兔子先生

Skip to Main Content

Incompatible Chemicals

The following chemical pairings are incompatible. This is only a partial listing.

Chemical Incompatabilities
Chemical Incompatible With
Acetic Acid Nitric acid, hydroxyl compounds, ethylene glycol, perchloric acid, peroxides, permanganates
Acetylene Chlorine, bromine, copper, fluorine, silver, mercury
Alkali Metals Water, carbon tetrachloride or other chlorinated hydrocarbons, carbon dioxide, the halogens
Ammonia, Anhydrous Mercury, chlorine, calcium hypochlorite, iodine, bromine, hydrofluoric acid
Ammonium nitrate Acids, metal powders, flammable liquids, chlorates, nitrites, sulfur, finely divided organic or combustible materials
Aniline Nitric acid, hydrogen peroxide
Bromine Same as chlorine: ammonia, acetylene, butadiene, butane, methane, propane (or other petroleum gases), hydrogen, sodium carbide, turpentine, benzene, finely divided metals
Butyl lithium Water
Carbon, activated Calcium hypochlorite, all oxidizing agents
Chlorates Ammonium salts, acids, metal powders, sulfur, finely divided organic or combustible materials
Chromic Acid Naphthalene, camphor, glycerin, turpentine, alcohol, flammable liquids in general
Chlorine Same as bromine: ammonia, acetylene, butadiene, butane, methane, propane (or other petroleum gases), hydrogen, sodium carbide, turpentine, benzene, finely divided metals
Chlorine dioxide Ammonia, methane, phosphine, hydrogen sulfide
Copper Ammonia, methane, phosphine, hydrogen sulfide Acetylene, hydrogen peroxide
Cumene hydroperoxideAcids, organic or inorganic
Cyanides (Na, K) Acids
Flammable liquids Ammonium nitrate, chromic acid, hydrogen peroxide, nitric acid, sodium peroxide, halogens, other oxidizing agents
Hydrocarbons Fluorine, chlorine, bromine, chromic acid, sodium peroxide
Hydrocyanic acid Nitric acid, alkalis
Hydrofluoric acid Ammonia, aqueous or anhydrous
Hydrogen peroxide Copper, chromium, iron, most metals or their salts, alcohols, acetone, organic materials, aniline, nitromethane, flammable liquids, oxidizing gases
Hydrogen sulfide Fuming nitric acid, oxidizing gases
Iodine Acetylene, ammonia (aqueous or anhydrous), hydrogen
Mercury Acetylene, fulminic acid, ammonia
Nitric Acid Acetic acid, aniline, chromic acid, hydrocyanic acid, hydrogen sulfide, flammable liquids, flammable gases
Oxalic acid Silver, mercury
Perchloric acid Acetic anhydride, bismuth and its alloys, alcohol, paper, wood, sulfuric acid, organics
Potassium Carbon tetrachloride, carbon dioxide, water
Potassium permanganate Glycerin, ethylene glycol, benzaldehyde, sulfuric acid
Silver Acetylene, oxalic acid, tartaric acid, ammonium compounds
Sodium Carbon tetrachloride, carbon dioxide, water
Sodium peroxide Ethyl or methyl alcohol, glacial acetic acid, acetic anhydride, benzaldehyde, carbon disulfide, glycerin, ethylene glycol, ethyl acetate, methyl acetate, furfural
Sulfuric acid Potassium chlorate, potassium perchlorate, potassium permanganate (or compounds with similar light metals, such as sodium, lithium, etc.)

Physical Facilities

101 South Fisher Drive
Oxford, Ohio 45056
513-529-7000
Chemical Waste Pick-up Form