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Old 28-02-2004, 07:00 AM
hotrod hotrod is offline
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Default seal materials and alcohols

Here's a quick digest of some information I found with a quick search on Google.

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Santoprene
http://www.tamparubber.com/gasksant.htm

Acetone ------------------- minor effect
water ----------------------- little or no effect
Ethanol -------------------- minor effect
Methanol------------------ little or no effect
Isopropal alcohol------- Not specified specifically but minor effect for alcohols

gasoline ------------------ severe effect not recommended
toluene ------------------- severe effect not recommended
xylene--------------------- severe effect not recommended




http://www.colonialengineering.com/d...t/16CHEMIC.PDF

        methanol    ethanol     acetone     isopropal alcohol
teflon      not specified   recommended up to 350 deg F recommended
epdm        recommended recommended up to 70 deg F  recommended
viton       not specified   not rec     not rec     recommended
buna        not rec     recommended not rec     lacks recommended
santoprene  not specified   not specified   not specified   lacks recommended



http://www.sentranllc.com/pdfs/tb_chem.pdf
        methanol    ethanol     acetone     isopropal alcohol
teflon      A       --      A       --
nylon        A      A       A       A
epdm        000000000000000000000000 not specified  000000000000000000000000000
viton        C      A       D       A
buna        000000000000000000000000 not specified 000000000000000000000000000
santoprene  --      --      --      --
neoprene     A      A       C       B
silicone        --      B       B       C

A - Recommended, excellent resistance
B - Satisfactory, minor effect good resistance
C - Limied use, moderate effect fair  resistance
D - Not recommended severe effects imminent
Larry
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