Samples of both polyether and polyester were immersed for seven days at 75 degrees Fahrenheit. The rating was based on the volume change according to the following key:
(1) = Excellent (2) = Good (3) = Fair (4) = Poor
Chemical | Ether | Ester | Chemical | Ether | Ester |
Acetaldehyde | 4 | 4 | Acetic Acid | 4-3 | |
Acetic Anhydride | 4 | 4 | Acetone | 4 | 4 |
Acetyl Bromide | 4-3 | 4 | Acetyl Chloride | 3-4 | 4 |
Acetylene | 2-3 | 3 | Adipic Acid | 1 | 2 |
Aluminum Chloride | 2 | 2 | Aluminum Sulphate | 2 | 2 |
Aluminum Sulfide | 2 | 2 | Ammonia | 2 | 2-3 |
Ammonium Acetate | 3-4 | 3-4 | Ammonium Carbonate | 2 | 2 |
Ammonium Hydroxide | 1-2 | 2 | Ammonium Nitrate | 2 | 2-3 |
Ammonium Persulfate | 2 | 2 | Ammonium Sulfate | 2 | 2 |
Ammonium Sulfide | 2 | 2 | Ammonium Thiocyanide | 2 | 2 |
Amyl Acetate | 4 | 4 | Amyl Alcohol | 3 | 3-4 |
Amyl Chloride | 3 | 3 | Aniline | 4 | 4 |
Aniline Hydrochloride | 4 | 4 | Animal Fats & Oil | 2-3 | 2-3 |
Antimony Salts | 2 | 2 | Aqua Regia | 4 | 4 |
Arsenic Salts | 2-1 | 2 | ASTM Oil #1 | 1-2 | 1 |
ASTM Oil #2 | 2 | 1 | ASTM #3 | 2 | 1 |
ASTM Reference Fuel A | 1 | 1-2 | ASTM Reference Fuel B | 2 | 2 |
Atlantic Oil | 1 | 2 | Barium Carbonate | 2 | 2 |
Barium Hydroxide | 1 | 4 | Benzaldehyde | 3-2 | 4 |
Benzene | 4 | 3-4 | Benzen (Gasoline Aromatic) | 2-3 | 3 |
Benzoic Acid | 2-3 | 2-3 | Boric Acid | 1 | 2 |
Bromine | 2-3 | 2-3 | Bunker Oil | 1-2 | 2 |
Butane | 1 | 3 | Butyl Acetate | 4 | 4 |
Butyl Alcohol | 2 | 2 | Calcium Carbonate | 2 | 2 |
Calcium Nitrate | 1 | 2 | Calcium Hydroxide | 1 | 2 |
Carbon Dioxide | 2 | 1 | Calcium Sulfate | 2 | 2 |
Carbon Monoxide | 1 | 1 | Carbon Disulfide | 2-3 | 2-3 |
Caster Oil | 1-2 | 2 | Carbon Tetrachloride | 3 | 4 |
Chloroacetic Acid | 3-4 | 4 | Chlorine | 2-3 | 2-3 |
Chromic Acid | 3-4 | 4 | Chloroform | 4 | 4 |
Citric Acid | 2 | 2 | Chromium Potassium Sulfate | 2 | 2 |
Cresol (meta) | 4 | 4 | Cottonseed Oil | 1 | 2 |
Cupric Nitrate | 2 | 2 | Cupric Sulphate | 1 | 2 |
Cyclohexanone | 4 | 4 | Cyclohexane | 2 | 2 |
Dibutyl Phthalate | 3-4 | 4 | Dibutyl Ether | 2 | 2 |
Dichlorobenzene (Ortho) | 3 | 3 | Dodecyl Mercaptan | 2 | 2 |
Diester Oil | 2 | 2 | Dimethyl Acetamide | 4 | 4 |
Dimethyl Formamide | 4 | 4 | DTE Oil (heavy, medium) | 2 | 2-3 |
Etner | 2-3 | 2-3 | Ethyl Acetate | 4 | 4 |
Ethyl Alcohol (Etnanol) | 3 | 2-3 | Ethyl Bromide | 3 | 3-4 |
Ethyl Chloride | 3 | 3-4 | Ethylene Glycol | 2 | 2-3 |
Esso # 90 Lub. Oil | 1 | 2 | Ferric Chloride | 2 | 2 |
Ferric Nitrate | 2 | 2 | Ferrous Chloride | 2 | 2 |
Ferrous Sulfate | 2 | 2 | Formaldenyde | 3 | 2 |
Formic Acid | 3-4 | 4 | Freon, 12 or 113 | 1 | 2 |
Fuel Oil | 2 | 2 | Gasoline | 2 | 2-3 |
Glycerine (Glycerol) | 1 | 2 | Glycolic Acid | 2 | 2-3 |
Greases | 1-2 | 2 | Heptane | 1 | 2 |
Hexane | 1 | 2 | Hydrazine | 4 | 4 |
Hydrobromic Acid | 2 | 2 | Hydrocarbon Oil | 1 | 2 |
Hydrochloric Acid, 20% | 2 | 2-3 | Hydrofluoric Acid | 2-3 | 3 |
Hydrogen | 1-2 | 2 | Hydrogen Peroxide | 2 | 2 |
Hydrogen Sulfide | 3-4 | 4 | Hydrolodic Acid | 2 | 2 |
Iodine Solution | 1 | 2 | Isooctane | 2 | 2 |
Isopropyl Alcohol (Isopropanol) | 2-3 | 3 | Isopropyl Ether | 2 | 2-3 |
JP-4 Oil | 2-3 | 3 | JP- 5 & 6 | 2-3 | 3 |
Kersene | 2 | 2-3 | Lactic Acid | 2 | 2 |
Lead Acetate | 2 | 2 | Linseed Oil | 2 | 2-3 |
Lubrication Oil | 2 | 2-3 | Magnesium Hydroxide | 1 | 1-2 |
Magnesium Salts | 2 | 2 | Malaic Acid | 3-4 | 4 |
Mercury | 1-2 | 2 | Methyl Alcohol (methanol) | 4 | 3 |
Methyl Ethyl Ketone | 4 | 4 | Methylene Chloride | 4 | 4 |
Mil- D- 5606 Oil | 3 | 3-4 | Mil- L- 7808 | 1-2 | 2-3 |
Mineral Oil | 1 | 1 | Mobil Arctic Oil | 1 | 2 |
Naphthalene | 2 | 2-3 | Natural Gases | 2 | 2 |
Nickel Salts | 3 | 3-4 | Nitric Acid | 4 | 4 |
Nitrobenzene | 4 | 4 | Nitrogen | 1 | 1 |
Oleic Acid | 1-2 | 2 | Oxalic Acid (5%) | 1 | 1-2 |
Oxygen | 1 | 1 | Ozone | 1 | 1 |
Palmitic Acid | 1 | 2 | Paints | 1-2 | 2 |
Perchloric Acid | 4 | 4 | Perchloroethylene | 3-4 | 4 |
Petroleum | 1-2 | 2 | Phenol (carbolic acid) | 4 | 4 |
Phosphoric Acid (dil.) | 2-3 | 3 | Phosphoric Acid (conc.) | 3 | 4 |
Potassium Cyanide | 1 | 2 | Potassium Salts | 2 | 2 |
Propane | 2 | 2 | Propyl Alcohol | 2-3 | 3 |
Propylene Glycol | 2 | 2 | Pydraul Oil | 4 | 4 |
SAE # 10 Oil | 4 | 4 | Seawater | 1-2 | 2 |
Silicic Acid | 2-1 | 2 | Skydrol Oil (500) | 2-3 | 2-3 |
Silver Nitrate | 2 | 2 | Soap | 2-3 | 2-3 |
Sodium Acetate | 1-2 | 2 | Sodium Bicarbonate | 2 | 2 |
Sodium Bisulfate | 2 | 2 | Sodium Borate | 2 | 2 |
Sodium Carbonate | 2 | 2 | Sodium Chlorate | 2 | 2 |
Sodium Chloride | 2 | 2 | Sodium Cyanide | 2 | 2 |
Sodium Dichromate | 2 | 2 | Sodium Ferrocyanide | 2 | 2 |
Sodium Flouride | 2 | Sodium Hydrosulfite | 2 | 2 | |
Sodium Hydroxide, 45% | 2 | 2 | Sodium Nitrate | 2 | 2 |
Sodium Silicate | 1-2 | 2 | Sodium Sulfate | 2 | 2 |
Sodium Sulfide | 2 | 2 | Sodium Hypochlorite, 5% | 4 | 4 |
Sperry Oil | 2 | 2-3 | Steam | 4 | 4 |
Stoddard Solvent | 1 | 2 | Styrene | 2 | 2 |
Sulfur Dioxide | 2 | 2-3 | Sulfuric Acid, 10-50% | 3-4 | 4 |
Tannic Acid, 10% | 1 | 2 | Tartaric Acid | 1 | 2-3 |
Tin Salts | 2 | 2 | Titanium Salts | 2 | 2 |
Toluene | 4 | 4 | Transformer Oil | 2-3 | 3 |
Trichloroacetic Acid | 4 | 4 | Trichloroethylene | 4 | 4 |
Tricresyl Phosphate | 3-4 | 4 | Triethanol Amine | 2 | 2 |
Trisodium Phosphate | 2 | 2 | Turpentine | 3 | 2 |
Urea | 2 | 2 | Varnish | 2 | 2-3 |
Vegetable | 1 | 2 | Water | 2 | 2 |
Xylene | 3 | 3-4 | Xylol | 3-4 | 4 |
Zinc Chloride | 2 | 2 | Zinc Sulfate | 2 | 2 |