Do you know of a highly acid and alkaline resistant plastic or epoxy that I can easily find in a store?

Question

I'm toying around with electrolysis and it destroys EVERYTHING. I got my hands on some platinum wire, but now I need to know what I can used to coat the non-platinum wire that connects to the platinum electrodes. I'd rather not reinvent the wheel.

Thanks!

Answer 1

Try Teflon.

It's a fluoropolymer (polytetrafluoroethylene) extensively used in pipeworks and containers of reactive chemicals.

Answer 2

Any polyalkane will do, such as polyethylene or polypropylene. You cannot easily coat your wire with these, but can use shrink-fit tubing. Get some only sl larger in ID than your wire, apply heat and it will shrink to a good seal.

But an easier way might be to simply coat your wire with parafin wax by melting it onto the wire...provided your process temp is lower than the mp of the wax.

Answer 3

No need to reinvent the wheel. PTFE (polytetrafluoroethylene, Teflon) will do the trick. I agree with the above poster...give him the 10 points if you want to - he answered it first ;-)

Answer 4

the type that goes on garage floors is supposed to be acid resistant