The Snyder Industries 90 Gallon XLPE Chemical Feed Station Tank is a cross-linked polyethylene tank built for bulk chemical service, rated to a 1.9 specific gravity so it carries dense chemistries that would over-stress a standard 1.5-rated XLPE tank. It holds 90 gallons in a white XLPE body standing 57 inches tall on a 43 x 56 inch footprint. Water at full fill weighs 751 pounds, and the tank's structure is rated to a maximum contents weight of 1,426 pounds - the number that actually governs your pad, anchoring, and forklift capacity once the tank is full.
Will this Snyder XLPE tank work for your application?
Sizing here is driven by weight, not just volume. The math is worth working out: at the full 1.9 SG rating, 751 lb of water capacity x 1.9 lands at roughly 1,427 lb - essentially right at the 1,426-pound contents ceiling. That tells you the 1.9 rating is real engineering headroom, not marketing copy, and it also tells you that a max-density fill reaches the tank's structural limit at full volume. For chemistries near 1.9 SG, the practical move is to run a lower working level rather than fill to the brim, so the 57-inch height defines your usable freeboard band as much as it defines clearance for a low-headroom pump room. Confirm the 43 x 56 inch footprint clears your containment basin or feed-station skid, and see the technical drawing on this page for the dimensional layout before you set anchor points. If you are still sizing the system, the Tank Sizing Calculator and Tank Sizing Guide walk through day-tank turnover and freeboard.
Chemical compatibility
This is an XLPE (cross-linked polyethylene) tank rated to 1.9 specific gravity, which is why it suits aggressive and dense chemistries that lower-rated crosslink and linear tanks cannot safely hold. Compatibility is always concentration- and temperature-specific, so verify your exact service conditions against the OEM chemical-resistance chart and our Chemical Compatibility Database. Before anything else, note the two services that break from the standard PVC fitting / EPDM gasket pairing: hydrofluosilicic acid (26%) requires Viton gaskets, and DEF (32.5%) requires 316 stainless fittings. Matching the gasket and fitting material to the chemical is as important as the tank resin itself. Based on the data for this tank, the following are compatible at the listed concentrations:
- 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; verify your exact ozone concentration) - PVC fittings, EPDM gaskets
The mistake to avoid
The most common error on an XLPE chemical tank is treating fitting and gasket selection as an afterthought. The XLPE shell is rated to 1.9 SG, but the gasket and bulkhead are not universal - hydrofluosilicic acid needs Viton instead of EPDM, and DEF needs 316 stainless instead of PVC. The second mistake is filling a heavy chemical to volume without checking the 1,426-pound contents rating; because a 1.9 SG fill hits that ceiling at full volume, dense service leaves essentially zero weight margin, so size the working level down or confirm freeboard accordingly. Confirm both your fitting materials and your loaded weight against the data above and the technical drawing before you commit.
This tank ships LTL freight from the Snyder plant in Marked Tree, AR, with freight quoted live to your ZIP - get your number from the Freight Cost Estimator or call 866-418-1777. For instrumentation and compliance planning, see our guides on level gauge selection for chemical service, tank label and signage compliance, and chemical sampling protocol. For secondary containment of this or denser service, compare options with the Snyder Captor Plus 110% containment guide.
