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Technical Reference

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Polyethylene is a diverse polymer material used in many products and applications. This diversity is due to the material’s ability to be produced with a wide range of properties and characteristics such as impact strength (toughness), chemical resistance, design flexibility, and overall mechanical strength. This document compares the performance of crosslinked polyethylene vs linear polyethylene.

Why Do Polyethylene Tanks Crack
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 01-18-2018

Materials crack when the forces (internal and external) at any particular point exceed the strength of the material at that same point. This document explains why polyethylene tanks made from the wrong materials fail.

Innovations in polyethylene chemical storage tanks magazine article. Published June 2017 in Environmental Science & Engineering Magazine. 3rd party article overview of tank selection criteria and components