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eng2hot

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Jul 30, 2004
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I will need to coat the inside of a vessel operating under vacuum. The protection required is for HCL (Hydrochloric acid) and temperatures to around 300 F.

Does any body have a recommendation for the coating to use for this application. The vessel surface to be coated is Stainless Steel.

Any help would be greatly appreciated
 
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Wouldn't the HCl be a gas rather than a liquid?

Why SS? If it ever gotwet then the pitting and stress cracking would be real isses.
 
From the Chemical Resistance Guide for plastics at
PTFE, Polytetrafluoroethylene (aka TeflonTM) seems best. Be sure that it's non-porous, either well-fused or a double layer.

For seals, a perfluoroelastomer (Chemraz® Greene, Tweed & Co.) is recommended.
As noted above, stainless has little resistance to HCl. Tantalum & zirconium are much, much better.
 
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