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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.
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)
400 min.
1200 cycles
300MM
500MM
35 inches
44 inches
0.6% max 0.35% No Effect
No Effect
Slight Effect
No Effect
100 sec. Min.
300 seconds
Unaffected by reagents 1-10; moderate 11-15
Unaffected by reagents 1-15
Slight Effect
No Effect
20
7-10
TYPICAL NEVAMAR VALUES
Wear Resistance:
Wear Value (cycles)
Dart Impact Resistance
Impact Resistance:
(Inches dropped)
Dimensional Change:
Length (Machine direction)
Width (Cross direction)
1.0% max.
0.85%
Resistance to Boiling Water
Resistance to High Temperature
Radiant Heat Resistance
Stain Resistance
Light Resistance
Cleanability
From Nevamar's™ Technical Data page
©2005 Nevamar Company, LLC
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