The Snyder Industries 35 Gallon XLPE Chemical Feed Station Tank pairs a 35-gallon cross-linked polyethylene (XLPE) day tank with an integral containment basin in a single station, so the primary vessel and its spill catch sit on one skid-ready footprint. The cross-linked resin and a 1.9 specific gravity rating mean this station is built for dense, aggressive chemistries, not water duty - it is a containment tank meant to hold a metering or feed supply over secondary containment. Match the contents to the resin and SG before you order, and this Snyder chemical tank gives you a code-conscious feed point without fabricating a separate berm.
Will it work for your chemical?
The vessel is rotationally molded XLPE rated to 1.9 specific gravity, which covers most concentrated salts, glycols, and many acids at the concentrations the OEM lists. The key numbers to design around:
- Footprint: 47 in. long x 36 in. wide, 36 in. tall
- Filled with water: about 292 lb
- Full at the 1.9 SG rating: contents alone can reach roughly 555 lb
Size your feed volume and stand for the loaded weight, not the empty shell, using the Tank Sizing Calculator and Tank Sizing Guide so the basin and any pump skid are rated correctly. Confirm fitting locations and the containment basin profile against the OEM drawing before you plumb.
Chemical compatibility
This tank is XLPE rated to 1.9 specific gravity. Compatibility below is drawn from the OEM chemical-resistance chart and is concentration- and temperature-specific - confirm your exact concentration and service temperature against that chart before committing. Specify wetted fittings and gaskets in the materials shown so the connection survives the chemistry, not just the tank wall:
- Acetic Acid (60%) - PP/PVC fittings, EPDM gaskets
- Aluminum Sulfate (50%) - PVC fittings, EPDM gaskets
- Calcium Chloride (40%) - PVC fittings, EPDM gaskets
- DEF (32.5%) - 316SS fittings, EPDM gaskets
- Ethylene Glycol (100%) - PVC fittings, EPDM gaskets
- Ferric Chloride (50%) - PVC fittings, EPDM gaskets
- Ferric Sulfate (60%) - PVC fittings, EPDM gaskets
- Ferrous Sulfate (20%) - PVC fittings, EPDM gaskets
- Hydrofluosilicic Acid (26%) - PP/PVC fittings, Viton gaskets
- Magnesium Chloride (30%) - PVC fittings, EPDM gaskets
- Polyaluminum Chloride - PVC fittings, EPDM gaskets
- Potassium Carbonate (50%) - PVC fittings, EPDM gaskets
- Potassium Hydroxide (saturated) - PVC fittings, EPDM gaskets
- Propylene Glycol - PP/316SS fittings, EPDM gaskets
- Sodium Carbonate (30%) - PVC fittings, EPDM gaskets
- Sodium Thiosulfate (40%) - PVC fittings, EPDM gaskets
- Urea Solution (50%) - PP/PVC fittings, EPDM gaskets
- Ozonated Water (up to 10 PPM) - PVC fittings, EPDM gaskets
Watch the three entries that break the default PVC/EPDM pattern, because they are exactly where stations get mis-specified: hydrofluosilicic acid needs Viton gaskets, DEF calls for 316SS stainless wetted parts, and propylene glycol allows PP or 316SS. For anything not on this list, check the full Chemical Compatibility Database or call 866-418-1777 before you order.
The mistake to avoid
The fast way to ruin a chemical feed station is to treat XLPE and HDPE as interchangeable, or to ignore the specific gravity rating. Cross-linked polyethylene resists stress cracking from concentrated oxidizers and aggressive salts that will craze a standard HDPE wall, which is exactly why Snyder builds this station in XLPE - but XLPE is harder to field-weld, so plan fittings rather than after-the-fact welds. Then respect the 1.9 SG number: it is the ceiling of Snyder's density ladder and tells you the densest fluid the wall is rated to carry, and overfilling with a heavier-than-rated liquid stresses both the tank and the containment basin. Pick the right gasket per the list above, and for metering or level-control hardware see our guide on tank level gauge selection for chemical service. For containment sizing logic, the Snyder Captor Plus 110% containment vs UL-142 comparison walks through why integral basins matter for SPCC planning, and proper tank labeling and NFPA 704 signage keeps the installed station inspection-ready.
This containment tank ships LTL from Marked Tree, AR, with freight quoted live to your ZIP - get a number in seconds with the Freight Cost Estimator or call 866-418-1777. Before chemical service, set a sampling cadence with our tank chemical sampling protocol, and confirm your exact concentration on the OEM chart or with our team before you buy.
