FRP Material Selection Guide - Reichhold

1 FRP Material Selection Guide An Engineer s Guide to FRP Technology Reichhold , Inc P. O. Box 13582 Research Triangle Park, NC 27709-3582 Customer Service: (800) 448-3482 Corrosion Hotline: (800) 752-0060 Email: Copyright Reichhold , Inc, 2009 FRP Material Selection Guide An Engineer s Guideto FRP Technology Reichhold s FRP Technology Guides Series, of which The FRP Materials Selection Guide is a part, is intended to give practicing engineers an understanding of composites technology in order that they may be able to effectively incorporate FRP, polymer concrete, and other polymer materials in their designs.

2 Reichhold , Inc 2400 Ellis Road Durham, NC 27703 Tel :(800)448-3482 2 Table of Contents for FRP Materials Selection Guide Introduction 5 Industrial Applications of FRP Process Equipment 6 Industrial Process Equipment 6 Industrial

3 Process Environments 9 Acids 9 Alkaline 13 Bleach 15 Chlor-Alkali 20 Plating Solutions, Pickling Liquors and Anodizing Solutions 22 Ore Extraction and Electrowinning 23 Brine 24 Solvents 24 Gasoline and Alcohol Containing Fuels 25 MTBE 27 Fuel Oil.

4 Middle Distillates and Aliphatic Hydrocarbons 28 Alcohols 29 Water 30 Potable Water 30 Deionized Water 32 Food and Agricultural 32 FDA Compliance 32 USDA Requirements 33 Beer, Wine and Other 33 Duct and Scrubbers 33 Flue Gas Desulfurization 35 Sewers 37 Miscellaneous 38 Abrasive Materials 38 High Energy Radiation

5 38 Electrical Considerations / Static Electricity 39 Surface Conductivity 39 Why Use Fiber Reinforced Plastics (FRP)? 40 Material Advantages of FRP 40 Corrosion Resistance of FRP 42 Alternate Materials 43 Fiber Reinforced Plastic (FRP)

6 Technology 49 Resin Casting Performance 51 Resin Performance at Elevated Temperatures 51 Reinforcements 54 Surfacing Veil 54 Fiberglass Roving 54 Fiberglass Cloth and Woven Roving 54 Random Chopped Glass 55 3 Laminate Types 55 Corrosion Barrier 55 Structural Wall 56 Laminate Construction 56 Construction Methods

7 56 Filament Winding 57 Contact Molding 57 Other Molding Processes 58 Significance of Molding Technique 58 Catalysts and Cure Systems 58 Peroxide Initiators 59 Methyl Ethyl Ketone Peroxide (MEKP) 59 Cumene Hydroperoxide (CHP) 60 Benzoyl Peroxide (BPO)

8 60 Other 61 Promoters, Inhibitors and Accelerators 61 Promoters 62 Inhibitors 62 Accelerators 62 Degree of Cure 62 Cure Exotherm 63 Low Temperatures 63 Air Inhibition 63 Thixotropes.

9 Antimony Oxides and Other Additives 63 Thixotropes 64 Antimony Oxides 64 Other Additives 65 Codes and Standards 65 Resin Selection 67 General Resin Capabilities 67 Selecting a Resin for the Corrosion Barrier 68 Process Temperature 68 Mechanical Forces 69 Flame Retardance 69 Abrasion 69 Selecting a Resin for the Structural Wall 69 Resin Technologies 70 Vinyl

10 Ester Group 71 Epoxy Novolac Vinyl Ester Group 72 Rubber Modified Vinyl Ester Group 72 Bisphenol Fumarate Group 73 Terephthalic Group 73