“KD”® Ceramic Material Chemical Compatibility Chart

Ratings:

A = Excellent
B = Good – Minor Effect, slight corrosion or discoloration.
C = Fair – Moderate Effect. Not recommended for continuous use. Softening, loss of strength, swelling may occur.
D = Severe Effect, not recommended for ANY use.
N/A = Information Not Available

Explanation of Footnotes

1 = Satisfactory to 72°F (22°C)
2 = Satisfactory to 120°F (48°C)

The chart below provides an alphabetical list of chemicals along with our best general recommendations regarding their compatibility with our “KD”® Ceramic Tweezer Tips

Chemical	Compatibility
ACETIC ACID	A – EXCELLENT
ACETIC ACID 20%	A – EXCELLENT
ACETIC ACID 80%	A – EXCELLENT
ACETIC ACID, GLACIAL	A – EXCELLENT
ACETIC ANHYDRIDE	A – EXCELLENT
ACETONE	A – EXCELLENT
ALCOHOLS: AMYL	A – EXCELLENT
ALCOHOLS: BENZYL	A – EXCELLENT
ALCOHOLS: BUTYL	A – EXCELLENT
ALCOHOLS: ETHYL	A – EXCELLENT
ALCOHOLS: ISOPROPYL	A – EXCELLENT
ALCOHOLS: METHYL	A – EXCELLENT
ALCOHOLS: PROPYL	A – EXCELLENT
ALUMINUM CHLORIDE	A – EXCELLENT
ALUMINUM CHLORIDE 20%	A – EXCELLENT
ALUMINUM SULFATE	A – EXCELLENT
AMMONIA 10%	A – EXCELLENT
AMMONIA, LIQUID	A – EXCELLENT
AMMONIUM CARBONATE	A – EXCELLENT
AMMONIUM CHLORIDE	A – EXCELLENT
AMMONIUM HYDROXIDE	A – EXCELLENT
AMMONIUM NITRATE	A – EXCELLENT
AMMONIUM PERSULFATE	A – EXCELLENT
AMMONIUM SULFATE	A – EXCELLENT
AMYL ACETATE	A – EXCELLENT
AMYL ALCOHOL	A – EXCELLENT
AMYL CHLORIDE	A – EXCELLENT
ANILINE	A – EXCELLENT
ANTIMONY CHLORIDE	B – GOOD
BARIUM CARBONATE	A – EXCELLENT
BARIUM CHLORIDE	A – EXCELLENT
BARIUM HYDROXIDE	A – EXCELLENT
BARIUM SULFATE	A – EXCELLENT
BARIUM SULFIDE	A – EXCELLENT
BENZALDEHYDE	A – EXCELLENT
BENZENE	A – EXCELLENT
BENZENE SULFONIC ACID	A – EXCELLENT
BENZOIC ACID	A – EXCELLENT
BENZOL	A – EXCELLENT
BORIC ACID	A – EXCELLENT
BROMINE	A – EXCELLENT
CALCIUM CARBONATE	A – EXCELLENT
CALCIUM CHLORATE	A – EXCELLENT
CALCIUM CHLORIDE	A – EXCELLENT
CALCIUM HYDROXIDE	A – EXCELLENT
CALCIUM HYPOCHLORITE	A – EXCELLENT
CALCIUM NITRATE	A – EXCELLENT
CALCIUM SULFATE	A – EXCELLENT
CARBOLIC ACID (PHENOL)	A – EXCELLENT
CARBON DIOXIDE (WET)	A – EXCELLENT
CARBON TETRACHLORIDE	A – EXCELLENT
CARBON TETRACHLORIDE (DRY)	A – EXCELLENT
CARBON TETRACHLORIDE (WET)	A – EXCELLENT
CARBONIC ACID	A – EXCELLENT
CHLORINE WATER	A – EXCELLENT
CHLOROBENZENE (MONO)	A – EXCELLENT
CHLOROBROMOMETHANE	A – EXCELLENT
CHLOROFORM	A – EXCELLENT
CHLOROSULFONIC ACID	A – EXCELLENT
CHROMIC ACID 10%	A – EXCELLENT
CHROMIC ACID 30%	A – EXCELLENT
CHROMIC ACID 5%	A – EXCELLENT
CHROMIC ACID 50%	A – EXCELLENT
CIDER	A – EXCELLENT
CITRIC ACID	A – EXCELLENT
COPPER CHLORIDE	A – EXCELLENT
COPPER CYANIDE	A – EXCELLENT
COPPER NITRATE	A – EXCELLENT
COPPER SULFATE 5%	A – EXCELLENT
CYCLOHEXANONE	A – EXCELLENT
DETERGENTS	A – EXCELLENT
DICHLOROETHANE	A – EXCELLENT
ETHANOL	A – EXCELLENT
ETHANOLAMINE	A – EXCELLENT
ETHYL ACETATE	A – EXCELLENT
ETHYL CHLORIDE	A – EXCELLENT
ETHYLENE DICHLORIDE	A – EXCELLENT
ETHYLENE GLYCOL	A – EXCELLENT
FATTY ACIDS	A – EXCELLENT
FERRIC SULFATE	A – EXCELLENT
FERROUS SULFATE	A – EXCELLENT
FLUOBORIC ACID	C – FAIR
FLUOSILICIC ACID	C – FAIR
FREON 113	A – EXCELLENT
FREON TF	A – EXCELLENT
FREON® 11	A – EXCELLENT
FRUIT JUICE	A – EXCELLENT
GASOLINE (HIGH AROMATIC)	A – EXCELLENT
GASOLINE, LEADED, REF.	A – EXCELLENT
GLYCERIN	A – EXCELLENT
HYDROCHLORIC ACID 100%	C – FAIR
HYDROCHLORIC ACID 20%	C – FAIR
HYDROCHLORIC ACID 37%	C – FAIR
HYDROFLUORIC ACID 75%	C – FAIR
HYDROGEN PEROXIDE 100%	A – EXCELLENT
HYDROGEN SULFIDE (AQUA)	A – EXCELLENT
INK	A – EXCELLENT
KEROSENE	A – EXCELLENT
KETONES	A – EXCELLENT
LACTIC ACID	A – EXCELLENT
LEAD ACETATE	A – EXCELLENT
LYE: Ca(OH)2 CALCIUM HYDROXIDE	A – EXCELLENT
LYE: KOH POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE	D – SEVERE EFFECT
LYE: NaOH SODIUM HYDROXIDE	A – EXCELLENT
MAGNESIUM CARBONATE	A – EXCELLENT
MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE	A2 – EXCELLENT
MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDE	A – EXCELLENT
MAGNESIUM NITRATE	A – EXCELLENT
MANGANESE SULFATE	A – EXCELLENT
MERCURIC CHLORIDE (DILUTE)	A – EXCELLENT
MERCURIC CYANIDE	A – EXCELLENT
MERCUROUS NITRATE	A – EXCELLENT
MERCURY	A – EXCELLENT
METHANOL (METHYL ALCOHOL)	A – EXCELLENT
METHYL ALCOHOL 10%	A – EXCELLENT
METHYL ETHYL KETONE	A – EXCELLENT
MILK	A – EXCELLENT
MOLASSES	A – EXCELLENT
MOTOR OIL	A – EXCELLENT
NAPHTHALENE	A – EXCELLENT
NICKEL CHLORIDE	A – EXCELLENT
NICKEL NITRATE	A – EXCELLENT
NICKEL SULFATE	A – EXCELLENT
NITRIC ACID 20%	A – EXCELLENT
NITRIC ACID 50%	A – EXCELLENT
NITRIC ACID 5-10%	A – EXCELLENT
NITRIC ACID, CONCENTRATED	A – EXCELLENT
OILS: CASTOR	A – EXCELLENT
OILS: COTTONSEED	A – EXCELLENT
OILS: LINSEED	A – EXCELLENT
OILS: MINERAL	A – EXCELLENT
OILS: OLIVE	A – EXCELLENT
OLEIC ACID	A – EXCELLENT
OXALIC ACID, COLD	A – EXCELLENT
PARAFFIN	A – EXCELLENT
PERCHLOROETHYLENE	A – EXCELLENT
PHENOL 10%	A – EXCELLENT
PHENOL, CARBOLIC ACID	A – EXCELLENT
PHOSPHORIC ACID >40%	A – EXCELLENT
PHOSPHORIC ACID <40%	A – EXCELLENT
PHOTOGRAPHIC DEVELOPER	A – EXCELLENT
PLATING SOLUTIONS, INDIUM SULFAMATE PLATING R.T.	A – EXCELLENT
PLATING SOLUTIONS, LEAD FLUOBORATE PLATING	A – EXCELLENT
PLATING SOLUTIONS, RHODIUM PLATING 120ºF	A – EXCELLENT
POTASH (POTASSIUM CARBONATE)	D – SEVERE EFFECT
POTASSIUM BICARBONATE	A – EXCELLENT
POTASSIUM BROMIDE	C – FAIR
POTASSIUM CHLORATE	B – GOOD
POTASSIUM CHROMATE	B – GOOD
POTASSIUM CYANIDE SOLUTIONS	D – SEVERE EFFECT
POTASSIUM DICHROMATE	B – GOOD
POTASSIUM FERRICYANIDE	B – GOOD
POTASSIUM FERROCYANIDE	B – GOOD
POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE (CAUSTIC POTASH)	D – SEVERE EFFECT
POTASSIUM HYPOCHLORITE	D – SEVERE EFFECT
POTASSIUM IODIDE	B – GOOD
POTASSIUM NITRATE	B – GOOD
POTASSIUM OXALATE	A – EXCELLENT
POTASSIUM PERMANGANATE	A – EXCELLENT
POTASSIUM SULFATE	A – EXCELLENT
POTASSIUM SULFIDE	A – EXCELLENT
PROPYLENE GLYCOL	A – EXCELLENT
PYRIDINE	A – EXCELLENT
SOAP SOLUTIONS	A – EXCELLENT
SODIUM ACETATE	A – EXCELLENT
SODIUM BICARBONATE	A – EXCELLENT
SODIUM BISULFATE	A – EXCELLENT
SODIUM BISULFITE	A – EXCELLENT
SODIUM BORATE (BORAX)	A – EXCELLENT
SODIUM CARBONATE	A – EXCELLENT
SODIUM CHLORATE	A – EXCELLENT
SODIUM CHLORIDE	A – EXCELLENT
SODIUM CYANIDE	A – EXCELLENT
SODIUM FERROCYANIDE	A – EXCELLENT
SODIUM FLUORIDE	A – EXCELLENT
SODIUM HYDROXIDE 20%	A – EXCELLENT
SODIUM HYDROXIDE 50%	A – EXCELLENT
SODIUM HYDROXIDE 80%	A – EXCELLENT
SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE <20%	A – EXCELLENT
SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE 100%	A – EXCELLENT
SODIUM NITRATE	A – EXCELLENT
SODIUM SILICATE	A – EXCELLENT
SODIUM SULFATE	A – EXCELLENT
SODIUM SULFIDE	A – EXCELLENT
STANNIC CHLORIDE	A – EXCELLENT
STANNOUS CHLORIDE	A – EXCELLENT
STARCH	A – EXCELLENT
SULFURIC ACID <10%	A – EXCELLENT
SULFURIC ACID 10-75%	A – EXCELLENT
SULFURIC ACID 75-100%	A – EXCELLENT
SULFURIC ACID (HOT CONCENTRATED)	A – EXCELLENT
TANNIC ACID	A – EXCELLENT
TARTARIC ACID	A – EXCELLENT
TETRAHYDROFURAN	A – EXCELLENT
TOLUENE (TOLUOL)	A – EXCELLENT
TRICHLOROACETIC ACID	A – EXCELLENT
TRICHLOROETHYLENE	A – EXCELLENT
TRICRESYLPHOSPHATE	D – SEVERE EFFECT
TRIETHYLAMINE	B – GOOD
TURPENTINE	A – EXCELLENT
UREA	B – GOOD
URIC ACID	D – SEVERE EFFECT
VEGETABLE JUICE	A – EXCELLENT
VINEGAR	A – EXCELLENT
VINYL ACETATE	B – GOOD
VINYL CHLORIDE	A – EXCELLENT
WATER, ACID, MINE	A – EXCELLENT
WATER, DEIONIZED	B – IONIZED
WATER, FRESH	A – EXCELLENT
WATER, SALT	B – GOOD
WEED KILLERS	B – GOOD
WHISKEY & WINES	A – EXCELLENT
XYLENE	A – EXCELLENT
ZINC CHLORIDE	D – SEVERE EFFECT
ZINC SULFATE	D – SEVERE EFFECT
Chemical	Compatibility

This document contains information based on average values as obtained from the results of laboratory tests and observations made on material. TDI International, Inc. declines all responsibility from an improper use of the product described in this document.