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Halar® ECTFE
Powder Coatings for Corrosion Protection

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 Halar ® ECTFE
Powder Coatings for Corrosion Protection
The Best Choice for Over 35 Years Coating Systems
Halar ECTFE powder coatings have been used since
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Halar ® ECTFE offers two types of powder coating
1975 as the ideal corrosion protection material in a systems: primer and topcoat or primeless. A Halar ®
wide variety of industries. Halar ® ECTFE has a unique ECTFE grade with potable water and food contact
combination of properties that delivers long-lasting compliance is also available. All grades are applied by
performance and includes excellent chemical resistance, electrostatic powder coating technique.
outstanding permeation resistance, exceptional surface
Halar ® ECTFE electrostatic powder coating offers:
properties, good adhesion and high purity.
• Easy and fast application
Properties Value
• A seamless coating reducing risk of failures due to
Melting point 220 – 245 °C permeation or delamination
Maximum continuous service • Excellent wrap-around and edge coverage
150 °C
temperature (according to UL)
• Uniform coating thickness
Density 1.68 g/L • Flexibility of the final thickness depending on service
Broad chemical resistance pH 1 – 14 conditions
• High build coatings
Halar ® ECTFE is well-suited for the following:
• Possibility of coating for both interior and exterior
• When the part will be used for handling strong acids surfaces
and strong bases at elevated temperatures
• Absence of solvents
• Where other plastics (Epoxy, Polyamide, PP, PVC, etc.)
cannot resist
Chemical Resistance
• Where corrosion-resistant metals would be attacked
Halar ® ECTFE demonstrates excellent overall chemical
or be too expensive
resistance because:
• Where a glass lining cannot be used due to chemical
• It is virtually unaffected by most harsh chemicals
resistance failure or poor reliability (unexpected cracks)
commonly encountered in the industry
Serving the Most Demanding Industries • It is a hydrophobic material with exceptional resistance
Industries such as chemical processing, pulp and paper, to strong acids and bases (pH 1 – 14)
pharmaceutical, food processing and semiconductor, get • It is not dissolved by any known solvent up to 150 °C
the best corrosion protection when coating fundamental • It shows outstanding resistance to ozone and high
parts such as: energy radiation
• Reactors and vessels
• Pumps and valves Halar ® ECTFE properties variation
after 30 days continuous exposure
• Agitators and impellers
• Centrifuges and filters Conc. Test Temp. Mechanical
Chemical [% by weight] [°C] Weight properties
H2SO4 98 121 < 1 % Insignificant

HCl 37 121 < 1 % Insignificant

HF 50 121 < 1 % Insignificant

HNO3 50 50 < 1 % Insignificant

H 2O 2 30 88 < 1 % Insignificant
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Chlorine Saturated 40 < 1 % Insignificant

water solution

NaClO 15 100 < 1 % Insignificant

NaOH 30 121 < 1 % Insignificant

TMAH 25 100 < 1 % Insignificant

Methanol 100 65 < 1 % Insignificant

Data obtained at atmospheric pressure by immersion of compression
molded specimens according to ASTM D543

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 Permeation Resistance Surface Properties
Permeation resistance is extremely important for the Halar ® ECTFE coatings demonstrate toughness,
coating’s long-term performance. Even if the coating hardness, good flexibility, excellent impact properties
material is not affected by direct contact with chemical and good scratch and abrasion resistance, thanks to a
substances, permeation through the coating can lead to hardness of Shore D 75.
metal substrate corrosion, with subsequent service failure.
Halar ® ECTFE coatings are distinguished from other
Halar ECTFE coatings show very low permeability
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fluoropolymer-based coatings by their exceptional surface
to oxygen, water vapor, carbon dioxide, chlorine gas, smoothness, which inhibits buildup and accumulation of
hydrochloric acid and various other gases, which makes particles and metallic salts and reduces the formation of
it a good choice for corrosion protection in the harshest biorganic films and bacterial colonies.
environments.
Atomic force microscopy topographies of
Halar ® ECTFE permeation resistance Halar ® ECTFE coatings on internal pipe surface
1.E+00 0
PVDF
PVDF µm/div 5
0.4
Halar® ECTFE

[µm]
P [g·mm/m2·d]

0 10
1.E–01 PFA
15

20

1.E–02
PFA A
1,200
0
µm/div
0.4 5
800
0

[µm]
1.E–03 400
10

HCl from a HNO3 from a H2SO4 from a 0.0

15
37 % solution 65 % solution 96 % solution
20
Halar ®
Adhesion to Substrate
0
µm/div
0.4
ECTFE µm
0.3 5
0
Halar ® ECTFE powder coatings are designed to

[µm]
0.2 10
consistently develop excellent adhesion to various types 15
0.1
of substrates such as carbon steel, stainless steel,
0.0 20
aluminum, copper, and titanium.

Years of experience show that Halar ® ECTFE coated parts Purity

are successfully used under pressure/vacuum conditions.
Halar ® ECTFE powder coatings offer high-purity coatings
that are suitable for applications in the semiconductor,
biotech, and pharmaceutical industries.
• Static soak tests in ultra-pure water and high-purity
chemicals show extremely low levels of metallic and
organic extractables
• Dynamic rinse data validates Halar ® ECTFE as suitable
for high purity systems
• Halar ® ECTFE has very low fluoride ion leach-out
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