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Chemical Resistances of Braided Sleeving
| Grades | Solvents | Weak Bases | Salts | Strong Bases | ||
| Aromatic | Aliphatic | Chlorinated | ||||
| Insultherm | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| PET Standard | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Heavy Wall | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Flame Retardant | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Halar® | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Fray Resistant | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Fray Resistant(FR) | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| PET Wrap | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| PET Wrap(FR) | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Flexo Super Duty | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Teflon® | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Ryton® | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Nylon® | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Nylon Multifilament | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Carbon Fiber | ||||||
| Fiberglass | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| Reflex* | ||||||
| Mylar* | ||||||
| Nomex | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Non-Skid | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Kevlar | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Thermashield | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Insultherm Header Wrap | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Insultherm Spark Plug Boot Insulators | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| Dura-Flex Professional | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Test Method Standard |
1=No Effect 2=Little Effect 3=Affected 4=More Affected 5=Severely Affected | |||||
| Grades | Salt Water | Hydraulic Fluid | Lube Oil | De-lce Fluid | Strong Acids | Strong Oxidants | Esters Keytones | UV Light | Petroleum | Fungus |
| Insultherm | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| PET Standard | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Heavy Wall | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Flame Retardant | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Halar® | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Fray Resistant | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Fray Resistant(FR) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| FireFlex Aerospace and Industrial Fire Resistant Fiberglass Cable Sleeves | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| PET Wrap | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| PET Wrap(FR) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Flexo Super Duty | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Teflon® | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Ryton® | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Nylon® | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | ||
| Nylon Multifilament | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Carbon Fiber | ||||||||||
| Fiberglass | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
| Reflex* | ||||||||||
| Mylar* | ||||||||||
| Kevlar | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| Nomex | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | 3 | 1 | |
| Non-Skid | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Thermashield | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Insultherm Header Wrap | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Insultherm Spark Plug Boot Insulators | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| Dura-Flex Professional | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Test Method Standard |
O-S-1926 | MIL-H-5606 | MIL-L-7808 | MIL-A-8243 | ASTM G-21* |
* Customer must test for application suitability
| Grades | Automotive | Aviation | Marine | A/V | Wire & Cable | Industrial | Robotics | Military | Racing | Computers |
| PET Standard | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |
| Heavy Wall | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |||
| Flame Retardant | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |||
| Halar® | * | * | * | * | * | * | ||||
| Fray Resistant | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | ||
| Fray Resistant(FR) | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |||
| PET Wrap | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | ||
| PET Wrap(FR) | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |||
| Teflon® | * | * | *> | * | * | |||||
| Ryton® | * | * | * | |||||||
| Nylon® | * | * | * | * | * | * | ||||
| Nylon Multifilament | * | * | * | * | * | * | ||||
| Carbon Fiber | ||||||||||
| Fiberglass | * | * | * | * | * | * | * | |||
| Reflex* | ||||||||||
| Mylar* | ||||||||||
| Kevlar | * | * | * | * | * | |||||
| Dura-Flex Professional | ||||||||||
| Test Method Standard |
* MIL-1-7444, MIL-STD 810 / #508, MIL-E-5272, MIL-1-631
| Grades | Outgassing | Oxygen Index | Specific Gravity g/cc | Halogen Free |
| Insultherm | low | N/A | 1.0 - 1.8 | y |
| PET Standard | med | 21 | 1.38 | y |
| Heavy Wall | med | 21 | 1.38 | y |
| Flame Retardant | med | 31 | 1.38 | y |
| Halar® | low | 64 | 1.68 | y |
| Fray Resistant | med | 21 | 1.38 | y |
| Fray Resistant (FR) | med | 31 | 1.38 | y |
| PET Wrap | med | 23 | 1.38 | y |
| PET Wrap (FR) | med | 31 | 1.38 | y |
| Flexo Super Duty | high | 22 | 1.14 | y |
| Teflon® | v.low | 95 | 2.10 | y |
| Ryton® | low | 40 | 1.37 | y |
| Nylon® | high | 22 | 1.14 | y |
| Nylon Multifilament | high | 22 | 1.14 | y |
| Carbon Fiber | 1.75-1.85 | |||
| Fiberglass | na | y | ||
| Reflex* | ||||
| Mylar* | ||||
| Kevlar | 29 | 1.44 | y | |
| Dura-Flex Professional | high | 22 | y | |
| Insultherm Header Wrap | n/a | n/a | 2.2 - 2.6 | y |
| Test Method Standard |
ASTM D-2863 |
ASTM D-792 |
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