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Nitric Acid and plastic?

TheGhostKing - 1-2-2014 at 21:40

Does nitric acid dissolve plastic soda bottles? I want to make sure before i synthesis a dilute amount of it.

Oscilllator - 2-2-2014 at 02:54

Depends what you mean by "plastic". Polyethylene, PVC, polyester? Go do some research on what particular plastic your soda bottle is, and whether or not it is resistant to acid.
Most plastics are resistant to dilute nitric acid. As far as I know, only fluoropolymers are immune to concentrated acid.

Mesa - 2-2-2014 at 03:31

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resin_identification_code

And

http://www.vp-scientific.com/Chemical_Resistance_Chart.htm

should answer your query :)