Chemical

Resistance

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 What is Chemical
Resistance ?

“A coatings ability to remain unaffected,

physically and chemically, when
exposed to a chemical environment”

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 Why are Chemicals
Aggressive to Coatings ?

The most important factors are:

• Molecular size: Penetration (Methanol, water)

• Solvents for organic binders (epoxy,

vinylester, polyester)

• Take pleasure in decomposing the binder

molecule (NaOH, Sodium hypochlorite)
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 Molecular Size and Chemical
Resistance
• Small molecules - C3 and lower
– migrates easily in and out of the coating
– examples: Methanol, Ethanol, Ethyl acetate, Acetic acid
• Medium size molecules - C3 to C6
– migrates easily into the coating
– remains in the coating
– examples: Butanol, Butyl acetate
• Large molecules - C6 and higher
– do not migrate into the coating
– can still be aggressive
– examples: Benzyl chloride, Butyl octadecanoate
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 Ambient Temperature and
Steel Temperature
Is the temperatures important ? YES !
• Ambient temperature will influence:
– shelf life
– viscosity/sprayability
– steel temperature
• Steel temperature will affect:
– speed of cure
– degree of cure
– recoating interval
– service life of the coating
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 The Characteristics of an
Aggressive Chemical

An aggressive chemical can be:

• Corrosive
• Cause swelling
• Have high temperature
• Chemical attack (acids, alkaline)
• Etching
• Erosion in combination with
effects above
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 Chemical Family and
Resistance
• Acids Chemflake Classic/Special/CV
• Alcohols Tankguard S, Chemflake C/S/CV, Resist GTI,
Jotacote 5
• Alkalies Tankguard HB, Tankguard Special,
• Crude oil Chemflake C/S/CV
• Fatty acids Chemflake C/S/CV
• Gasolines Tankguard HB, Tankguard Special,
Chemflake C/S/CV, Resist GTI, Jotacote 5
• Solvents Tankguard Special, Resist GTI, Jotacote 5,
Chemflake C/S/CV
• Methanol Resist GTI, Jotacote 5
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 • Thank You !

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