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Short
list of Incompatible Materials
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ALKALI
METALS
such as calcium, potassium, and sodium
with: water, carbon
dioxide, carbon tetrachloride, and other chlorinated
hydrocarbons.
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ACETIC
ACID
with: chromic acid,
nitric acid, hydroxyl containing compounds, ethylene glycol,
perchloric acid, peroxides, and permanganates.
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ACETONE
with: concentrated
sulfuric acid and nitric acid mixtures.
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ACETYLENE
with: copper
(tubing), fluorine, bromine, chlorine, iodine, silver,
mercury, or their compounds.
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AMMONIA,
ANHYDROUS
with: mercury,
halogens, calcium hypochlorite, or hydrogen fluoride.
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AMMONIUM
NITRATE
with: acids, metal
powders, flammable liquids, chlorates, nitrates, sulfur, and
finely divided organics or other combustibles.
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ANILINE
with: nitric acid,
hydrogen peroxide, or other strong oxidizing substances.
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BROMINE
with: ammonia,
acetylene, butadiene, butane, hydrogen, sodium carbide,
turpentine, or finely divided metals.
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CHLORATES
with: ammonium
salts, acids, metal powders, sulfur, carbon, finely divided
organics or other combustibles.
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CHROMIC
ACID
with: acetic acid,
naphthalene, camphor, alcohol, glycerine, turpentine, and
other flammable liquids.
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CHLORINE
with: ammonia,
acetylene, butadiene, benzene and other petroleum fractions,
hydrogen, sodium carbides, turpentine, and finely divided
metals.
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CYANIDES
with: acids.
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HYDROGEN
PEROXIDE
with: copper,
chromium, iron, most metals or their respective salts,
flammable liquids and other combustible materials, aniline,
and nitromethane.
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HYDROGEN
SULFIDE
with: nitric acid,
oxidizing gases.
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HYDROCARBONS
generally, with:
fluorine, chlorine, bromine, chromic acid, or sodium
peroxide.
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IODINE
with: acetylene or
ammonia.
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MERCURY
with: acetylene,
fluminic acid, or hydrogen.
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NITRIC
ACID
with: acetic,
chromic, or hydrocyanic acids, aniline, carbon, hydrogen
sulfide, flammable liquids or gases, or other substances
which are readily nitrated.
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OXYGEN
with: oils greases,
hydrogen, flammable liquids, solids, or gases.
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OXALIC
ACID
with: silver or
mercury
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PERCHLORIC
ACID
with: acetic
anhydride, bismuth and its alloys, alcohol, paper, wood, and
other organic materials.
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PHOSPHOROUS
PENTOXIDE
with: water.
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POTASSIUM
PERMANGANATE
with:
glycerine,
ethylene glycol, benzaldehyde, or sulfuric acid.
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SODIUM
PEROXIDE
with: any
oxidizable substances, for instance: methanol, glacial
acetic acid, acetic anhydride, benzaldehyde, carbon
disulfide, glycerine, ethylene glycol, ethyl acetate,
furfural, etc.
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SULFURIC
ACID
with:
chlorates, perchlorates, permanganates, and water
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Note: This list is not a
complete list of incompatible materials. It contains some of
the more common incompatible materials. Always research the
materials you work with in order to be safe.
Last Update:
2006-09-14
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