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How Tough is BenchPro's™ Chemical Resistant Workbench?

BenchPro uses ChemArmor® laminate from Nevamar. ChemArmor® provides chemical resistance to acids/bases, solvents, stains, indicators and general reagents. It's ideal for interior horizontal surfaces in laboratories, healthcare facilities, schools, photo processing, forensic labs and more.

ChemArmor® offers chemical resistance with outstanding abrasion resistance. It has outstanding heat and impact resistance, too. In fact, it's the toughest laminate available today. Tests prove ChemArmor® laminate from Nevamar
has outstanding chemical resistance, plus significantly better NEMA wear value than competitive laminates. It all adds up to laminates that keep looking new longer in even the harshest environments.

See Nevamar's™ technical data page for chemical resistance and test specification sheet.


Nevamar™ Chemical Resitant Laminate Specifications

TABLE-1 CHEMICAL & STAIN RESISTANCE

ACIDS BASES 79. Eucalyptol
1. Nitric Acid (all concentrations) ** 40. Sodium Hydroxide 80. Marcaine
2. Glacial Acetic Acid, 99% 41 Sodium Sulfide, 15 % 81. Zephiran Chloride
3 Sulfuric Acid (all concentrations)** 42. Ammonium Hydroxide(all concentrations) 82. Zinc Oxide Ointment
4.Hydrochloric Acid (all concentrations)**   83. Lysol (without hydrogen chloride)
5. Phosphoric Acid (all concentrations)* GENERAL REAGENTS 84. Ammonia
6. Formic Acid (all concentrations)* 43. Sodium Hypochlorite, 5 % 85. Thymol and Alcohol
7. Acetic Acid (all concentrations) 44. Calcium Hypochlorite (concentrated)* 86.CMC(camphorated para-hlorophenol)
8. Hydrofluoric Acid (48%) ** 45. Hydrogen Peroxide, 3 % 87. Quaternary Ammonia Compounds (Eugenol)
9. Aqua Regia* 46. Trisodium Phosphate, 30 % 88. Monsel’s Solution (Ferric Subsulfate)*
10. Chromic Trioxide (Chromic Acid) 47. Sodium Thiocyanate 89. Sodium Carbonate, 12.5 %
11. Perchloric Acid, concentrated 48. Zinc Chloride (all concentrations)  
12. Picric Acid, 0.05M 49. Lactated Ringers (salted mixture) STAINS AND INDICATORS
13. Tannic Acid, saturated 50. Sucrose, 50 % 90. Bromothymol Blue
14. Uric Acid, saturated 51. Gasoline 91. Phenolphthalein
  52. Kerosene 92. Methyl Red
SOLVENTS 53. Mineral Oil 93. Methyl Orange
15. Trichloroethylene 54. Vegetable Oil 94. Ag Eosin Bluish, 5 % in Alcohol
16. Carbon Dilsulfide 55. Water 95. Ag Gentian Violet, 1 %
17. Acetone 56. Sodium Chromate (Phosphorus Pentoxide) 96. Wright’s Blood Stain
18. Formaldehyde 57. Potassium Permanganate * 97. Methylene Blue
19. Methanol 58. Silver Nitrate * 98. Sudan III
20. Ethyl Acetate 59. Formalin 99. Nigrosine (India Ink)
21. Toluene 60. Benedict’s Solution 100. Crystal Violet
22. n-Hexane 61. Phosphate Buffered Saline 101. Malachite Green
23. Ethyl Alcohol 62. Copper Sulfate 102. Cresol Red
24. Chloroform 63. Petroleum Jelly 103. Gram Stains
25. Phenol 64. Aluminon (Tannic Acid) 104. Safranin O
26. EDTA 65. Ethylene Glycol 105. Thymol Blue
27. Xylene 66. Pine Oil  
28. Butyl Alcohol 67. Methyl Methacrylate ** Causes slight damage. The degree of damage is proportional to the length of exposure and concentration.
29. Amyl Alcohol 68. Alconox (lab detergent)I
30. Amyl Acetate 69. Karl Fisher Reagent
31. o-Cresol 70. Urea
32. Dioxane 71. Naphtha  
33. Trichloroethane 72. Cellosolve * Causes slight change of gloss or color.

All other items have no visible effect on ChemArmor® laminates.
34. Chlorobenzene 73. Ammonia Phosphate
35. Dimethyl Foramide 74. Iodine
36. Methylene Chloride 75. Providone Iodine  
37. Methyl Ethyl Ketone 76. Tincture of Mercurochrome*  
38. Napthalene 77. Tincture of Iodine RESISTANCE TEST PROCEDURE

The above chemicals were placed on ChemArmor® laminate under a watch glass for 16 hrs. Exposure effects were then evaluated.
39. Tetrahydrofuran 78. Tincture of Merthiolate (Test Method 3.4 per ANSI/NEMA LD3 current edition)

TABLE 2 – TEST VALUES

TEST

NEMA STANDARD (HGL)

TYPICAL NEVAMAR VALUES
Wear Resistance:
Wear Value (cycles)

400 min.

1200 cycles

Dart Impact Resistance

300MM

500MM

Impact Resistance:
(Inches dropped)

35 inches

44 inches

Dimensional Change:
Length (Machine direction)
Width (Cross direction)

0.6% max
1.0% max.

0.35%
0.85%

Resistance to Boiling Water

No Effect

No Effect

Resistance to High Temperature

Slight Effect

No Effect

Radiant Heat Resistance

100 sec. Min.

300 seconds

Stain Resistance

Unaffected by reagents 1-10; moderate 11-15

Unaffected by reagents 1-15

Light Resistance

Slight Effect

No Effect

Cleanability

20

7-10

From Nevamar's™ Technical Data page

©2005 Nevamar Company, LLC

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