Richards Thermocouple and Temperature Sensor Catalog 16

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Metal Tubes - Technical Information, Applications, and Suggestions

Process Chemical

Concentration & Temperature

Protection Tube Materials

Process Chemical

Concentration & Temperature

Protection Tube Materials

Acetic Acid

50%, 212°F or 100°C

316SS, Hast C, Monel 400

Magnesium Sulphate

Monel 400

Acetic Acid

99%, 212°F or 100°C

430SS, Hast C, Monel 400

Muriatic acid

70°F or 21°C

Tantalum

Alcohol - Ethyl & methyl 212°F or 100°C

304 Stainless Steel

Naptha

70°F or 21°C

304 Stainless Steel

Ammonia

70°F or 21°C

304SS, 316SS

Natural gas

70°F or 21°C

304SS, 316SS

Ammonium chloride

212°F or 100°C

316SS, Monel 400

Nickel chloride

70°F or 21°C

304 Stainless Steel

Ammonium nitrate

212 °F or 100°C

316 Stainless Steel

Nickel Sulphate

304 Stainless Steel

Ammonium Sulphate

10%, 212°F or 100°C

316 Stainless Steel

Nitric acid

65%, 212°F or 100°C

316 Stainless Steel

Barium chloride

70°F or 21°C

Monel 400, Hastelloy C

Nitrobenzene

70°F or 21°C

304 Stainless Steel

Barium hydroxide

70°F or 21°C

Low carbon steel

Oleic acid

10%, 212°F or 100°C

Monel 400

Barium sulphite

Hastelloy C

Oleum

70°F or 21°C

316 Stainless Steel

Brines

Monel 400

Oxalic acid

10%, 212°F or 100°C

Monel 400

Bromine

Tantalum, Monel

Oxygen

Liquid & elevated temps 316 Stainless Steel

Butadiene

304 Stainless Steel

Palmitic acid

316 Stainless Steel

Butane

304 Stainless Steel

Pentane

304 Stainless Steel

Butyl acetate

Monel 400

Phenol

304SS, 316SS

Butyl alcohol

Monel 400

Phosphoric acid

85%, 212°F or 100°C

Hastelloy B

Calcium chlorate, dilute 150°F or 66°C

304 Stainless Steel

Picric acid

70°F or 21°C

304 Stainless Steel

Calcium Hydroxide

10-50%. 212°F or 100°C 316SS, Hastelloy C

Potassium bromide

70°F or 21°C

316 Stainless Steel

Carbolic acid

212°F or 100°C

316 Stainless Steel

Potassium carbonate

1%, 70°F or 21°C

304SS, 316SS

Carbon dioxide

304 Stainless Steel

Potassium chlorate

70°F or 21°C

304 Stainless Steel

Chlorine gas, moist

212°F or 100°C

Hastelloy C

Potassium hydroxide

60%, 212°F or 100°C

316 Stainless Steel

Chromic acid

10-50%, 212°F or 100°C 316SS, Hastelloy C

Potassium nitrate

5%, 212°F or 100°C

304 Stainless Steel

Citric acid

212°F or 100°C

316 Stainless Steel

Potassium permanganate 5%, 70°F or 21°C

304 Stainless Steel

Copper nitrate

304SS, 316SS

Potassium Sulphate

5%, 70°F or 21°C

304SS, 316SS

Copper Sulphate

304SS, 316SS

Propane

304SS, low carbon steel

Cresols

304 Stainless Steel

Pyrogallic acid

304 Stainless Steel

Cyanogen gas

304 Stainless Steel

Quinine bisulphate, dry

316 Stainless Steel

Ether

304 Stainless Steel

Seawater

Monel 400, Hastelloy C

Ethyl acetate

304 Stainless Steel

Salicylic acid

Nickel

Ethyl chloride

70°F or 21°C

304SS, low carbon steel

Sodium bicarbonate

70°F or 21°C

304SS, 316SS

Ethyl Sulphate

70°F or 21°C

304 Stainless Steel

Sodium chloride

212°F or 100°C

316SS, Monel 400

Ferric chloride

5%, 70°F or 21°C & B.P. Tantalum, Hastelloy C

Sodium fluoride

5%, 70°F or 21°C

Monel 400

Ferric Sulphate

5%, 70°F to 21°C

304 Stainless Steel

Sodium hydroxide

304SS, 316SS, Hastelloy

Formaldehyde

304SS, 316SS

Sodium hypochlorite

5%

316SS, Hastelloy C

Formic acid

5%, 150°F or 70°C

316 Stainless Steel

Sodium nitrate, fused

316 Stainless Steel

Freon

Monel 400

Sodium Sulphate

304SS, 316SS

Gallic acid

5%, 150°F or 70°C

Monel 400

Sulphur dioxide, gas

575°F or 302°C

316 Stainless Steel

Gasoline

70°F or 21°C

304SS, low carbon steel

Sulphur, dry

304 Stainless Steel

Glucose

70°F or 21°C

304 Stainless Steel

Sulphur, wet

316 Stainless Steel

Glycerine

70°F or 21°C

304 Stainless Steel

Sulphuric acid

50%, 212°F or 100°C

Hastelloy B

Glycerol

304 Stainless Steel

Sulphuric acid

90%, 212°F or 100°C

Hastelloy D

Hydrobromic acid

98%, 212°F or 100°C

Hastelloy B

Tannic acid

70°F or 21°C

304SS, Hastelloy B

Hydrochloric acid

25%, 212°F or 100°C

Hastelloy B

Tartaric acid

150°F or 66°C

316 Stainless Steel

Hydrofluoric acid

60%, 212°F or 100°C

Hastelloy C, Monel 400

Toluene

low carbon steel

Hydrogen peroxide

212°F or 100°C

304SS, 316SS

Turpentine

304SS, 316SS

Hydrogen Sulphide

316 Stainless Steel

Whiskey and Wine

304SS, Nickel

Iodine

Tantalum

Xylene

Copper

Lactic acid

212°F or 100°C

Tantalum

Zinc chloride

Monel 400

Magnesium chloride

212°F or 100°C

Nickel

Zinc Sulphate

25%, 212°F or 100°C

304SS, 316SS

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