* Produced in nitric acid-ethanol mixtures
Acetic Acid |
Chromic acid, nitric acid, hydroxyl compounds,
ethylene glycol, perchloric acid, peroxides, permanganates, ammonium nitrate |
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Acetic Anhydride | Hydroxyl-containing compounds such as ethylene glycol, perchloric acid |
Acetone | Concentrated nitric and sulfuric acid mixtures |
Acetaldehyde | Acetic acid, acetic anhydride |
Acetylene | Chlorine, bromine, copper, fluorine, silver, mercury |
Acrolein | Ammonia(aqueous), any alkali or amine, strong oxidizing agents |
Alkali and Alkaline Earth Metals (such as powdered aluminum or magnesium, calcium, lithium, sodium, potassium) | Water, carbon tetrachloride or other chlorinated
hydrocarbons, carbon dioxide, halogens |
Aluminum Metal | Ammonium nitrate, antimony trichloride, bromate |
Ammonia (Anhydrous) | Mercury (in manometers, for example), chlorine, calcium hypochlorite, iodine, bromine, hydrofluoric acid (anhydrous) |
Ammonium Nitrate | Acids, powdered metals, flammable liquids, chlorates, nitrites, sulfur, finely divided organic combustible materials |
Aniline | Nitric acid, hydrogen peroxide, strong acids, oxidizers |
Arsenic Materials | Any reducing agent |
Azides | Acids |
Bromine | Ammonia, acetylene, butadiene, butane, methane, propane (or other petroleum gases), hydrogen, sodium carbide, benzene, finely divided metals, turpentine |
Calcium Oxide | Water |
Carbon (activated) | Calcium hypochlorite, all oxidizing agents |
Carbon Tetrachloride | Sodium |
Chlorates | Ammonium salts, acids, powdered metals, sulfur, finely divided organic or combustible materials |
Chromic Acid and Chromium Trioxide | Acetic acid, naphthalene, camphor, glycerol, alcohol, flammable liquids in general |
Chlorine | Ammonia, acetylene, butadiene, butane, methane, propane (or other petroleum gases), hydrogen, sodium carbide, benzene, finely divided metals, turpentine |
Chlorine Dioxide | Chlorine Ammonia, methane, phosphine, hydrogen sulfide |
Copper | Acetylene, hydrogen peroxide |
Cumene Hydroperoxide | Acids (organic or inorganic) |
Cyanides | Acids |
Flammable Liquids | Ammonium nitrate, chromic acid, HCl, hydrogen peroxide, nitric acid, sodium peroxide, halogens |
Fluorine | All other chemicals |
Hydrazine | Hydrogen peroxide, nitric acid, any other oxidant |
Hydrocarbons (such as gasoline, turpentine, butane, propane, benzene) | Fluorine, chlorine, bromine, chromic acid, peroxides, sodium peroxide |
Hydrocyanic Acid | Nitric acid, alkalis |
Hydrofluoric Acid (anhydrous), hydrogen fluoride | Ammonia (aqueous or anhydrous) |
Hydrogen Peroxide | Copper, chromium, iron, most metals or their salts, alcohols, acetone, organic materials, aniline, nitromethane, combustible materials, ferrous sulfide |
Hydrogen Sulfide | Fuming nitric acid, oxidizing gases |
Hypochlorites | Acids, activated carbon |
Iodine | Acetylene, ammonia (aqueous or anhydrous), hydrogen |
Mercury | Acetylene, fulminic acid*, ammonia |
Methanol | Lead perchlorate, mercury nitrate |
Nitrates | Sulfuric acid |
Nitric Acid (concentrated) | Acids:acetic,chromic, hydrocyanic
Flammable liquids: acetone, alcohol Flammable gases: H2S Heavy metals: any, copper, brass |
Nitrites | Acids |
Nitroparaffins | Inorganic bases, amines |
Oxalic Acid | Silver, mercury and their salts |
Oxygen | Oils, grease, hydrogen, flammable liquids, solids or gases |
Perchloric Acid | Acetic anhydride, bismuth and its alloys, alcohol, paper, wood, grease, oils |
Peroxides, Organic | Acids (organic or mineral) avoid friction, store cold |
Phosphorus (white) | Air, oxygen, alkalis, reducing agents |
Phosphorus Pentoxide | Alcohols, strong bases, water |
Potassium | Carbon tetrachloride, carbon dioxide, water |
Potassium Chlorate | Sulfuric and other acids, ammonium salts, metal powders, combustibles |
Potassium Nitrite | Potassium cyanide (if heated) |
Potassium Perchlorate | Acids, Acetic anhydride, bismuth and its alloys, alcohol, paper, wood, grease, oils |
Potassium Permanganate | Glycerol, ethylene glycol, benzaldehyde, sulfuric acid |
Selenides | Reducing agents |
Silver, and Silver Salts | Acetylene, oxalic acid, tartaric acid, ammonium compounds, fulminic acid* |
Sodium | Water, carbon tetrachloride or other chlorinated
hydrocarbons, carbon dioxide, halogens, sulfur |
Sodium Azide | Heavy Metals: Lead, Copper |
Sodium Nitrite | Ammonium nitrate and other ammonium salts |
Sodium Peroxide | Ethyl or methyl alcohol, glacial acetic acid, acetic anhydride, benzaldehyde, carbon disulfide, glycerin, ethylene glycol, ethyl acetate, methyl acetate, furfural |
Sulfides | Acids |
Sulfur | Silver Oxide |
Sulfuric Acid | Chlorates, perchlorates, permanganates and their compounds with potassium/sodium/lithium |
Tellurides | Reducing Agents |