oilsOU
Nickel chloride saturatedSS
Nickel nitrate concentratedSS
Nickel sulfate saturatedSS
Nicotinic acidSS
Nitric acid (0-30%)SS
Nitric acid (30-50%)SO
Nitric acid (70%)SO
Nitric acid (95-98%)UU
Nitrobenzene (100%)UU
Oleum concentratedUU
Oxalic acid diluteSS
Oxalic acid saturatedSS
Petroleum etherUU
Phosphoric acid (0-30%)SS
Phosphoric acid (30-90%)SS
Phosphoric acid (90%)SU
Photographic solutionsSS
Pickling baths
   Sulfuric acidSS
   Hydrocloric acidSS
   Sulfuric-nitricS
Plating solutions
   BrassSS
   CadmiumSS
   ChromiumUU
   CopperSS
   GoldSS
   IndiumSS
   LeadSS
   NickelSS
   RhodiumSS
   SilverSS
   TinSS
   ZincSS
Potassium bicarbonate saturatedSS
Potassium borate (1%)SS
Potassium bromate (10%)SS
Potassium bromide saturatedSS
Potassium carbonateSS
Potassium chlorate saturatedSS
Potassium chloride saturatedSS
Potassium chromate (40%)SS
Potassium cyanide saturatedSS
Potassium dichromate (40%)SS
Potassium ferri/ferro cyanideSS
Potassium flourideSS
Potassium hydroxide 20% concentratedSS
Potassium nitrate saturatedSS
Potassium perborate saturatedSS
Potassium perchlorate (10%)SS
Potassium permanganate (20%)SS
Potassium sulfate concentratedSS
Potassium sulfide concentratedSS
Potassium sulfite concentratedSS
Potassium persulfate saturatedSS
Propargyl alcoholSS
Propyl alcoholSS
Propylene glycolSS
Rayon coagulating bathSS
Sea waterSS
ShorteningSS
Silicic acidSS
Silver nitrate solutionSS
Soap solution concentratedSS
Sodium acetate saturatedSS
Sodium benzoate (35%)SS
Sodium bicarbonate saturatedSS
Sodium bisulfate saturatedSS
Sodium bisulfite saturatedSS
Sodium borateSS
Sodium bromide oil solutionSS
Sodium carbonate concentratedSS
Sodium carbonateSS
Sodium chlorate saturatedSS
Sodium chloride saturatedSS
Sodium cyanideSS
Sodium dichromate saturatedSS
Sodium ferricyanide saturatedSS
Sodium ferrocyanideSS
Sodium fluoride saturatedSS
Sodium hydroxide concentratedSS
Sodium hypochioriteSS
Sodium nitrateSS
Sodium sulfateSS
Sodium sulfide (25% to saturated)SS
Sodium sulfite saturatedSS
Stannous chloride saturatedSS
Stannic chloride saturatedSS
Starch solution saturatedSS
Stearic acid (100%)SS
Sulfuric acid (0-50%)SS
Sulfuric acid (70%)SO
Sulfuric acid (80%)SU
Sulfuric acid (96%)OU
Sulfuric acid (98% concentrated)OU
Sulfuric acid (fuming)UU
Sulfurous acidSS
Tannic acid (10%)SS
Tartaric acid saturatedUU
Tetralin
TetrahydrofuranOO
TolueneUU
Transformer oilOU
Trichloroacetic acid (10%)
Trisodium phosphate saturatedSS
TrichloroethyleneUU
UreaSS
UrineSS
Vinegar (commercial)SS
Wetting agentsSS
WhiskeyS
WinesSS
XyleneUU
YeastSS
Zinc chloride saturatedSS
Zinc sulfate saturatedSS