R | Resistant | SW | Swelling occurs |
A | Slowly attacked (not recommended for long term storage) | V | Vapour diffusion |
L | Limited resistance | E | Environmental stress cracking |
U | Unsuitable |
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Acetic acid solution <90% | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R |
Acetic acid, glacial | R | U | U | U | A | U | R | L |
Acetone | R | R | U | U | E | U | R | R |
Ammonia | R | R | U | U | R | R | R | R |
Aniline | R | R | U | U | U | U | R | R |
Benzene | A | U | U | U | U | U | U | U |
Boric Acid | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R |
Bromine | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U |
Carbon tetrachloride | U | U | U | U | U | U | A | U |
Chlorinated Solvents | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U |
Chloroform | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U |
Cresols | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U |
Diethyl ether | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U |
Diethylene glycol | R | R | R | U | R | R | R | E |
Ethers | U | U | A | U | E | U | A | U |
Ethyl acetate | A | A | U | U | A | U | A | U |
Ethanol | R | R | R | R | R | U | R | R |
Ethylene glycol | R | R | R | U | R | R | E | E |
Formaldehyde solution 40% | R | R | R | R | R | E | R | R |
Formic acid | R | R | R | R | R | E | R | R |
Hydrochloric acid cone. | E | E | L | U | R | R | SW | SW |
Hydrofluoric acid 1-60% | E | E | U | U | R | R | R | L |
Hydrofluoric acid cone. | E | E | L | u | R | U | R | L |
Hydrogen peroxide 30-90% | R | R | R | R | R | U | R | A |
Magnesium hydroxide | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R |
Maleic acid | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R |
Mineral oil | R | R | R | R | A | U | R | E |
Nitric acid <25% | R | R | R | U | R | R | R | R |
Nitric acid 25- 70% | R | E | U | U | A | U | L | U |
Nitric acid >70 | E | U | U | u | U | U | U | U |
Oxalic acid | R | A | R | R | R | R | R | R |
Paraffin | R | A | R | R | A | U | R | R |
Petroleum ether | A | U | R | R | U | U | U | U |
Phosphoricacid<30% | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R |
Phosphoric acid 30-85% | R | R | R | R | R | A | R | R |
Phosphoric acid >85% | R | R | R | R | A | U | R | A |
Potassium hydroxide | R | R | U | U | R | R | R | R |
Salicylic acid | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R |
Sodium hydroxide solution | R | R | U | U | R | R | U | U |
Sulphuric acid <60% | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R |
Sulphuric acid 60-70% | R | U | R | R | R | A | R | A |
Sulphuric acid>70% | E | U | U | U | A | U | A | L |
Silicone oil | R | R | R | R | A | U | E | E |
Stearic acid | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R |
"bluene | U | U | U | U | U | U | U | U |
Trichloroethylene | U | U | U | U | U | U | V | U |
Water | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R |
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Compatible | PTFE | : Poly Tetra Fluoro Ethylene |
Limited Compatibility | PVDF | : Polyvinylidene Fluoride | |
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No Data Available | PP | : Poly Propylene |
CA | : Cellulose Acetate | ||
RC | : Regenerated Cellulose | ||
CN | : Cellulose Nitrate | ||
GMF | : Glass Microfibre Filter |
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HYDROCARBONS | |||||||||
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Chemicals in the left hand column should be stored under controlled conditions and these chemicals should not come in contact with the right hand column otherwise, a reaction will be violent and lead to an accident.
Acetic acid | Chromic acid, nitric acid, peroxides and permanganates |
Acetic anhydride | Hydroxyl-containing compounds, ethylene glycol, perchloric acid |
Acetone | Concentrated nitric and sulphuric acid mixtures, hydrogen peroxide |
Acetylene | Chlorine, bromide, copper, silver, fluorine and mercury |
Alkali and alkaline earth metals such as sodium, potassium, lithium, magnesium, calcium | Carbon dioxide, carbon tetrachloride and other chlorinated hydrocarbons. (Also prohibit water, foam and dry chemicals onfires involving these metals -dry sand should be available) |
Aluminium powder | Halogenated or oxygenated solvents |
Ammonia, anhydrous | Mercury, chlorine, calcium hypochlorite, iodine, bromine and hydrogen fluoride |
Ammonium nitrate | Acids, metal powders, flammable liquids, chlorates, nitrates, sulphur, finely divided organics or combustibles |
Aniline | Nitric acid, hydrogen peroxide |
Bromine | Ammonia, acetylene, butadiene, butane and other petroleum gases, sodium carbide, turpentine, benzene and finely divided metals |
Calcium oxide | Water |
Carbon, activated | Calcium hypochlorite |
Chlorates | Ammonium salts, acids, metal powders, phosphorus, sulphur, finely divided orqanics or combustibles |
Chromic acid and chromium trioxide | Acetic acid, naphthalene, camphor, phosphorus, sulphur, finelydivided organics or combustibles |
Chlorine | Ammonia, acetylene, butadiene, butane, other petroleum gases, hydrogen, sodium carbide, turpentine, benzene and finely divided metals |
Chlorine dioxide | Ammonia, methane, phosphine and hydrogen sulphide |
Copper | Acetylene, hydrogen peroxide |
Fluorine | Isolate from everything |
Hydrazine | Hydrogen peroxide, nitric acid, any other oxidant and heavy metal salts |
Hydrocarbons (benzene, butane, propane, gasoline, turpentine etc) | Fluorine,chlorine, bromine, chromic acid, cone. Nitric acid, peroxides |
Hydrogen cyanide | Nitric acid, alkalis |
Hydrogen fluoride | Ammonia, aqueous or anhydrous |
Hydrogen peroxide | Copper, chromium, iron, most metals or their salts, any flammable liquid, combustible materials, aniline, nitromethane |
Hydrogen sulphide | Fuming nitric acid, oxidising gases |
Iodine | Acetylene, ammonia (anhydrous or aqueous) |
Mercury | Acetylene, fulminic acid*, ammonia |
Nitric acid (cone.) | Acetic acid, acetone, alcohol, aniline, chromic acid,hydrogen cyanide, hydrogen sulphide, flammable liquids, flammable gases, nitratable substances, fats, grease |
Nitromethane, lower nitroalkanes | Inorganic bases, amines, halogens, 13X molecular sieve |
Oxalic acid | Silver, mercury, urea |
Oxygen | Oils, grease, hydrogen, flammable liquids, solids or gases |
Perchloric acid | Acetic anhydride, bismuth and its alloys, alcohol, paper, wood, grease, oils, dehydrating agents |
Peroxides, organic | Acids (organic or mineral), avoid friction, store cold |
Phosphinates | Any oxidant |
Phosphorus (white) | Air, oxygen |
Potassium chlorate | Acids (see also chlorates) |
Potassium perchlorate | Acids (see also perchloric acid) |
Potassium permanganate | Glycerol, ethylene glycol, benzaldehyde, sulphuric acid |
Silver | Acetylene, oxalic acid, tartaric acid, fulminic acid*, ammonium compounds |
Sodium | See alkali metals (above) |
Sodium nitrate | Ammonium nitrate and other ammonium salts |
Sodium peroxide | Any oxidizable substance, such as ethanol, methanol, glacial acetic acid, acetic anhydride, benzaldehyde, carbon disulfide, glycerol, ethylene glycol, ethyl acetate, methyl acetate, furfural |
Sulfuric Sulphuric acid | Chlorates, perchlorates, permanganates |
Thiocyanates | Metal nitrates, nitrites, oxidants |
Trifluoromethane sulfonic acid | Perchlorate salts |