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Polystyrene/styrofoam resistance to acids

CHRIS25 - 17-6-2012 at 10:46

Hallo, I read on some literature that polystyrene/styrofoam has a 'B' rating when it comes to resisting the main three acids: HCl, H2SO4 and NO3.

What I can not find is if this means that this squeaky packaging material either dissolves slowly over say 24 hours, or if it contaminates the solution.

I wish to place it in Copper chloride solutions where HCl is active.

I see that it does not react but that in itself does not tell me if ity is reacting microscopically so to speak and will contaminate the solution.

thankyou.