MEDIA GUIDE
Acetic Acid Pumps
The quiet organic acid — usually a stainless-steel duty, until temperature or impurities say otherwise.
The properties that drive the choice
| Hazard profile | none of note |
|---|---|
| Concentration band in our data | any (not banded) |
| In one line | 316L is the standard choice; glacial acid at high temperature requires upgraded alloys. |
Which pump families serve it
At a reference duty (20 °C, 10 m³/h, 30 m). Your duty point may move the answer — run it through the tool below; the full report adds the alternatives worth quoting in parallel.
| Primary answer | End-Suction Centrifugal Pump (ANSI B73.1) | Clean or lightly contaminated fluids, moderate duty, flows ~2–400 m³/h |
|---|---|---|
| Typical wetted materials | Polypropylene (PP), Stainless Steel 316L, PVDF, Duplex 2205, PTFE / FEP lined, Hastelloy C-276 | |
Where the boundaries sit
- Glacial acetic and dilute acetic are different duties; state the concentration
- Formic-acid traces (a common impurity) are more aggressive than the headline fluid
- Temperature moves the rating faster here than buyers expect — 40 °C and 80 °C are different answers
Related reading
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