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| SOLUTION | TYPE OF HEATER |
| Acetic | TeflonŽ or Quartz |
| Acid Sulfate | TeflonŽ or Quartz |
| Actane 70, 80 | TeflonŽ |
| Actane Salt | TeflonŽ |
| Alcorite | TeflonŽ or Quartz |
| Alkaline Cleaners (Electrified) | 304 Stainless Steel |
| Alkaline Soaking Cleaners | 304 Stainless Steel |
| Alodine | 316 Stainless Steel |
| Alstan | 304 Stainless Steel |
| Aluminum Anodizing | TeflonŽ or Quartz |
| Aluminum Bright Dip | TeflonŽ or Quartz |
| Aluminum Chloride | TeflonŽ or Quartz |
| Aluminum Cleaners | 304 Stainless Steel* |
| Aluminum Sulfate | 304 Stainless Steel |
| Ammonia | 304 Stainless Steel |
| Ammonia Persulfate | TeflonŽ or Quartz |
| Ammonium Bi Fluoride | TeflonŽ |
| Ammonium Chloride | Titanium |
| Ammonium Nitrate | 316 Stainless Steel |
| Anodizing | TeflonŽ or Quartz |
| ARP 28, 80 Blackening Salts | TeflonŽ or Quartz |
| Arsenic | 304 Stainless Steel |
| Barium Chloride | Titanium |
| Benzoic Acid | Titanium |
| Black Nickel | TeflonŽ or Quartz |
| Black Oxide (High-Temp) | 304 Stainless Steel* |
| Black Oxide (Low-Temp) | Titanium |
| Bonderizing | 316 Stainless Steel* |
| Boric Acid | Titanium |
| Brass Cyanide | 304 Stainless Steel |
| Bright Copper-Cyanide | 304 Stainless Steel |
| Bright Nickel | TeflonŽ, Quartz or Titanium |
| Bronze | 304 Stainless Steel |
| Brown Oxide | Titanium |
| Burnite | TeflonŽ or Quartz |
| Butyric Acid | Titanium |
| Cadmium (Alkaline) | 304 Stainless Steel |
| Cadmium Black | TeflonŽ or Quartz |
| Calcium Chloride | Titanium |
| Cadmium Fluoborate | TeflonŽ |
| Calcium Hypochlorite | Titanium |
| Carbonic Acid | Titanium |
| Caustic Etch | Steel* |
| Caustics | Steel |
| Caustics (highly concentrated 20% & over) | Steel* |
| Chloride | TeflonŽ or Quartz |
| Chlorine/Wet | TeflonŽ or Quartz |
| Chlorosulfuric Acid | Titanium |
| Chromic Acetate | TeflonŽ or Quartz |
| Chromic Anodizing | TeflonŽ or Quartz |
| Chromic Nickel | TeflonŽ or Quartz |
| Chromium (Fluoride) | TeflonŽ |
| Chromium (No Fluorides) | TeflonŽ, Quartz or Titanium |
| Citric Acid | Titanium |
| Clear Chromate | TeflonŽ or Quartz |
| Cobalt Nickel | TeflonŽ, Quartz or Titanium |
| Cobalt Plating | 304 Stainless Steel |
| Cobra Etch | TeflonŽ |
| Copper Acid | TeflonŽ or Quartz |
| Copper Bright Acid | TeflonŽ or Quartz |
| Copper Cyanide | 304 Stainless Steel |
| Copper Fluoborate | TeflonŽ |
| Copper Pyrophosphate | 304 Stainless Steel |
| Copper Strike | 304 Stainless Steel |
| Copper Sulfate | TeflonŽ or Quartz |
| Cyanide | 304 Stainless Steel |
| Deionized Water | 316 Stainless Steel |
| Deoxidizer (Etching) | Quartz |
| Deoxidizer Non-Chromated | 316 Stainless Steel |
| Dichromic Seal | Steel |
| Diethylene Glycol | 304 Stainless Steel |
| Diversey, 511, 514 | TeflonŽ |
| Dow Therm | 316 Stainless Steel* |
| Dye Solutions | 304 Stainless Steel |
| Ebonal C | Titanium |
| Electro Cleaner | 304 Stainless Steel |
| Electro Polishing | TeflonŽ or Quartz |
| Electroless Copper | TeflonŽ |
| Electroless Nickel | TeflonŽ or Titanium* |
| Electroless Tin (Acid) | TeflonŽ or Quartz |
| Electroless Tin (Alkaline) | 316 Stainless Steel |
| Enthone 80 Acid | TeflonŽ |
| Ethylene Glycol | Steel* |
| Ferric Ammonium Oxide | 316 Stainless Steel |
| Ferric Chloride | TeflonŽ, Quartz or Titanium |
| Ferric Nitrate | 304 Stainless Steel |
| Ferric Sulfate | 304 Stainless Steel |
| Fluoborate | TeflonŽ |
| Formic Acid | 316 Stainless Steel |
| Glycerol | 304 Stainless Steel* |
| Gold-Acid | TeflonŽ, Quartz or Titanium |
| Gold Cyanide | 304 Stainless Steel |
| Gold-Immersion | 304 Stainless Steel |
| Grey Nickel | TeflonŽ, Quartz or Titanium |
| Hot Seal Dichromate | 316 Stainless Steel |
| Hydrochloric Acid | TeflonŽ or Quartz |
| Hydrofluoric Acid | TeflonŽ |
| Hydrogen Peroxide | TeflonŽ or Quartz* |
| Indium | TeflonŽ or Quartz |
| Iridite (4-75, 4-73, 14, 14-2, 14-9) | 316 Stainless Steel |
| Iridite (1, 2, 3, 4-C, 7, 8, 15) | TeflonŽ or Quartz |
| Iron Fluoborate | TeflonŽ |
| Iron Phosphate | 316 Stainless Steel* |
| Isoprep (186, 187, 188) | 316 Stainless Steel |
| Isoprep Acid Salts | TeflonŽ |
| Jetal | 304 Stainless Steel |
| Lead Acetate | 304 Stainless Steel |
| Lime Saturated Water (Alkaline) | 316 Stainless Steel* |
| Linseed Oil | 304 Stainless Steel |
| Magnesium Hydroxide | 304 Stainless Steel* |
| Magnesium Nitrate | TeflonŽ or Quartz |
| Manganese Phosphate | 316 Stainless Steel* |
| McDermid 629 | TeflonŽ |
| Mercuric Chloride | Titanium |
| Muriatic Acid | TeflonŽ or Quartz |
| Nickel (Plating Solution)(Watts) | TeflonŽ, Quartz or Titanium |
| Nickel Acetate Seal | 316 Stainless Steel |
| Nickel Chloride | Titanium |
| Nitric Acid | TeflonŽ or Quartz |
| Nitric Hydrochloric Acids | TeflonŽ or Quartz |
| Nitric Phosphoric | Quartz* |
| Oil | Steel* |
| Oleic Acid | TeflonŽ or Quartz |
| Paint Stripper (Alkaline) | 304 Stainless Steel* |
| Perchlorethylene | 316 Stainless Steel* |
| Phosphate Cleaner | 304 Stainless Steel* |
| Phosphate | 316 Stainless Steel* |
| Phosphoric Acid (No Fluoride) | TeflonŽ or Quartz* |
| Potassium Acid Sulfate | TeflonŽ or Quartz |
| Potassium Cyanide | 304 Stainless Steel |
| Potassium Hydrochloric | TeflonŽ or Quartz |
| Potassium Hydroxide | 304 Stainless Steel |
| Potassium Permanganate | TeflonŽ or Titanium* |
| Rhodium | TeflonŽ or Quartz |
| Rochelle Salt Cyanide | 304 Stainless Steel |
| Ruthenium | TeflonŽ or Quartz |
| Salt (Actine) | TeflonŽ |
| Sea Water | Titanium |
| Silver Bromide | 316 Stainless Steel |
| Silver Cyanide | 304 Stainless Steel |
| Silver Lume | 304 Stainless Steel |
| Silver Nitrate | 316 Stainless Steel |
| Sodium Bisulfate | TeflonŽ or Quartz |
| Sodium Carbonate | Titanium |
| Sodium Chlorate | Titanium |
| Sodium Chloride | Titanium |
| Sodium Cyanide | 304 Stainless Steel |
| Sodium Dichromate (Hot Seal) | 316 Stainless Steel |
| Sodium Hydroxide | Steel |
| Sodium Hypochlorite | TeflonŽ |
| Sodium Persulfate | TeflonŽ or Quartz |
| Stannate | Steel |
| Stanostar | TeflonŽ or Quartz |
| Stearic Acid | Quartz |
| Sulfamate Nickel | TeflonŽ, Quartz or Titanium |
| Sulfur | TeflonŽ or Quartz |
| Sulfuric Acid | TeflonŽ or Quartz |
| Sulfur Peroxide | TeflonŽ or Quartz |
| Sulphamic Acid | TeflonŽ or Quartz |
| Tannic Acid | Titanium |
| Tin Nickel | TeflonŽ |
| Tin Plating (Acid) (Fluoborate) | TeflonŽ |
| Tin Plating (Acid)(Stanus/Sulphate) | TeflonŽ or Quartz |
| Tin Plating (Alkaline) | 304 Stainless Steel |
| Trichlorethylene | 316 Stainless Steel* |
| Trioxide (Pickle) | TeflonŽ or Quartz |
| Turco (4181, 4338) | 316 Stainless Steel* |
| Unichrome | TeflonŽ or Quartz |
| Water | 316 Stainless Steel or Quartz |
| Woods Nickel Strike | TeflonŽ or Quartz |
| Yellow Dichromate | TeflonŽ or Quartz |
| Zinc Acid | TeflonŽ or Titanium |
| Zinc Ammonium Chloride | Quartz or Titanium |
| Zinc Cyanide | 304 Stainless Steel |
| Zinc Phosphate | 316 Stainless Steel* |
| Zincate | 304 Stainless Steel |
| * Should use heater watt densities of 18 watts/sq.in. | |
| The data listed is provided as a reference and is offered as a guide only. It is not intended to be used as the sole basis of design or to establish specification limits. Tempco Electric Heater Corporation assumes no obligation or liability for any advice furnished by it or for results obtained from its use. Due to the complexities of solutions and applications, it is the customers responsibility to contact their chemical supplier for heater material compatibility and recommendations.
Do not use electric immersion heaters to heat flammable solutions! Please insure applicability of heater before installation since we cannot guarantee heaters against premature failure due to corrosion or chemical destruction caused by unusual conditions over which we have no control such as:
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