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> pesticides, oil, gasoline, and benzene can permeate through PEX pipe The lifespan of plastic pipe designed to be carrying water (ie: non-polar) exposed to th
by Scoundreller 4y ago
> pesticides, oil, gasoline, and benzene can permeate through PEX pipe
The lifespan of plastic pipe designed to be carrying water (ie: non-polar) exposed to these polar solvents has gotta be terrible.
(Since like-dissolves-like, you want your water pipes to be made of a polar material so that water doesn't dissolve it).
- NavinF 4y agoPretty sure you got that backwards. Water is a polar molecule.
- Scoundreller 4y agooh yeah, I screwed up my last sentence. for clarity, in "plastic pipe designed to be carrying water", the plastic pipe is non-polar. Yes, water is polar, which is why you want it carried in something non-polar, because like-dissolves-like.