Recommend coating

[eng2hot]

I will need to coat the inside of a vessel operating under vacuum. The protection required is for HCL (Hydrochloric acid) and temperatures to around 300 F.

Does any body have a recommendation for the coating to use for this application. The vessel surface to be coated is Stainless Steel.

Any help would be greatly appreciated

 

[Rich2001]

Take a look at Phenolic coatings such as Heresite

http://www.heresite.com/

Vita sine litteris mors est.

 

[cub3bead]

Wouldn't the HCl be a gas rather than a liquid?

Why SS? If it ever gotwet then the pitting and stress cracking would be real isses.

 

[Flamefront]

Take a look as well at a start up company providing zirconia ultra thin film coatings:

http://www.cccintl.com

 

[kenvlach]

From the Chemical Resistance Guide for plastics at

http://www.us.piping.georgefischer....nce_guide/chart/material_type3/chart_328.html

PTFE, Polytetrafluoroethylene (aka Teflon[sup]TM[/sup]) seems best. Be sure that it's non-porous, either well-fused or a double layer.

For seals, a perfluoroelastomer (Chemraz® Greene, Tweed & Co.) is recommended.

http://www.us.piping.georgefischer....nce_guide/chart/material_type1/chart_328.html

As noted above, stainless has little resistance to HCl. Tantalum & zirconium are much, much better.

 

[unclesyd]

All our vessels used in similar service are glassed lined.
Very expensive but well worth it over time.

http://www.pfaudler.com/index.php