Chemical: |
Incompatible with these chemicals: |
Acetic acid |
Chromic acid, nitric acid, hydroxyl-containing compounds, ethylene glycol, perchloric acid, peroxides, and permanganates |
Acetone |
Concentrated sulfuric mixtures and nitric acid mixtures |
Acetylene |
Copper (tubing), fluorine, bromine, chlorine, iodine, silver, mercury, and their
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Alkali metals:
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Water, carbon dioxide, carbon tetrachloride, and other chlorinated hydrocarbons |
Ammonia,
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Mercury, halogens, calcium hypochlorite, hydrogen fluoride |
Ammonium aitrate |
Acids, metal powders, flammable liquids, chlorates, nitrates, sulfur, and finely divided organics or combustibles |
Aniline |
Nitric acid and hydrogen peroxide |
Bromine |
Ammonia, acetylene, butadiene, butane, hydrogen, sodium carbide, turpentine, and
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Carbon activated
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All oxidizing agents |
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
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Chlorine dioxide |
Ammonia, methane, phosphine, and hydrogen sulfide |
Chlorine |
Ammonia, acetylene, butadiene, benzine, and other petroleum fractions, hydrogen,
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Copper |
Acetylene and hydrogen peroxide |
Cyanides |
Acids and alkalis |
Flammable liquids |
Ammonium nitrate, chromic acid, hydrogen peroxide, nitric acid, sodium peroxide,
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Halogens: Fl, Cl Br, I |
Ammonium, acetylene, and hydrocarbons |
Hydrogen peroxide |
Copper, chromium, iron, most metals or their respective salts, flammable fluids and
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Hydrogen sulfide |
Fuming nitric acid and oxidizing gases |
Hydrocarbons,
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Fluorine, chlorine, formine, chromic acid, sodium peroxide, and oxidizing agents |
Iodine |
Acetylene and ammonia |
Mercury |
Acetylene, fulminic acid, and hydrogen |
Nitric acid |
Acetic, chromic, and hydrocyanic acids; aniline, carbon, hydrogen sulfide; fluids or
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Oxygen |
Oils; grease; hydrogen; flammable liquids, solids, and gases |
Oxalic acid |
Silver and mercury |
Perchloric acid |
Acetic anhydride, bismuth and its alloys, alcohol, paper, and wood and other organic materials |
Phosphorus
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Water |
Potassium
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Glycerol, ethylene glycol, benzaldehyde, and sulfuric acid |
Silver |
Acetylene, oxalic acid, tartaric acid, and ammonium compounds |
Sodium azide |
Preservative that forms unstable explosive compounds when exposed to lead, copper, and other metals. If disposed of by flushing into sinks, the trap can explode
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Sodium peroxide |
Any oxidizable substance (i.e., methanol, glacial acetic acid, acetic anhydride, benzaldehyde, carbon disulfide, glycerol, ethylene glycol, ethyl acetate, and furfural) |
Sodium |
Carbon tetrachloride, carbon dioxide, and water |
Sulfuric acid |
Chlorates, perchlorates, permanganates, oxidizing agents, and water |