Appendix A: Chemical Compatibility List
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Alkali Metals |
Water, carbon dioxide, calcium, potassium, carbon tetrachloride, sodium, and other chlorinated hydrocarbons |
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Acetic Acid |
Chromic acid, nitric acid, hydroxyl containing compounds, ethylene glycol, perchloric acid, peroxides, and permanganates |
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Acetone |
Concentrated sulfuric and nitric acid mixtures |
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Acetylene |
Copper (tubing), fluorine, chlorine, iodine, silver, mercury, and their salts |
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Ammonium Nitrate |
Acids, metal powders, flammable liquids, chlorates, nitrates, sulfur, and finely divided organics or combustibles |
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Anhydrous Ammonia |
Mercury, halogens, calcium hypochlorite, and hydrogen fluoride |
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Aniline |
Nitric acid, hydrogen peroxide |
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Bromine |
Ammonia, acetylene, butadiene, butane, hydrogen, sodium carbide, turpentine, and finely divided metals |
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Chlorates |
Ammonium salts, acids, metal powders, sulfur, finely divided organics or combustibles, and carbon |
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Chromic Acid |
Acetic acid, naphthalene, camphor, alcohol, glycerol, turpentine, and other flammable liquids |
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Chlorine |
Ammonia, acetylene, butadiene, benzene and other petroleum fractions, hydrogen, sodium carbide, turpentine, and finely divided powdered metals |
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Cyanides |
Acids |
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Hydrogen Sulfide |
Nitric acid, oxidizing gases |
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Hydrocarbons |
Fluorine, chlorine, bromine, chromic acid, and sodium peroxide |
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Iodine |
Ammonia, acetylene, butadiene, benzene and other petroleum fractions, hydrogen, sodium carbide, turpentine, and finely divided powdered metals |
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Mercury |
Acetylene, fulminic acid, and hydrogen |
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Nitric Acid |
Acetic, chromic and hydrocyanic acids, aniline, carbon, hydrogen sulfide, flammable liquids or gases, and substances which are readily nitrated |
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Oxygen |
Oils, grease, hydrogen, flammable liquids, solids or gases |
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Oxalic Acid |
Silver and mercury |
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Perchloric Acid |
Acetic anhydride, bismuth and its alloys, alcohol, paper, wood, and other organic materials |
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Phosphorous Pentoxide |
Water |
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Potassium Permanganate |
Glycerol, ethylene glycol, benzaldehyde, and sulfuric acid |
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Sodium Peroxide |
Any oxidizable substances, e.g., methanol, glacial acetic acid, acetic anhydride, benzaldehyde, carbon disulfide, glycerol, ethylene glycol, ethylacetate, and furfural |
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Sulfuric Acid |
Chlorates, perchlorates, permanganates, and water |