injection molded plastic resistant to alkaline battery acid
injection molded plastic resistant to alkaline battery acid
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I am looking for an alternate material for injection molding that would be resistant (long term) to battery acid leaked from alkaline cells.
The current material has the following processing properties that we'd like to stay close to:
Mold Shrinkage, flow, 3.2 mm (5) 1 - 1.2%
Melt Flow Rate, 250°C/5.0 kgf 11.4 g/10 min
tensile (yield) ~ 7kpsi
Typical usage is periodic submersion in water (salt, fresh, brackish, drinking, and polluted)
temp range in service of -20 to 80C
Any suggestions or families in which to start exploring?
We're looking into Acetals but have not had the best of luck finding much information about resistances to this type of chemical attack
The current material has the following processing properties that we'd like to stay close to:
Mold Shrinkage, flow, 3.2 mm (5) 1 - 1.2%
Melt Flow Rate, 250°C/5.0 kgf 11.4 g/10 min
tensile (yield) ~ 7kpsi
Typical usage is periodic submersion in water (salt, fresh, brackish, drinking, and polluted)
temp range in service of -20 to 80C
Any suggestions or families in which to start exploring?
We're looking into Acetals but have not had the best of luck finding much information about resistances to this type of chemical attack





RE: injection molded plastic resistant to alkaline battery acid
Here is one example: http://www.rtpcompany.com/info/guide/rtp-chemical-...
There are different types of battery. Alkaline batteries I have to assume are alkaline, the opposite of acidic.
Lead acid batteries contain acid.
PP resists alkali and even really strong acid for a long time. PE is likely to be even more resistant and really cheap too. As you will see in that char, Acetals are attacked easily by acids and bases. PP and PE are more resistant by far and cheaper too.
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RE: injection molded plastic resistant to alkaline battery acid
LLDPE* is tough down to -70ºC, but 80ºC maybe on the high side (dependant on use, stresses, time, etc.)
* Linear Low Density PE
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