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Chemical Storage Tank Systems And Accessories ... - Poly Processing

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OUR TANK SYSTEMSSulfuric Acid.Challenging a storage tank’s strength and design safety.H2SO4Sulfuric AcidSulfuric acid is used in a huge array of industrial applications, foreverything from water and wastewater treatment to the manufactureof chemicals, fertilizer and car batteries. But this highly exothermicacid presents serious storage challenges, for a number of reasons.• Sulfuric acid is an extremely heavy chemical that will test themechanical integrity of any material.• The addition of water to concentrated sulfuric acid leads to thedispersal of a sulfuric acid aerosol – or worse yet, an explosion.• If sulfuric acid is spilled on metals, it can create highly flammablehydrogen gas.• Skin and other bodily burns from sulfuric acid are potentiallymore serious than burns from other strong acids. Sulfuric aciddehydrates whatever it touches, and the heat caused by thatreaction with water can create secondary thermal damage.<strong>Poly</strong> <strong>Processing</strong>’s tanks and fittings can be combined specificallyto contain sulfuric acid, reducing the risks presented by this highlyacidic chemical.15

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