# Which conformal coating chemistries are safe for use on XBee modules?

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**Category:** XBee & XBee Gateway\
**Tags:** conformal-coating, xbee\
**Created:** [January 17, 2017, 8:38am UTC](https://forums.digi.com/t/which-conformal-coating-chemistries-are-safe-for-use-on-xbee-modules/17904 "2017-01-17T08:38:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![BallardHill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c37758/32.png) [@BallardHill](https://forums.digi.com/u/BallardHill)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2017, 8:38am UTC](https://forums.digi.com/t/which-conformal-coating-chemistries-are-safe-for-use-on-xbee-modules/17904/1 "2017-01-17T08:38:00Z")

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Different conformal coating chemistries such as acrylic, silicone, urethane, and varnish require different curing processes.

Considering each chemistry’s curing requirements, such as solvent evaporation, elevated temperature, UV irradiation, or others, which are safe for use on XBee modules?

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**Author:** ![mvut](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forums.digi.com/mvut/32/31_2.png) [@mvut](https://forums.digi.com/u/mvut)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2017, 9:06am UTC](https://forums.digi.com/t/which-conformal-coating-chemistries-are-safe-for-use-on-xbee-modules/17904/2 "2017-01-17T09:06:34Z")

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Try looking at [http://knowledge.digi.com/articles/Knowledge\_Base\_Article/What-conformal-coating-material-is-used-on-the-industrial-rated-radios/?q=conformal+coating&amp;l=en\_US&amp;fs=Search&amp;pn=1](http://knowledge.digi.com/articles/Knowledge_Base_Article/What-conformal-coating-material-is-used-on-the-industrial-rated-radios/?q=conformal+coating&amp;l=en_US&amp;fs=Search&amp;pn=1)

It has in it what one Digi uses.