This material has found wide use in all phases of the chemical and allied industries. It has been used extensively in the processing of synthetic rubber, high-octane gasoline, solvents, explosives, plastics, synthetic fibers, heavy chemicals, organic chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and agrichemicals. Alloy 20 stainless has also been used in SO2 scrubbers where acid content, such as sulfuric acid, is of more concern than high-halogen content, such as chlorides. Other applications have included use in mixing tanks, agitators, distillation towers, heat exchangers, process piping, bubble caps, and pickling tanks, spray pickling equipment, pump shafts and rods, and applications that are not listed.