Part 3: Tables for chemical resistance

Special properties:
HPL is resistant to most chemicals. Some chemicals, however, can affect the surface. Special consideration must be given to:

Concentration of the chemical
PH value (the acid/base ratio)
Exposure time
Temperature

The following tables apply to HPL with melamine surfaces. Otherwise, please consult the manufacturer.

The following lists provide – without claiming to be complete – an overview of the resistance of HPL to the most commonly used substances (in solid, dissolved or gaseous form). If chemicals other than those listed in the following are intended for contact with HPL, their compatibility must be tested.
We therefore recommend immediately removing the chemicals listed with limited or no resistance.

Resistance
HPL is resistant to the substances listed in the following. The substances listed in this section do not cause any changes to the surface even after prolonged exposure (max. 16 h as per EN 438).

Table 13a: Chemical resistance

	Substance	Chemical formula	CAS
A	Acetone	C₃H₆O	67-64-1
	Alum solution	KAI(SO₄)₂ • 12H2O	7784-24-9
	Aldehydes	RCHO
	Alcohols (primary, secondary, tertiary)	ROH, RR’OH, RR’R’’OH
	Aluminium chloride, hexahydrate	AlCl₃ • 6H₂O	7784-13-6
	Aluminium sulphate	Al_₂(SO_₄)_₃	10043-01-3
	Formic acid up to ~ 10 %	CH₂O₂	64-18-6
	Amines (primary, secondary, tertiary)	RNH2, RNHR’, NR’’R’R
	Ammonia	NH₃	7664-41-7
	Ammonia solution, sal ammoniac	NH₅OH	1336-21-6
	Ammonium chloride	NH₄Cl	12125-02-9
	Ammonium sulphate	(NH₄)₂SO₄	7783-20-2
	Ammonium thiocyanate	NH₄SCN	1762-95-4
	Amyl acetate	CH₃COOC₅H₁₁	628-63-7
	Arabinose	C₅H₁₀O₅	147-81-9
	Ascorbic acid	C₆H₈O₆	50-81-7
	Asparagine	C₄H₈N₂O₃	3130-87-8
	Aspartic acid	C₄H₇NO₄	617-45-8
B	Baker’s yeast
	Barium chloride	BaCl_₂	10361-37-2
	Barium sulphate	BaSO₄	7727-43-7
	Benzaldehyde	C₇H₆O	100-52-7
	Benzidine	C₁₂H₁₂N₂	92-87-5
	Benzoic acid	C₇H₆O₂	65-85-0
	Benzene	C₆H₆	71-43-2
	Lead(II) acetate	C₄H₆O₄Pb, C₄H₁₂O₇Pb	301-04-2
	Lead(II) nitrate	Pb(NO₃)₂	10099-74-8
	Lead(IV) acetate	C₈H₁₂O₈Pb	546-67-8
	Blood
	Blood group test sera
	Boric acid	H₃BO₃	10043-35-3
	Butyl acetate	C₆H₁₂O₂	123-86-4
	Butyl alcohol	C₄H₉OH	71-36-3
C	Cadmium acetate	C₄H₆CdO₄	543-90-8
	Cadmium sulphate	CdSO₄	10124-36-4
	Calcium carbonate	CaCO₃	471-34-1
	Calcium chloride	CaCl₂	10043-52-4
	Calcium hydroxide	Ca(OH)₂	1305-62-0
	Calcium nitrate	Ca(NO₃)_₂	10124-37-5
	Calcium oxide	CaO	1305-78-8
	Carboxylic acid ester	RCO2R’
	Quinine	C₂₀H₂₄N₂O₂	130-95-0
	Chloral hydrate	C₂H_3Cl3O₂	302-17-0
	Chlorobenzene	C₆H_5Cl	108-90-7
	Cholesterol	C₂₇H₄₆O	57-88-5
	Cyclohexane	C₆H₁₂	110-82-7
	Cyclohexanol	C₆H₁₂O	108-93-0
D	Dichloromethane, methylene chloride	CH₂Cl₂	75-09-2
	Diethylene glycol	C₄H₁₀O₃	111-46-6
	Digitonin	C₅₆H₉₂O₂₉	11024-24-1
	Dimethylformamide	C₃H₇NO	68-12-2
	Dimethyl sulphoxide	C₂H₆OS	67-68-5
	Diole
	Dioxane	C₄H₈O₂	123-91-1
	D-Rhamnose and isomers	C₆H₁₂O₅	634-74-2
	Dulcit	C₆H₁₄O₆	608-66-2
E	Glacial acetic acid / Acetic acid	C₂H₄O₂	64-19-7
	Butyl acetate	C₆H₁₂O₂	123-86-4
	Ethyl acetate	C₄H₈O₂	141-78-6
	Pentyl acetate	C₇H₁₄O₂	628-63-7
	Ethanol	C₂H₆O	64-17-5
	Ether	ROR’
	Ethylene glycol	C₂H₆O₂	107-21-1
F	Formaldehyde	CH₂O	50-00-0
F	Fructose	C₆H₁₂O₆	30237-26-4
G	Galactose	C₆H₁₂O₆	26566-61-0
	Gelatine
	Gypsum	Ca[SO₄] • 2H2O
	Glucose, dextrose	C₆H₁₂O₆	50-99-7
	Glycerol	C₃H₈O₃	56-81-5
	Glycine	C₂H₅NO₂	56-40-6
	Graphite (carbon)	C
H	Uric acid	C₅H₄N₄O₃	69-93-2
	Urea solution	CO(NH₂)₂
	Hexahydroxybenzene	C₆H₆O₆	608-80-0
	Hexane	C₆H₁₄	110-54-3
	Hexanols	C₆H₁₄O
	Hydroquinone	C₆H₆O₂	123-31-9
I	Immersion oils
	Inositol	C₆H₁₂O₆	6917-35-7
	Insecticides
	Isopropanol, 2-propanol	C₃H₈O	67-63-0
K	Coffee
	Potassium aluminium sulphate	KAI(SO₄)₂	10043-67-1
	Potassium bromate	KBrO₃	7758-01-2
	Potassium bromide	KBr	7758-02-3
	Potassium carbonate	K₂CO₃	584-08-7
	Potassium chloride	KCl	7447-40-7
	Potassium hexacyanoferrate(II)	K₄[Fe(CN)₆]	13943-58-3
	Potassium hydroxide up to ~ 10 %	KOH_(aq)	1310-58-3
	Potassium iodate	KIO₃	7758-05-6
	Potassium sodium tartrate	C₄H₄KNaO₆	304-59-6
	Potassium nitrate	KNO₃	7757-79-1
	Potassium sulphate	K₂SO₄	7778-80-5
	Potassium tartrate	K₂C₄H₄O₆	147-78-4
	Ketone (all)	RR’CO
	Sodium chloride	NaCI	7647-14-5
	Cocaine	C₁₇H₂₁NO₄	50-36-2
	Cresol	C₇H₈O	1319-77-3
	Copper(II) sulphate	CuSO₄	7758-98-7
L	Lactose	C₁₂H₂₂O₁₁	63-42-3
	Lithium carbonate	Li₂CO_₃	554-13-2
	Lithium hydroxide up to ~ 10 %	LiOH	1310-65-2
M	Magnesium chloride	MgCl_₂	7786-30-3
	Magnesium carbonate	MgCO₃	546-93-0
	Magnesium hydroxide	Mg(OH)_₂	1309-42-8
	Magnesium sulphate	MgSO₄	7487-88-9
	Maltose	C₁₂H₂₂O₁₁	69-79-4
	Mannitol	C₆H₁₄O₆	87-78-5
	Mannose	C₆H₁₂O₆	3458-28-4
	Methanol	CH₄O	67-56-1
	Lactic acid	C₃H₆O₃	50-21-5
	Mineral salts (see below for exceptions)
	Mineral oils		(8012-95-1)
	myo-inositol	C₆H₁₂O₆	87-89-8
N	Nail varnish
	Nail varnish remover
	Sodium 5,5-diethylbarbiturate	C₈H₁₁N₂NaO₃	144-02-5
	Sodium acetate	C₂H₃NaO₂	127-09-3
	Sodium carbonate	Na₂CO₃	497-19-8
	Sodium chloride	NaCl	7647-14-5
	Sodium citrate	C₆H₅Na₃O₇	68-04-2
	Sodium dithionite	Na₂S_₂O_₄	7775-14-6
	Sodium hydrogen carbonate	NaHCO₃	144-55-8
	Sodium hydrogen sulphite	NaHSO₃	7631-90-5
	Sodium metasilicate	Na₂O₃Si	6834-92-0
	Sodium nitrate	NaNO₃	7631-99-4
	Sodium phosphate	Na₃PO_₄	7601-54-9
	Sodium sulphate	Na₂SO_₄	7757-82-6
	Sodium sulphide	Na_₂S	1313-82-2
	Sodium sulphite	Na₂SO_₃	7757-83-7
	Sodium tartrate	C₄H₄Na₂O₆	51307-92-7
	Sodium thiosulphate	Na_₂S_₂O_₃	7772-98-7
	Sodium hydroxide solution up to ~ 10 %	NaOH	1310-73-2
	Nickel sulphate	NiSO₄	7786-81-4
	Nicotine	C₁₀H₁₄N₂	54-11-5
	Nonne-Apelt reagent		7757-83-7
O	Olive oil
	Oleic acid	C₁₈H₃₄O₂	112-80-1
	Organic solvents
P	p-Aminoacetophenone	C₈H₉NO	99-92-3
	Pandys' reagent
	Paraffins	C_nH_2n+2
	Paraffin oil		8012-95-1
	Pentanol	C₅H₁₂O	71-41-0
	Perchloric acid	HClO₄	7601-90-3
	Petroleum ether		8032-32-4
	Phenacylamine	C₈H₉NO	613-89-8
	Phenol	C₆H₆O	108-95-2
	Phenols	C₆H₆O₂, C₆H₆O₃
	Phenolphthalein	C₂₀H₁₄O₄	77-09-8
	Polysaccharides
	Pyridine	C₅H₅N	110-86-1
Q	Mercury	Hg	7439-97-6
R	Raffinose	C₁₈H₃₂O₁₆	512-69-6
	Castor oil		8001-79-4
	Cane sugar	C₁₂H₂₂O₁₁
S	Sucrose	C₁₂H₂₂O₁₁	57-50-1
	Salicylaldehyde	C₇H₆O₂	90-02-8
	Salicylic acid	C₇H₆O₃	69-72-7
	Saponins
	Sulphur	S	7704-34-9
	Soap
	Seignette's salt	C₄H₄KNaO₆	304-59-6, 147-79-5
	Sorbitol	C₆H₁₄O₆	50-70-4
	Starch	(C₆H₁₀O₅)_n	9005-25-8, 9005-84-9
	Stearic acid	C₁₈H₃₆O₂	57-11-4
	Styrene	C₈H₈	100-42-5
T	Talc	Mg_₃Si_₄O_₁₀(OH)_₂	14807-96-6, 63210-56-0
	Tannic acid	C₇₆H₅₂O₄₆	1401-55-4
	Tea
	Surfactants
	Turpentine		9005-90-7
	Carbon tetrachloride	CCI₄	56-23-5
	Tetrahydrofuran	C₄H₈O	109-99-9
	Tetrahydronaphthalene	C₁₀H₁₂	119-64-2
	Thio-urea	CH₄N₂S	62-56-6
	Thymol	C₁₀H₁₄O	89-83-8
	Ink
	Toluene	C₇H₈	108-88-3
	Toluyl acids	C₈H₈O₂	118-90-1, 99-04-7, 99-94-5
	Trehalose and isomers	C₁₂H₂₂O₁₁	99-20-7
	Trichloroethene	C₂HCl₃	79-01-6
	Trypsin	C₁₁H₁₂N₂O₂	54-12-6
	Tryptophan and isomers
U	Urease
U	Urine
V	Vanillin	C₈H₈O₃	121-33-5
V	Vaseline		8009-03-8
W	Water	H₂O	7732-18-5
	Hydrogen peroxide up to ~ 3 %	H₂O₂	7722-84-1
	Tartaric acid	C₄H₈O₆	526-83-0
X	Xylene and isomers	C₈H₁₀	1330-20-7
Z	Cement
	Zinc chloride	ZnCl_₂	7646-85-7
	Zinc sulphate	ZnSO₄	7733-02-0
	Citric acid	C₆H₈O₇	77-92-9
	Sugar and sugar derivatives

Limited resistance
HPL is not changed if it is only exposed to the substances listed in teh following for a short period, maximum 10–15 minutes. During this time, the surface has to be wiped thoroughly clean with a wet cloth and then rubbed dry.

Table 13b: Limited chemical resistance

	Substance	Chemical formula	CAS
A	Aluminium chloride	AlCl₃	7446-70-0
	Amidosulfonic acid up to ~ 10 %	H₃NO₃S	5329-14-6
	Ammonium hydrogen sulphate	NH₄HSO₄	7803-63-6
	Aniline	C₆H₇N	62-53-3
	Aniline dyes
	Arsenic acid up to ~10 %	AsH₃O₄	7778-39-4
E	Iron(II) chloride solution up to ~10 %	FeCl₂	7758-94-3
	Iron(III) chloride solution	FeCl₃	7705-08-0
	Descaler
F	Fuchsin solution	C₂₀H₁₉N₃	3248-93-9
J	Iodine solution	I₂	7553-56-2
K	Potassium hydroxide solution > 10%	KOH(aq)	1310-58-3
	Potassium chromate	K₂CrO₄	7789-00-6
	Potassium dichromate	K₂Cr₂O₇	7778-50-9
	Potassium hydrogen sulphate	KHSO₄	7646-93-7
	Potassium iodide	KI	7681-11-0
	Potassium permanganate	KMnO₄	7722-64-7
	Crystal violet (gentian violet)	C₂₅H_30ClN₃	548-62-9
L	Lithium hydroxide	LiOH	1310-65-2
M	Methylene blue	C₁₆H_18ClN₃S	61-73-4
M	Millons' reagent	(Hg₂N)OH • 2 H₂O
N	Sodium hydrogen sulphate	NaHSO₄	7681-38-1
	Sodium hypochlorite	NaClO	7681-52-9
	Sodium thiosulphate	Na_₂S_₂O_₃	7772-98-7
	Sodium hydroxide solution above ~ 10 %	NaOH	1310-73-2
O	Oxalic acid	C₂H₂O₄	144-62-7
P	Perchloric acid up to ~ 10 %	HClO₄	7601-90-3
	Phosphoric acid up to ~ 10 %	H₃PO₄	7664-38-2
	Picric acid	C₆H₃N₃O₇	88-89-1
Q	Mercury(II) chloride	HgCl_₂	7487-94-7
Q	Mercury dichromate	HgCr₂O₇	7789-10-8
S	Nitric acid up to ~10 %	HNO₃	7697-37-2
	Hydrochloric acid up to ~10%	HCl	7647-01-0
	Sulphuric acid up to ~10 %	H₂SO_₄	7664-93-9
	Silver nitrate	AgNO₃	7761-88-8
W	Hydrogen peroxide up to ~ 3–30%	H_₂O_₂	7722-84-1

No resistance
Contact with the substances listed in the following must be avoided, as they damage the HPL surface even after brief exposure.

Table 13c: No chemical resistance

	Substance	Chemical formula	CAS
A	Formic acid above ~ 10 %	CH₂O₂	64-18-6
	Amidosulfonic acid above ~ 10 %	H₂NSO₃H	5329-14-6
	Arsenic acid, over ~10%	H₃AsO₄	7778-39-4
B	Hydrogen bromide, > 10%	HBr	10035-10-6
C	Chromium sulphuric acid, > 10 %	H₂SO_₄ + CrO₃	65272-71-1
F	Hydrofluoric acid above ~ 10 %	HF	7664-39-3
K	Adhesives (chemically curing)
K	Aqua regia	HNO₃ + 3HCl	8007-56-5
P	Phosphoric acid above ~ 10 %	H₃PO₄	7664-38-2
S	Nitric acid above ~ 10 %	HNO₃	7697-37-2
	Hydrochloric acid above ~ 10 %	HCl	7647-01-0
	Sulphur oxides (gases)	SxOy
	Sulphuric acid above ~ 10 %	H₂SO₄	7664-93-9
	Nitrogen oxides (gases)	NxOy
W	Hydrogen peroxide ~ 35%, vapour for 24 hours for disinfection

Aggressive gases
Exposure to the following aggressive gases will deteriorate the appearance of HPL, but will usually not impair the functionality.

Table 13 d: Aggressive gases

	Substance	Chemical formula	CAS
B	Bromine	Br₂	7726-95-6
C	Chlorine	Cl₂	7782-50-5
N	Nitrous gases	NOx / NxOy
R	smoking acids
S	Sulphur dioxide	SO₂	7446-09-5
W	Hydrogen peroxide, approx. 35%, evaporated over 24 hours for cleanroom disinfection	H₂O₂	7722-84-1