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Reference Data Corrosion Guide for Electric Immersion Heaters (cont’d.) Legend Sheath Material

A = Good to Excellent B = Fair to Good C = Depends on Conditions X = Not Suitable Blank = Data Not Available Calcium Chloride (Sat.) Carbon Dioxide - Dry Gas Carbon Dioxide - Wet Gas Carbon Tetrachloride Carbonic Acid (Phenol) Castor Oil Caustic Etch Caustic Soda Chlorine Gas - Dry Chlorine Gas - Wet Chloroacetic Acid Chromic Acetate Chromic Acid (40%) Chromic Anodizing Citric Acid (Conc.) Clear Chromate Cobalt Nickel Cod Liver Oil Copper Acid Copper Bright Copper Bright Acid Copper Chloride Copper Cyanide Copper Fluoborate Copper Nitrate Copper Pyrophosphate Copper Strike Copper Sulphate Chromylite Solution Cresylic Acid 50% Deionized Water Deoxidizer (Etching) Detergents Dichromic Seal Diethylene Glycol Diversey-DS9333™ Diversey-511™ Diversey-514™ Dowtherm™ (Diphenyl) Dur-Nu™ Electro Cleaner Electropolishing Electroless Nickel Electroless Tin (Acid) Electroless Tin (Alkaline) Enthone Acid - 80 Ethers, General Ethyl Chloride Ethylene Glycol Fatty Acids Ferric Chloride Ferric Nitrate (< 50%) Ferric Sulphate Fluoborate Fluoboric Acid Fluorine Gas (Dry) Formaldehyde (< 50%) Creosote

C276 Hastelloy ® Quartz

INCOLOY ® 800

INCONEL ® 600 A A A A

MONEL ® 400

Density 12

Teflon ® 12

Notes

Aluminum

Carbon Steel

Copper

Cast Iron

Titanium

Suggest

304, 321, 347 SS 316 SS Corrosion Rating

20Cb-3 SS

Lead

A A A A

BC B B B B B X B BC B B

23

A A B BC B X X X X C AC X B B X C

A A A A A A AC A 10 - 23

B B

A

A

A BC A 10 - 23

B B

B

2 1 1 1 6 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 5 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 5

A A AC A A A A AC A A A 23 - 26 A AC X AC A A A A A A A

BC A AC A A A A A BC B

A A A A

23 - 26 15 - 26

A

A A A

A A A A BC X

A

X

C

X

SEE SODIUM HYDROXIDE

A

X AC C BC B B

A

X C C X B

X B X B

X X X X X X X C X X X BC A X X X X C C X C X X C AC A A A

A A A A A A

A A

X X X X X X B X BC B BC B

X

X X X X B AC X B BC A A A A A A

A

A A

1, 6

A A

A A A

23 - 26

A

A

A A A A A AC A

X X X X X B X X X X X B

A BC B

X

X

X B B B B B B B A A A X

A A

B B

A

X X X X X BC

C

B

A A

A

A

A X B B B B B B X B B B B B

A A A A A

X X X X BC B

A BC A

C

6 - 15

A

A A A A A

A

C BC

C C C X X B

B B

B

SEE WATER

A A A A A B

Deoxidizer (3AL-13 Non-Chrome)

A

A AC

A A 40 - 55

BC

B

X

X A

B AC B

A

A A A

A A A

B B

B

B

1, 5

A

A A

A

A A A A

X

C

B

23 23

A A

1,5

A

A A

A A A

A A A

A

A B

A A

A A A A A

A

B B B B B B B B B

B B B B

B B

A A

A A A

B

A A

A A A A A A 23 - 30

B B B

X B B

A X C X B AC X B BC A A A A A A 23 - 26 X X X X C X X X X X X BC A A A X X C X C C B C BC AC A A A A A X X X X X BC X BC B A BC A AC A

A

A A

1

X AC X AC X X X

B BC AC AC A A AC A A BC C X C X

A

C C

B X B X B B X B AC AC A B

A A A

See notes at end of table.

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