APPENDIX A: PERCENT WEIGHT GAIN IN PVC EXPOSED TO
VARIOUS NEAT ORGANIC CHEMICALS (HEEREMANS, RANNEY
AND PARKER; UNPUBLISHED STUDIES)*
Percent ∆ wt.
Solvent
4 hours
1 day
7 days
55 days
acetic acid
0.0
0.2
--
--
acetone
46.5
--
--
150.8
acetonitrile
1.8
5.0
11.2
13.9
benzene
2.2
5.8
23.3
47.5
benzonitrile
26.8
--
--
365.0
benzyl alcohol
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
bromochloromethane
309.3
648.4
--
--
bromodichloromethane
60.8
216.2
--
--
bromoform
20.8
71.1
--
--
butanol
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
butylamine
14.5
59.3
--
--
carbon disulfide
12.0
28.0
36.5
33.9
carbon tetrachloride
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
chlorobenzene
11.7
52.1
--
149.7
chlorodibromomethane
57.2
165.3
--
--
2-chloroethyl vinyl ether
7.5
25.6
--
--
chloroform
36.2
124.2
--
205.1
cyclohexane
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.0
cyclohexanone
D
1,2-dibromoethane
27.8
105.4
--
--
1,2-dichlorobenzene
3.6
17.7
61.1
197.4
1,3-dichlorobenzene
3.6
13.9
47.5
100.8
1,1-dichloroethane
13.4
44.1
115.1
115.2
1,2-dichloroethane
52.6
215.5
--
--
cis-1,2-dichloroethylene
87.3
253.0
--
--
trans-1,2-dichloroethylene
18.7
50.7
--
--
1,2-dichloropropane
10.5
30.8
--
--
3,4-dimethyl acetophenone
--
238.9
--
--
dimethyl formamide
32.5
D
dimethyl sulfoxide
4.7
17.0
55.4
68.9
dioxane
4.2
14.3
51.0
104.7
ethanol amine
0.0
0.4
--
--
ethyl acetate
23.6
85.4
--
144.4
ethyl benzene
0.8
2.1
--
--
heptane
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
hexane
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
iso-butanol
0.0
0.1
0.1
0.1
iso-propanol
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
methanol
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.3
methoxy ethanol
0.1
0.9
--
--
methyl ethyl ketone
--
--
--
238.8
Small pieces of PVC well casing (1 cm 1 cm) were placed in 22-mL borosilicate glass
*
vials, 5 mL of solvent was added, and the vials were capped with Teflon-lined plastic
caps. Prior to weighing ( 0.0001), the samples were blotted with paper towels.
-- No data
D PVC dissolved
21
Previous Page
