The Chem-Tainer 100 Gallon 60 Degree Cone Bottom Inductor Tank is a white polyethylene cone bottom tank built for batch chemical mixing and full-drain induction work where you want the contents to gravity-feed to the lowest point. The steep 60-degree cone empties toward the bottom of the cone, which is exactly what you want when blending dry chemical into solution or dosing a metered chemical that has to leave the tank without leaving a settled heel behind. It stands 50 inches tall on a 33 x 33 inch footprint and carries a 1.5 specific gravity rating, so it handles liquids heavier than water up to that limit. This is the inductor cone bottom tank you reach for when a flat-bottom drum keeps stranding product.
Will this 100 gallon cone tank work for your application?
At 100 gallons, full of water this tank carries about 834 lb of contents (100 gal x 8.34 lb), and at its full 1.5 specific gravity rating it is built to hold up to roughly 1,251 lb of heavier chemical (834 lb x 1.5). Size your stand and floor loading to the 1,251 lb figure if you are running a dense chemical, not the 834 lb water weight, because that is exactly where mounting and stand failures start. The 1.5 SG rating is the single most important number on this tank: it sets a hard ceiling on how dense a liquid you can store. If your chemical is heavier than 1.5 specific gravity, this is the wrong tank and you need a higher-rated body. Run the numbers with the Tank Sizing Calculator and the Tank Sizing Guide before you commit, and check the technical drawing on this page for fitting locations and the cone profile. For drainage geometry, our guide on Chem-Tainer cone-bottom 30 vs 45 degree drainage explains how cone angle changes residual heel and solids handling, and you can compare inductor sizing across the line in our buyer's guides for the 15 gallon 60 degree inductor, 60 gallon 45 degree inductor, and 80 gallon 45 degree inductor models.
Chemical compatibility
Before any chemical claim, pin down the resin: this body's resin is recorded as HDLPE but not yet confirmed, so confirm HDLPE versus XLPE (crosslinked) with us first, because crosslinking changes resistance to several aggressive chemicals. Treat the entire compatibility list below as conditional on that confirmation, at your specific concentration and operating temperature. Within the 1.5 SG rating, this tank is suited to chemicals including acetic acid at 60% (PP or PVC fittings, EPDM gasket), aluminum sulfate at 50% (PVC, EPDM), calcium chloride at 40% (PVC, EPDM), DEF at 32.5% (316SS fittings, EPDM gasket), ferrous sulfate at 20% (PVC, EPDM), magnesium chloride at 30% (PVC, EPDM), sodium carbonate at 30% (PVC, EPDM), urea solution at 50% (PP or PVC, EPDM), and ozonated water up to 10 PPM (PVC, EPDM), which is covered through our general Chemical Compatibility Database. Match the fitting and gasket materials listed for each chemical, since the wrong gasket fails long before the tank does.
Chemicals that need a higher-SG tank
Several common chemicals are too dense for this 1.5 SG body and require a 1.9 specific gravity tank instead, and the trap is that many of them also demand a different gasket, not the EPDM used across the 1.5 SG list above. If you are storing ethylene glycol, ferric chloride, ferric sulfate, hydrochloric acid (Viton gasket), hydrofluoric acid (Viton), hydrofluosilicic acid (Viton), hydrogen peroxide (Viton), peracetic acid (316SS, Aflas), phosphoric acid (Viton), polyaluminum chloride, potassium carbonate, potassium hydroxide, propylene glycol, sodium bisulfate, sodium bisulfite, sodium hypochlorite (Viton), sodium thiosulfate, sulfuric acid (CPVC fittings, Viton), or zinc orthophosphate, do not use this tank. Call us and we will spec the 1.9 SG version with the correct gasket. Always verify against the OEM chemical-resistance chart at your concentration and temperature, and start at our Chemical Compatibility Database.
This tank ships as a body that needs a fitting and gasket package matched to your chemical (PP, PVC, CPVC, or 316SS fitting with an EPDM, Viton, or Aflas gasket per the chart), so we configure it to your service before it leaves the dock. It ships LTL freight from the Chem-Tainer plant in Merced, CA, with cost quoted live to your ZIP. Get your exact freight number with the Freight Cost Estimator, or call 866-418-1777 and we will confirm the right cone-bottom inductor tank, fitting package, gasket, and SG rating for your chemical before it ships.
