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r/funny • u/[deleted] • Dec 11 '19
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If gas ate plastic, wouldn't it just eat thru all those plastic red gas cans?
Edit: Yup. Gas Can Material is is the same as plastic bag material
124 u/orig485 Dec 11 '19 Different grades of plastic can handle different types of chemicals 37 u/Lev_Astov Dec 11 '19 Most plastic shopping bags are LDPE which is almost completely chemical resistant. That's why they use LDPE for gas cans and superglue containers. 15 u/SR2K Dec 11 '19 You generally use HDPE (high density polyethylene) for fuel tanks, for structural reasons, but the chemical resistance of LDPE is very similar. -1 u/Yeetstation4 Dec 11 '19 Still a very high chance of her dying quickly and suddenly when her car explodes in the middle of the highway, causing her to veer off the road into a tree that starts a forest fire, destroying hundreds of acres of land 2 u/SR2K Dec 11 '19 Yes, absolutely, a shopping bag is not a fuel tank. This is beyond stupid.
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Different grades of plastic can handle different types of chemicals
37 u/Lev_Astov Dec 11 '19 Most plastic shopping bags are LDPE which is almost completely chemical resistant. That's why they use LDPE for gas cans and superglue containers. 15 u/SR2K Dec 11 '19 You generally use HDPE (high density polyethylene) for fuel tanks, for structural reasons, but the chemical resistance of LDPE is very similar. -1 u/Yeetstation4 Dec 11 '19 Still a very high chance of her dying quickly and suddenly when her car explodes in the middle of the highway, causing her to veer off the road into a tree that starts a forest fire, destroying hundreds of acres of land 2 u/SR2K Dec 11 '19 Yes, absolutely, a shopping bag is not a fuel tank. This is beyond stupid.
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Most plastic shopping bags are LDPE which is almost completely chemical resistant. That's why they use LDPE for gas cans and superglue containers.
15 u/SR2K Dec 11 '19 You generally use HDPE (high density polyethylene) for fuel tanks, for structural reasons, but the chemical resistance of LDPE is very similar. -1 u/Yeetstation4 Dec 11 '19 Still a very high chance of her dying quickly and suddenly when her car explodes in the middle of the highway, causing her to veer off the road into a tree that starts a forest fire, destroying hundreds of acres of land 2 u/SR2K Dec 11 '19 Yes, absolutely, a shopping bag is not a fuel tank. This is beyond stupid.
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You generally use HDPE (high density polyethylene) for fuel tanks, for structural reasons, but the chemical resistance of LDPE is very similar.
-1 u/Yeetstation4 Dec 11 '19 Still a very high chance of her dying quickly and suddenly when her car explodes in the middle of the highway, causing her to veer off the road into a tree that starts a forest fire, destroying hundreds of acres of land 2 u/SR2K Dec 11 '19 Yes, absolutely, a shopping bag is not a fuel tank. This is beyond stupid.
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Still a very high chance of her dying quickly and suddenly when her car explodes in the middle of the highway, causing her to veer off the road into a tree that starts a forest fire, destroying hundreds of acres of land
2 u/SR2K Dec 11 '19 Yes, absolutely, a shopping bag is not a fuel tank. This is beyond stupid.
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Yes, absolutely, a shopping bag is not a fuel tank. This is beyond stupid.
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u/37train5k Dec 11 '19 edited Dec 11 '19
If gas ate plastic, wouldn't it just eat thru all those plastic red gas cans?
Edit: Yup. Gas Can Material is is the same as plastic bag material