The Snyder Industries 10500 gallon vertical chemical storage tank is built for high-volume bulk storage where chemistry and standing weight both matter. It is molded from cross-linked polyethylene (XLPE) in white, rated to 1.5 specific gravity, and stands 169 inches tall on a 142 x 142 inch footprint. This is a true vertical storage tank, the workhorse format for plants that need a large standing reservoir without going to welded steel.
Will it work for your application?
Start with weight, because at this size it dominates everything. Filled with plain water this tank carries roughly 87,570 lb; loaded with chemistry at its full 1.5 SG rating it reaches about 131,355 lb of contents. Both figures are at nominal brim capacity, so size your working volume below the top outlet and account for freeboard rather than planning to fill to the lip. Your pad, ring wall, or slab has to be engineered for that standing load plus the empty tank, and the 142 x 142 inch footprint is what your foundation drawing needs to reflect. Run the numbers against your product density and ullage with the Tank Sizing Calculator, and if you are still scoping the install size, the Tank Sizing Guide walks through head height and freeboard. Review the technical drawing on this page for fitting locations and overall dimensions before you set anchor points. People shopping this tank search for it as a vertical storage tank, an XLPE storage tank, or simply a Snyder chemical tank, and that XLPE construction is the reason it belongs in chemical service rather than a basic water vertical.
Chemical compatibility
This is an XLPE tank rated to 1.5 specific gravity. At the 1.5 SG rating, the following are compatible per our chemical compatibility data, which is concentration- and temperature-specific - always verify your exact conditions before committing the tank to service:
- Acetic Acid at 60%, PP/PVC fittings, EPDM gaskets
- Aluminum Sulfate at 50%, PVC fittings, EPDM gaskets
- Calcium Chloride at 40%, PVC fittings, EPDM gaskets
- DEF (urea at 32.5%) with 316SS fittings, EPDM gaskets
- Ferrous Sulfate at 20%, PVC fittings, EPDM gaskets
- Magnesium Chloride at 30%, PVC fittings, EPDM gaskets
- Sodium Carbonate at 30%, PVC fittings, EPDM gaskets
- Urea Solution at 50%, PP/PVC fittings, EPDM gaskets
- Ozonated Water up to 10 PPM, PVC fittings, EPDM gaskets
This makes the tank a clean fit for DEF (diesel exhaust fluid, urea at 32.5%) when it is fitted with 316SS hardware - DEF is the one chemistry on this list that calls for stainless rather than PVC. Some chemistries are too dense for the 1.5 SG rating and need a higher-SG (1.9) tank instead - do not put these in this tank: Ethylene Glycol, Ferric Chloride, Ferric Sulfate, Hydrofluosilicic Acid (Viton gaskets), Polyaluminum Chloride, Potassium Carbonate, Potassium Hydroxide, Propylene Glycol, and Sodium Thiosulfate. Call 866-418-1777 for the 1.9 SG version of this tank in the same 10,500-gallon footprint. Cross-check your product in our Chemical Compatibility Database before you order fittings and gaskets.
The mistake to avoid
The expensive error on a tank this large is matching the gasket and fitting material to the tank instead of to the chemical. The XLPE shell handles the storage, but the fitting and gasket materials in the table above are chemical-specific. There are two exceptions to the EPDM-on-PVC default: DEF takes 316SS fittings, and hydrofluosilicic acid takes Viton gaskets - miss either one and you have a leak path the tank itself never caused. The second mistake is the SG rating: this is a 1.5 SG tank, and pushing a denser chemistry into it shortens its life. If your product appears in the higher-SG list above, specify the 1.9 SG tank from the start. For instrumentation on a vessel this size, our guide on tank level gauge selection for chemical service covers radar versus ultrasonic versus hydrostatic options, and if containment is part of your scope, compare approaches in Snyder Captor Plus 110% containment versus UL-142. For startup and labeling, see our references on tank label and signage compliance and the chemical sampling protocol for bulk polyethylene storage.
This tank ships LTL freight from the nearer of two Snyder plants - Lincoln, NE or Philippi, WV - with the rate quoted live to your ZIP. East Coast and Mid-Atlantic ZIPs typically pull from Philippi, WV, while Plains, Mountain, and West ship from Lincoln, NE, so you can sanity-check the number against geography. Get your rate now with the Freight Cost Estimator, or call 866-418-1777 and we will quote freight and stage fittings and gaskets to match. We will help you put the right tank, on the right pad, with the right hardware, the first time.
