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Why is UHMWPE Pipe Suitable for Use in Chemical Pipelines?

Pulished on Sep. 01, 2020

As a UHMWPE Tube Manufacturers, share with you. Ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene pipe is a thermoplastic engineering plastic with an average molecular weight greater than 2 million polymerized by ethylene and butadiene monomers under the action of a catalyst. It is suitable for the medium of special industrial and mining enterprises such as mines, electric power, coal, and chemical industries. For transmission, the UHMWPE pipe has impact resistance, low temperature resistance, abrasion resistance, chemical corrosion resistance, self-lubrication, and impact energy absorption.

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The superior properties of UHMWPE pipes are increasingly recognized by various industries. Ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene also has excellent performance in chemical pipelines. The advantages of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene pipes are mainly manifested in its strong corrosion resistance:

1. Ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene has a saturated molecular structure, extremely high chemical stability, and can withstand various corrosive media and organic solvents. 

2. Ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene pipe is more corrosion resistant than polyethylene, polypropylene, nylon, ABS and other plastics. 

3. In addition to strong oxidizing acid, it can withstand various corrosive media (acids, alkali salts) and organic media (naphthalene solution Chuwa) within a certain temperature and concentration range.

4. After 30 days of infiltration in organic solvents at 20°C and 80°C, there is no abnormal appearance and almost no change in physical properties.

5. Under the sunlight, its life span is more than 50 years. The ultra-high pipeline not only has high corrosion resistance, but also has pressure and wear resistance. Good self-lubricity, and other excellent properties, are called "amazing" engineering materials.

Excellent performance of UHMWPE pipe:

High wear resistance: 4-7 times that of steel pipes, 3 times that of ordinary PE pipes, and 4 times that of nylon. Practice has proved that UHMWPE pipeline is the best wear-resistant pipeline for small particle slurry transportation.

High corrosion resistance: UHMWPE has a saturated molecular structure, extremely high chemical stability, and can withstand corrosion by various corrosive media and organic solvents.

High flexibility: The elongation at break can reach more than 400%, and there are large bends during construction, and the earth's crust will not break when it is stretched to three times its own when it settles.

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