Calvin College Chemical Hygiene Plan

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Appendix F - Potential Shock-Sensitive Chemicals*


This list is provided as a guide and is not all inclusive. Carefully review material safety data sheets before working with chemicals.

Acetylides of heavy      Hexanite                  Picric acid              
metals                                                                      

Aluminum ophorite        Hexanitrodiphenylamine    Picryl chloride          
explosive                                                                   

Amatol explosive         Hexanitrostilbene         Picryl fluoride          
(sodium amatol)                                                             

Ammonal                  Hexogen                   Polynitro aliphatic      
                         (Cylclotrimethylenetrinit compounds                
                         ramine)                                            

Ammonium nitrate         Hydrazoic acid            Potassium                
                                                   nitroaminotetrazole      

Ammonium perchlorate     Lead azide                Silver acetylide         

Ammonium picrate         Lead mannite              Silver azide             

Ammonium salt lattice    Lead picrate              Silver styphnate         

Calcium nitrate          Lead salts                Silver tetrazene         

Copper Acetylide         Lead styphnate            Sodatol                  

Cyanuric triazide        Magnesium ophorite        Sodium amatol            

Cyclotrimethylene        Mannitol hexanitrate      Sodium                   
trinitramine                                       dinitro-ortho-cresolate  

Cyclotetramethylenetra   Mercury oxalate           Sodium                   
nitramine                                          nitrate-potassium        
                                                   nitrate explosive        
                                                   mixtures                 

Dinitroethyleneurea      Mercury tartrate          Sodium picramate         

Dinitroglycerine         Mononitrotoluene          Styphnic acid            

Dinitrophenol            Nitrated carbohydrate     Tetrazene (guanyl        
                                                   nitrosamino guanyl       
                                                   tetrazene)               

Dinitrophenolates        Nitrated glucoside        Tetranitrocarbazole      

Dinitrophenyl hydrazine  Nitrated polyhydric       Tetrytol                 
                         alcohol                                            

Dinitroresorcinol        Nitrogen trichloride      Trimethylolethane        

Dinitrotoluene           Nitrogen triiodide        Trimonite                

Dipicryl sulfone         Nitroglycerin             Trinitroanisole          

Dipicrylamine            Nitroglycol               Trinitrobenzene          

Erythritol tetranitrate  Nitroguanidine            Trinitrobenzoic acid     

Fulminate of mercury     Nitroparaffins            Trinitrocresol           

Fulminate of silver      Nitromethane              Trinitro-meta-cresol     

Fulminating gold         Nitronium perchlorate     Trinitronaphthalene      

Fulminating mercury      Nitrourea                 Trinitrophenol           

Fulminating silver       Organic amine nitrates    Trinitrophloroglucinol   

Fulminating platinum     Organic nitramines        Trinitroresorcinol       

Gelatinized              Organic peroxides         Tritronal                
nitrocellulose                                                              

Guanyl nitrosamino       Picramic acid             Urea nitrate             
guanyl tetrazene                                                            

Guanyl nitrosamino       Picramide                 Heavy metal azides       
guanylide hydrazine                                                         

Picratol explosive                                                          
(ammonium picrate)                                                          


* From Manufacturing Chemists' Association, Guide for Safety in the Chemical Laboratory, pages 215-217.



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