Appendix A: Chemical Compatibility List

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Alkali Metals

Water, carbon dioxide, calcium, potassium, carbon tetrachloride, sodium, and other chlorinated hydrocarbons

Acetic Acid

Chromic acid, nitric acid, hydroxyl containing compounds, ethylene glycol, perchloric acid, peroxides, and permanganates

Acetone

Concentrated sulfuric and nitric acid mixtures

Acetylene

Copper (tubing), fluorine, chlorine, iodine, silver, mercury, and their salts

Ammonium Nitrate

Acids, metal powders, flammable liquids, chlorates, nitrates, sulfur, and finely divided organics or combustibles

Anhydrous Ammonia

Mercury, halogens, calcium hypochlorite, and hydrogen fluoride

Aniline

Nitric acid, hydrogen peroxide

Bromine

Ammonia, acetylene, butadiene, butane, hydrogen, sodium carbide, turpentine, and finely divided metals

Chlorates

Ammonium salts, acids, metal powders, sulfur, finely divided organics or combustibles, and carbon

Chromic Acid

Acetic acid, naphthalene, camphor, alcohol, glycerol, turpentine, and other flammable liquids

Chlorine

Ammonia, acetylene, butadiene, benzene and other petroleum fractions, hydrogen, sodium carbide, turpentine, and finely divided powdered metals

Cyanides

Acids

Hydrogen Sulfide

Nitric acid, oxidizing gases

Hydrocarbons

Fluorine, chlorine, bromine, chromic acid, and sodium peroxide

Iodine

Ammonia, acetylene, butadiene, benzene and other petroleum fractions, hydrogen, sodium carbide, turpentine, and finely divided powdered metals

Mercury

Acetylene, fulminic acid, and hydrogen

Nitric Acid

Acetic, chromic and hydrocyanic acids, aniline, carbon, hydrogen sulfide, flammable liquids or gases, and substances which are readily nitrated

Oxygen

Oils, grease, hydrogen, flammable liquids, solids or gases

Oxalic Acid

Silver and mercury

Perchloric Acid

Acetic anhydride, bismuth and its alloys, alcohol, paper, wood, and other organic materials

Phosphorous Pentoxide

Water

Potassium Permanganate

Glycerol, ethylene glycol, benzaldehyde, and sulfuric acid

Sodium Peroxide

Any oxidizable substances, e.g., methanol, glacial acetic acid, acetic anhydride, benzaldehyde, carbon disulfide, glycerol, ethylene glycol, ethylacetate, and furfural

Sulfuric Acid

Chlorates, perchlorates, permanganates, and water