Neoprene chemical resistance

Shipment and Storage. Sulfur dichloride, if kept dry, is noncorrosive at ambient temperatures, thus carbon steel and Hon can be used Hi the constmction of tanks, piping, and dmms. However, when water or humidity is present, materials resistant to hydrochloric acid must be used, eg, glass-lined pipe. Teflon, titanium, HasteUoy C, or possibly a chemically resistant, glass-reiaforced polyester. Threaded pipe joHits should be assembled with Teflon tape. Hoses should be constmcted with a Teflon inner lining with the outer tube constmcted of Neoprene or braided 316 stainless steel protected by an adequate thickness of Teflon. Sulfur dichloride should be stored away from heat and away from dHect rays of the sum. Toluene and sulfur dichloride react exothermically when catalyzed by Hon or ferric chloride. Safety precautions should be foUowed when such a mixture is present (165). 

Chemicals, Chlor alkali. Paper and pulp, Fertilizers, Oil drilling and Pharmaceu ticals Chemical resistant linings for storage tanks, road and ship tankers, process vessels, pipelines, valves, pumps, filters, agitators, centrifuges, impellers, etc. Soft natural rubber or ebonite, neoprene, butyl and hypalon depending on operating temperature, and application. 

The ozone concentration in the atmosphere is only a few pphm. In certain chemical plants as in electrolytic mercury cell houses in the chloralkali industry, the ozone concentration is higher. Although the atmospheric ozone level is low, it reacts with rubber double bonds rapidly and causes cracking of rubber products. Especially when rubber is under stress (stretching and bending as in the case of flexible cell covers), the crack development is faster. Neoprene products resist thousands of parts per hundred million of ozone for hours without surface cracking. This nature of neoprene is quite suitable for cell house application in chlor-alkali industries. Natural rubber will crack within minutes when subjected to ozone concentration of only 50 pphm. 

Some typical elastomers are natural rubber, which is gathered from trees, SBR rubber, which is used a lot in motorcar tires, neoprene, as in wet suits and oil seals, EPDM, a general purpose rubber, butyl, a heat-resistant rubber with the ability to keep the air in car tires, nitrile for oil seals, silicones for heat resistance, fluoro-elastomers for chemical resistance, and last but not least, polyurethanes, which cover a number of the above fields. Table 1.1 shows some of the advantages of castable polyurethanes over conventional rubbers. 

Neoprene (synthetic) has high flexibility and allows good dexterity. It has low tensile strength, and is chemically resistant to materials with the exception of oxidizing agents such as hydrogen peroxide. 

This substance has extensive lipid solubility and is absorbed immediately by the skin. Additionally, DMM is able to penetrate many materials including plastic and rubber compounds such as latex, polyvinyl chloride, and neoprene in a matter of seconds. In permeability tests, a Silver Shield glove of a flexible, plastic-laminate, offered skin protection from DMM for 4h. This chemically resistant glove, when worn under an outer glove that is resistant to abrasion and tears, may provide limited protection for direct handling of DMM. 

Red lead is an ingredient generally used in all Neoprene compounds for tank linings for good water and chemical resistance. But it should not be used in compounds of Neoprene designed for contact with food or potable water. Tubes or pipes for conveying potable water are made of ethylene-propylene diene terpolymer (EPDM) rubbers. 

PERSONAL PROTECTION wear rubber protective clothing, polyvinyl plastic or neoprene aprons, rubber boots, and chemical-resistant gloves wear splash-proof safety goggles wear self-contained breathing apparatus. 

PERSONAL PROTECTION wear impervious protective clothing, including boots, chemical-resistant gloves, sleeves, apron or coveralls materials such as nitrile and neoprene are recommended for protection against coal tar extracts wear dust- and/or splash-proof safety goggles and face shield enclose operations and/or use local exhaust ventilation at site of chemical release at concentrations above the NISOH REL, wear self-contained breathing apparatus that has a full face-piece and is operated in positive-pressure mode maintain eye wash baths and safety showers in work area. 

Apart from the rather expensive and inferior methyl rubber produced in Germany during World War I, the first industrial production of synthetic rubbers took place in 1932, with polybutadiene being produced in the USSR, from alcohol derived from the fermentation of potatoes, and neoprene (polychloroprene) being produced in the USA from acetylene derived from coal. In 1934 the first American car tyre produced from a synthetic rubber was made from neoprene. In 1937 butyl rubber, based on polyisobutylene, was discovered in the USA. This material has a lower resilience than that of natural rubber but far surpasses it in chemical resistance and in having a low permeability to gases. The chemical structures of these materials are shown in fig. 6.10. 

Neoprene was introduced commercially by DuPont in 1932 as an oil-resistant substitute for natural rubber. Its dynamic properties are very similar to those of natural rubber, but its range of chemical resistance overcomes many of the shortcomings of natural rubber. 

Chlorosulfonated polyethylene s)mthetic rubber (CSM) is manufactured by DuPont under the trade name H) alon. In many respects it is similar to neoprene, but it does possess some advantages over neoprene in certain types of service. It has better heat and ozone resistance, better electrical properties, better color stability, and better chemical resistance. 

The chemically resistant coatings, such as the baked phenolics, baked epoxies, and the air-dry epoxy, vinyl, and neoprene coatings, are ideal for minimizing contamination of chanicals handled in steel equipment. They should not be used where 100% protection from corrosion is required. An excellent material for immersion service has been developed that consists of flakes of glass dispersed in a polyester resin. This is applied by spray to a properly prepared surface, and the wet coating is rolled with a paint roller to orient the glass flakes in a plane parallel to the substrate and to provide maximum resistance to chemical attack. 

Chemically resistant gloves are made from rubber (latex, nitrile, or butyl) or a synthetic composition such as neoprene. Frequently used gloves are ... 

Chloroprene rubber, polychloroprene (CR). A syniheXic rubber produced by polymerization of chloroprene (2-chlorobutadiene, CH2=CCl—CH = CH 2). High weather and chemical resistance, better oil resistance than that of natural rubber products. Some applications building sheets, belts, cable insulations, technical rubber goods, contact adhesives. Trade names Baypren (FRG), Neoprene (USA). 

Synthetic rubbers, EPM/EPDM, nitrile, polychloroprene (neoprene), epichlorohydrin, and polyacrylate have good oil resistance, heat stability, and chemical resistance. Fluoropolymers are used in oil and gas wells 20,000 ft (6096 m) deep. These depths can have pressures of 20,000 Ib/in (137.5 MPa) which cause extrusion failures of down-hole seals by forcing the rubber part out of its retaining gland. TFE/propy-lene jackets protect down-hole assemblies which consist of stainless steel tubes that deliver corrosion-resistant fluid into the well. 

Chlorosulfonatedpolyethylene (CSM) is well known under its common trade name Hypalon. It is prepared by reacting polyethylene with sulfur dioxide and chlorine. This elastomer has outstanding chemical resistance to oxidizing environments including ozone, but it is readily attacked by fuming nitric and sulfuric acids. It is oil-resistant but it has poor resistance to aromatic solvents and most fuels. Except for its excellent resistance to oxidizing media, its physical and chemical properties are similar to that of neoprene with however improved resistance to abrasion, heat and weathering. 

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Hypalon sealants offer good UV, ozone, and chemical resistance. These properties allow them to be used in moderately moving exterior joints around doors and windows or concrete panels. Neoprene sealants exhibit compatibility... 

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