Standard Operating Procedure for Chemical Handling and Storage
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Primary Chemical
Incompatible with
sugar, sulfides and sulfur.
Chlorine
Acetone, acetylene, ammonia, benzene, butadiene, butane and
other petroleum gases, hydrogen, metal powders, sodium
carbide, and turpentine.
Chlorine dioxide
Ammonia, hydrogen sulfide, methane, and phosphine.
Chromic acid
Acetic acid (glacial), acetic anhydride, alcohols, combustible
materials, flammable liquids, glycerine, naphthalene, nitric acid,
sulfur, and turpentine.
Cumene
Hydroperoxide
Acids (mineral or organic).
Cyanides
Acids or alkalines.
Fluorine
Most materials.
Hydrocarbons such
as benzene, butane,
gasoline, propane,
turpentine, etc.
Bromine, chlorine, chromic acid, fluorine, hydrogen peroxide,
and sodium peroxide.
Hydrofluoric acid or
anhydrous hydrogen
fluoride
Ammonia (anhydrous or aqueous).
Hydrocyanic acid or
hydrogen cyanide
Alkalies and nitric acid.
Hydrogen peroxide,
3%
Chromium, copper, iron, most metals or their salts.
Hydrogen peroxide,
30% to 90%
Same as Hydrogen peroxide 3% (above), plus aniline, any
flammable liquids, combustible materials, nitromethane, and all
other organic matter.
Hydrogen sulfide
Fuming nitric acid or oxidizing gases.
Iodine
Acetylene, ammonia, (anhydrous or aqueous), and hydrogen.
Lithium
Acids, moisture in air, and water.
Lithium aluminum
hydride
Air, chlorinated hydrocarbons, carbon dioxide, ethyl acetate,
and water.
Magnesium
(particularly powder)
Carbonates, chlorates, heavy metal oxylates or oxides, nitrates,
perchlorates, peroxides, phosphates, and sulfates.
Mercuric oxide
Sulfur
Mercury
Acetylene, alkali metals, ammonia, nitric acid with ethanol, and
oxalic acid.
Nitrates
Combustible materials, esters, phosphorous, sodium acetate,
stannous chloride, water, and zinc powder.
Nitric Acid (Conc.)
Acetic acid, aniline, chromic acid, flammable gases and liquids,
hydrocyanic acid, hydrogen sulfide, and nitratable substances.
Nitric acid
Alcohols, and other oxidizable organic material, hydiodic acid
(hydrogen iodide), magnesium or other metals, phosphorous,
and thiophene.
Nitrites
Potassium or sodium cyanide.
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