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Chemical Compatibility Lookup Table
WARNING The information in this chart has been supplied to HFI Fluid Power Products by other reputable sources and is to be used ONLY as a guide in selecting equipment for appropriate chemical compatibility. Before permanent installation, test the equipment with the chemicals and under the specific conditions of your application. Ratings of chemical behavior listed in this chart apply at a 48-hr exposure period; HFI Fluid Power Products has no knowledge of possible effects beyond this period. HFI Fluid Power Products does not warrant (neither express nor implied) that the information in this interactive tool is accurate or complete or that any material is suitable for any purpose. DANGER Variations in chemical behavior during handling due to factors such as temperature, pressure, and concentrations can cause equipment to fail, even though it passed an initial test. SERIOUS INJURY MAY RESULT. Use suitable guards and/or personal protections when handling chemicals.
Chemical | Stainless | Aluminum | Brass | Steel | Kynar | PVC | Teflon | ABS | Polyethylene | Polypropylene | Ryton | Viton | Nitrile | Neoprene | Ethelene | Ceramic |
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Potassium Cyanide Solution | Fair | Bad | No Data | Fair | Good | Good | Good | No Data | Fair | Good | Good | Fair | Good | Good | Good | Good |
Potassium Hydroxide | Fair | Bad | Bad | Good | Bad | Good | Good | Poor | Fair | Good | Good | Bad | Fair | Good | Good | Bad |
Potassium Permanganate | Fair | Fair | No Data | Fair | Good | Good | Good | Poor | Fair | Fair | Good | Fair | Good | Good | No Data | Good |
Potassium Sulfate | Fair | Good | Fair | Fair | Good | Good | Good | No Data | Fair | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good |
Potassium Sulfide | No Data | Fair | No Data | Fair | No Data | Good | Good | No Data | No Data | No Data | No Data | No Data | Good | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Propane (liquid) | No Data | Good | Good | Fair | No Data | Bad | Good | No Data | No Data | Bad | No Data | Good | Good | Fair | Bad | Good |
Rust Inhibitors | No Data | No Data | No Data | No Data | No Data | No Data | No Data | No Data | No Data | Good | No Data | Good | Good | Poor | No Data | Good |
Salt Water | Good | Fair | Poor | No Data | No Data | Good | No Data | No Data | No Data | Good | Good | Good | Good | Fair | Good | Good |
Sea Water | Poor | Poor | No Data | Bad | No Data | Good | Good | No Data | Fair | Good | No Data | Good | Good | Fair | Good | Good |
Shellac | No Data | Good | Fair | Good | No Data | No Data | Good | No Data | No Data | Good | No Data | No Data | Good | No Data | No Data | Good |
Silicone | No Data | Fair | No Data | No Data | No Data | No Data | No Data | No Data | No Data | Good | No Data | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good |
Silver Nitrate | Fair | Bad | No Data | Bad | Good | Good | Good | No Data | Fair | Good | No Data | Good | Poor | Good | Poor | Good |
Sodium Bicarbonate | Good | Good | Good | Poor | Good | Good | Good | Fair | Fair | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good |
Sodium Borate (Borax) | Good | Poor | Fair | Poor | Good | Good | Good | No Data | Fair | Good | Good | Good | Fair | Good | Good | Good |
Sodium Chloride | Poor | Poor | Poor | Poor | Good | Good | Good | Fair | Fair | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good |
Sodium Cyanide | No Data | Bad | Bad | Fair | Good | Good | Good | No Data | Fair | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good |
Sodium Hydochlorite | Bad | Bad | Bad | Bad | Good | Good | Good | No Data | No Data | Poor | Poor | Fair | Fair | Good | No Data | Bad |
Sodium Hydroxide | Bad | Bad | Bad | No Data | No Data | Good | Good | Poor | Poor | Good | Fair | Fair | Bad | Poor | No Data | Bad |
Sodium Silicate | Fair | Poor | Poor | Fair | No Data | Good | Good | No Data | No Data | Good | No Data | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good |
Sodium Sulfide | Fair | Bad | Bad | Fair | No Data | Good | Good | No Data | Fair | Good | Good | Good | Poor | Good | Good | Good |
Sodium Sulfite | Poor | Poor | No Data | No Data | No Data | Good | Good | No Data | Good | No Data | No Data | Good | Good | Good | No Data | Good |
Sodium Thiosulphate | Good | No Data | No Data | No Data | No Data | Good | No Data | No Data | No Data | No Data | No Data | Good | Good | No Data | No Data | Good |
Soybean Oil | Good | Good | No Data | No Data | No Data | Good | No Data | No Data | No Data | Good | No Data | Good | Good | Bad | No Data | Good |
Stoddard Solvent | Good | Good | Good | Fair | Good | Good | Good | Fair | Bad | Bad | Good | Good | Fair | Bad | Bad | Good |
Sulfur Dioxide | Good | Good | Poor | Fair | No Data | Bad | Good | No Data | Bad | No Data | No Data | Bad | No Data | Bad | No Data | Good |
Sulfuric Acid | Bad | No Data | Bad | No Data | Good | Fair | Good | No Data | No Data | Fair | Poor | Good | Bad | Bad | No Data | Good |
Tetrachlorethane | Good | No Data | No Data | No Data | No Data | Bad | Good | No Data | No Data | Good | No Data | Good | Bad | No Data | Bad | Good |
Toluene | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good | Bad | Good | Bad | Bad | Bad | Good | Poor | Bad | Bad | Bad | Good |
Toluol | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good | Bad | Good | Bad | Bad | Bad | Good | Poor | Bad | Bad | Bad | Good |
Trichlorethane | Good | Poor | No Data | No Data | No Data | No Data | Good | No Data | No Data | No Data | No Data | Good | Bad | Bad | Bad | Good |
Turbine Oil | Good | Good | No Data | No Data | No Data | Good | No Data | Poor | No Data | No Data | No Data | Bad | Fair | Bad | Bad | Good |
Turpentine | Good | Poor | Poor | Fair | Good | Good | Good | No Data | Bad | Fair | Good | Good | Bad | Bad | Bad | Good |
Vinegar | Good | Bad | Fair | Bad | Good | Good | Good | Fair | Fair | Good | Good | Good | Poor | Fair | Good | Good |
Weed Killers | Good | Poor | No Data | No Data | No Data | No Data | No Data | No Data | No Data | No Data | No Data | Good | Fair | Poor | No Data | Good |
Whiskey | Good | Bad | Fair | Bad | No Data | Good | Good | No Data | Fair | Good | No Data | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good |
White Liquor | Good | No Data | No Data | No Data | No Data | Good | Good | No Data | No Data | Good | No Data | Good | Good | Good | No Data | Good |
White Water | Good | No Data | No Data | No Data | No Data | No Data | No Data | No Data | No Data | Good | No Data | Good | No Data | Good | No Data | Good |
Wine | Good | Bad | Fair | Bad | No Data | Good | Good | No Data | Fair | Good | No Data | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good |
Xylene | Good | Good | Good | Fair | Good | Bad | Good | Bad | Bad | Bad | Good | Good | Bad | Bad | Bad | Good |
Freon 113 | Good | Fair | No Data | No Data | No Data | Poor | No Data | No Data | No Data | No Data | Good | Poor | Good | Good | No Data | Good |
Freon 12 | Bad | Fair | No Data | No Data | No Data | Fair | Good | Fair | Poor | Good | Good | Good | Good | Fair | Fair | Good |
Freon 22 | Good | Fair | No Data | No Data | No Data | Bad | No Data | No Data | No Data | No Data | Good | Bad | Bad | Good | Good | Good |
Fresh Water | Good | Good | Poor | Bad | No Data | Good | Good | Good | Bad | Good | Good | Good | Good | Fair | Good | Good |
Fruit Juice | Good | Fair | No Data | Bad | No Data | Good | Bad | No Data | Fair | Good | No Data | Good | Good | Good | No Data | Good |
Fuel Oil (#1,2,3,5A, 5B, 6) | Good | Good | No Data | No Data | No Data | Good | Good | No Data | No Data | Fair | No Data | Good | Fair | Bad | Bad | Good |
Fuel Oils | Good | Good | No Data | Fair | Good | Good | Good | No Data | Bad | Fair | Good | Good | Good | Fair | Bad | Good |
Gasoline | Good | Good | No Data | Good | Good | Poor | Good | Bad | Bad | Poor | Good | Good | Good | Bad | Poor | Good |
Glycerin | Good | Good | Fair | Fair | Good | Good | Good | Fair | No Data | Good | No Data | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good |
Grease | Good | Good | No Data | No Data | No Data | Good | No Data | Fair | No Data | Good | No Data | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good |
Honey | Good | Good | No Data | No Data | No Data | Good | No Data | Fair | No Data | Good | No Data | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good |
Hydraulic Oils (Petroleum) | Good | Good | No Data | Good | No Data | No Data | Good | No Data | No Data | Bad | No Data | Good | Good | Fair | Bad | Good |
Hydraulic Oils (Synthetic) | Good | Good | No Data | No Data | No Data | No Data | No Data | No Data | No Data | Bad | No Data | Good | Poor | No Data | No Data | Good |
Hydrochloric Acid | Bad | Bad | No Data | No Data | No Data | Good | Good | No Data | Good | No Data | No Data | Poor | Bad | Poor | No Data | Poor |
Hydrogen Gas | Good | Good | No Data | Fair | Good | Good | Good | No Data | No Data | No Data | No Data | Good | No Data | No Data | No Data | No Data |
Hydrogen Peroxide | Fair | Good | Bad | Bad | Poor | Good | Good | No Data | Fair | Good | Poor | Good | Bad | Bad | Poor | Good |
Hydrogen Sulfide | Good | Bad | Poor | Fair | No Data | Good | Good | No Data | No Data | No Data | Good | Bad | No Data | No Data | No Data | Good |
Ink | Good | Poor | No Data | Bad | No Data | No Data | No Data | No Data | Fair | No Data | No Data | Good | Good | Good | No Data | Good |
Iodine | Bad | Bad | No Data | No Data | No Data | Bad | Good | Bad | Bad | Bad | No Data | Good | Fair | Bad | Fair | Good |
Isopropyl Alcohol | Good | Fair | Poor | Good | No Data | No Data | No Data | No Data | No Data | Good | No Data | Good | Poor | Good | Fair | Good |
Jet Fuel - JP4, JP5, JP# | Good | Good | No Data | Good | Good | Good | Good | No Data | No Data | Bad | Good | Good | Good | Bad | Bad | Good |
Kerosene | Good | Good | Good | Fair | Good | Good | Good | Fair | Bad | Bad | Good | Good | Good | Bad | Good | Good |
Ketones | Good | Fair | No Data | Good | Bad | Bad | Good | No Data | Bad | Bad | Good | Bad | Bad | Bad | Bad | Good |
Lacquer Thinners | Good | No Data | Poor | No Data | No Data | Poor | Good | No Data | No Data | Fair | No Data | No Data | Bad | Bad | Good | Good |
Lacquers | Good | Good | Poor | Poor | No Data | No Data | No Data | No Data | No Data | Good | No Data | Bad | Bad | Bad | No Data | Good |
Latex | Good | Good | No Data | No Data | No Data | No Data | No Data | No Data | Fair | No Data | No Data | Good | Good | Poor | Good | Good |
Linseed Oil | Good | Good | No Data | No Data | No Data | Good | No Data | Poor | No Data | Good | No Data | Good | Good | Bad | Bad | Good |
Liquid Ammonia | Good | Bad | No Data | Good | No Data | Good | Good | No Data | Bad | Good | No Data | Bad | Fair | Good | Good | Good |
Liquid Beef Sugars | Good | Good | Fair | No Data | No Data | Good | Good | Fair | No Data | Good | No Data | Good | Good | Fair | Good | Good |
Liquid Sugar | Good | Good | No Data | Fair | No Data | No Data | Good | Fair | No Data | Good | No Data | Good | Good | Fair | No Data | Good |
Lubricants | Good | Good | No Data | No Data | No Data | Good | Good | Fair | No Data | Good | Good | Good | Good | Bad | No Data | Good |
Magnesium Sulfate | Good | Fair | Fair | Fair | No Data | Good | Good | No Data | Fair | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good | Bad | Good |
Methyl Alcohol | Good | Fair | Poor | Good | No Data | Fair | Good | Bad | Fair | Good | No Data | Poor | Fair | Good | Good | Good |
Methyl Ethyl Ketone | Good | Good | No Data | No Data | Bad | Bad | Good | Bad | Bad | Good | Good | Bad | Bad | Bad | Good | Good |
Milk | Good | Good | Poor | Bad | No Data | Good | No Data | Fair | Fair | Good | No Data | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good |
Mineral Oil | Good | Good | No Data | Fair | No Data | Good | No Data | No Data | No Data | Fair | Good | Good | Good | Fair | Bad | Good |
Naphthalene | Fair | Fair | No Data | Good | Good | Bad | Good | No Data | Bad | Fair | Good | Fair | Bad | Bad | Bad | Good |
Naptha | Good | Good | No Data | Fair | Good | Good | Good | Poor | Bad | Good | Good | Good | Fair | Bad | Bad | Good |
Nitric Acid | Fair | Fair | Bad | No Data | No Data | Bad | Good | Bad | Bad | Bad | Poor | Fair | Bad | Bad | Bad | Good |
Olive Oil | Good | Good | No Data | Fair | No Data | Good | Good | No Data | No Data | Good | No Data | Good | Good | Fair | No Data | Good |
Palm Oil | Good | Good | No Data | No Data | No Data | Good | No Data | No Data | No Data | No Data | No Data | Good | Good | Bad | No Data | Good |
Paraffin | Good | Good | No Data | Fair | Good | Good | Good | Fair | No Data | Good | No Data | Good | Good | No Data | No Data | Good |
Peanut Oil | Good | Good | No Data | No Data | No Data | Good | No Data | No Data | No Data | Bad | No Data | Good | Good | Bad | No Data | Good |
Pentane | Poor | Good | No Data | Fair | No Data | No Data | Good | Bad | No Data | No Data | No Data | Good | Good | Fair | Bad | Good |
Phenol | Good | Fair | Bad | Bad | Good | Good | Good | No Data | Bad | Fair | Good | Good | Bad | Bad | Bad | Bad |
Phosphoric Acid | Poor | Bad | Bad | Bad | Good | No Data | Good | Bad | Poor | No Data | Good | Good | Bad | Bad | Fair | Bad |
Pine Oil | Good | Good | No Data | Fair | No Data | Good | Good | No Data | No Data | No Data | No Data | Good | Good | Bad | No Data | Good |
Potash | No Data | Poor | No Data | No Data | No Data | Good | No Data | No Data | Fair | Good | No Data | Good | Good | Fair | No Data | Good |
Potassium Carbonate | No Data | Poor | No Data | Fair | Good | Good | Good | No Data | Fair | Good | Good | Good | Fair | Good | No Data | Good |
Potassium Chloride | Good | Fair | No Data | Fair | Good | Good | Good | Poor | Fair | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good |
Calcium Carbonate | Good | Bad | No Data | No Data | No Data | Good | Good | No Data | Good | No Data | No Data | Good | No Data | Good | No Data | No Data |
Calcium Chloride | Bad | Bad | No Data | No Data | Good | Good | Good | Fair | Fair | Good | Good | Good | Good | Bad | Good | Good |
Calcium Hydroxide | Good | Bad | No Data | No Data | No Data | Good | Good | No Data | Fair | Good | No Data | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good |
Calcium Hypochlorite | Poor | Bad | No Data | No Data | Good | Bad | Good | No Data | Fair | Good | No Data | Good | Fair | Bad | Good | Good |
Calcium Sulfate | Good | Fair | No Data | No Data | Good | Good | Good | Poor | Fair | Good | Good | Good | Good | Bad | No Data | Good |
Carbon Monoxide | Good | Good | No Data | No Data | No Data | Good | No Data | No Data | Fair | Good | No Data | Good | Good | Fair | Good | Good |
Carbon Tetrachloride | Fair | Poor | Good | Bad | Good | Poor | Good | Bad | Bad | Bad | Poor | Good | Poor | Bad | No Data | Good |
Carbonated Water | Good | Good | No Data | No Data | No Data | Good | No Data | No Data | No Data | Good | No Data | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good |
Carbonic Acid | Fair | Good | No Data | No Data | Good | Good | Good | No Data | Fair | Good | No Data | Good | Fair | Good | Good | Good |
Catsup | Good | Bad | No Data | No Data | No Data | Good | No Data | Fair | No Data | Good | No Data | Good | Good | Poor | No Data | Good |
Chlorine | Good | Bad | Fair | No Data | No Data | No Data | Good | No Data | No Data | No Data | Poor | Bad | No Data | Bad | No Data | Good |
Chlorine Water | Bad | Bad | Bad | No Data | Good | Good | Good | No Data | No Data | Bad | Poor | Good | Bad | Bad | No Data | Good |
Chromic Acid 50% | Fair | Poor | Bad | No Data | Poor | Fair | Good | Poor | Poor | Fair | Fair | Good | Bad | Bad | Good | Good |
Citric Acid | Good | Poor | Poor | No Data | Good | Good | Good | Poor | Fair | Fair | No Data | Good | Bad | Good | Good | Good |
Citric Oil | Good | No Data | No Data | No Data | No Data | No Data | No Data | No Data | No Data | Good | No Data | Good | Good | No Data | No Data | Good |
Coffee | Good | Good | No Data | No Data | No Data | No Data | Good | No Data | No Data | Good | No Data | Good | Good | Good | No Data | Good |
Copper Sulfate | No Data | No Data | Bad | Good | Good | Good | No Data | No Data | Good | No Data | Fair | Fair | Good | Good | Good | Good |
Corn Oil | Good | Fair | No Data | No Data | No Data | No Data | No Data | Poor | No Data | Good | No Data | Good | Good | Bad | Poor | Good |
Cream | Good | Good | No Data | No Data | No Data | No Data | No Data | No Data | No Data | Good | No Data | Good | Good | Poor | No Data | Good |
Cresote | Good | Good | No Data | No Data | No Data | No Data | No Data | No Data | No Data | Bad | No Data | Good | Good | Fair | Bad | Good |
Cycloyhexane | No Data | Good | No Data | Good | No Data | No Data | No Data | No Data | No Data | Bad | Good | Good | Good | Bad | Bad | Good |
Detergents | Good | Good | No Data | Good | No Data | Good | No Data | Fair | Fair | Good | Good | Good | Good | Fair | Good | Good |
Diesel Fuel | Good | Good | No Data | Good | No Data | No Data | No Data | No Data | No Data | Bad | Good | Good | Good | Bad | Bad | Good |
Diesel Fuel (2D, 3D, 4D, 5D) | Good | Good | No Data | No Data | No Data | No Data | No Data | No Data | No Data | Good | Good | Good | Good | Bad | Bad | Good |
Distilled Water | Good | Fair | No Data | No Data | No Data | Good | Good | Good | No Data | Good | Good | Good | Good | Fair | Good | Good |
Acetic Acid | Good | Fair | Poor | Poor | Fair | Good | Good | Poor | Fair | Good | Good | Poor | Poor | Poor | Fair | Good |
Acetone | Good | Good | Good | Good | Bad | Bad | Good | No Data | Poor | Fair | Good | Bad | Bad | Poor | Fair | Fair |
Acetylene | Good | Good | No Data | Good | No Data | Fair | No Data | Bad | No Data | Bad | Good | Good | Good | Fair | Good | Good |
Acidic Mine Water | Good | Poor | Bad | No Data | No Data | Good | No Data | Fair | No Data | Good | Fair | Good | Good | Fair | No Data | Good |
Acrylonitrile | Poor | Fair | No Data | No Data | No Data | No Data | No Data | No Data | No Data | Fair | Good | Bad | Bad | Poor | Good | Good |
Ammonium Chloride | Poor | Poor | Poor | Bad | Good | Good | Good | No Data | Fair | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good |
Ammonium Hydroxide | Good | Poor | Bad | Poor | No Data | Good | Good | Fair | Fair | Good | Good | Fair | Fair | Good | Good | Good |
Ammonium Sulfate | Fair | Fair | Poor | Poor | Good | Good | Good | No Data | Fair | Good | Good | Bad | Good | Good | Good | Good |
Ammonium Thio-Sulfate | Good | No Data | No Data | Good | No Data | No Data | No Data | No Data | No Data | No Data | No Data | No Data | Good | Good | No Data | Good |
Anhydrous Ammonia | Good | Fair | No Data | Fair | Bad | Good | Good | No Data | Fair | Good | Fair | Bad | Fair | Good | Good | Good |
Anhydrous Liquid Chlorine | Bad | Bad | No Data | No Data | No Data | Bad | Good | No Data | Bad | Bad | Poor | Good | Bad | Bad | Fair | Bad |
Aniline | Good | Poor | No Data | Poor | Poor | Bad | Good | Bad | Poor | Fair | Good | Poor | Bad | Bad | Fair | Good |
Anti-Freeze | Good | Good | Fair | Poor | No Data | Good | Good | Fair | Fair | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good |
Aqua Regia | Good | Bad | No Data | No Data | Poor | Bad | Good | No Data | Bad | Poor | No Data | Poor | Good | Good | Good | Good |
Beer | Good | Good | Good | Fair | Bad | Good | Good | Fair | Good | Fair | Bad | Good | Bad | Good | Good | Good |
Benzene | Good | Fair | Good | Poor | Fair | Bad | Good | Bad | Bad | Bad | Good | Good | Bad | Bad | Bad | Good |
Benzoic Acid | Good | Fair | No Data | No Data | Good | Good | Good | No Data | Fair | Bad | No Data | Good | Bad | Bad | Bad | Fair |
Butane | Good | Good | Good | Poor | Good | Good | Good | Fair | Poor | Bad | Good | Good | Good | Fair | Bad | Good |
Butter | Good | Good | No Data | No Data | No Data | No Data | No Data | Fair | No Data | No Data | No Data | Good | Good | Fair | Good | Good |
Buttermilk | Good | Good | No Data | No Data | No Data | No Data | Good | Fair | No Data | No Data | No Data | Good | No Data | Good | No Data | No Data |
Ether | Good | Good | Good | Fair | No Data | Bad | No Data | No Data | No Data | No Data | Good | Poor | Bad | Bad | Poor | Good |
Ethyl Alcohol | Good | Fair | Poor | Good | No Data | Good | No Data | Fair | Fair | Good | No Data | Good | Good | Good | Fair | Good |
Ethylene Glycol | Good | Good | Fair | Poor | Good | Good | Good | Fair | Fair | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good | Good |
Formaldehyde | Good | Good | Fair | Good | No Data | Good | Good | No Data | Fair | Good | Good | Bad | Poor | Bad | Fair | Good |
Freon 11 | Good | Fair | No Data | Fair | No Data | Fair | Good | Bad | Poor | No Data | Good | Fair | Poor | Bad | Bad | Good |
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