Shock Sensitive & Explosive Chemicals
Shock sensitive refers to the susceptibility of a chemical to rapidly decompose or explode when struck, vibrated or otherwise agitated. Explosive chemicals are those chemicals which have a higher propensity to explode under a given set of circumstances (e.g., extreme heat, pressure, mixture with an incompatible chemical, decomposition). The label and MSDS will indicate if a chemical is shock sensitive, explosive or peroxide forming. The chemicals listed below are listed only as a guide to select shock sensitive, explosive or peroxide forming chemicals.
Follow
these guidelines:
·
Write the date
received and date opened on all containers of shock sensitive and peroxide
forming chemicals. Some chemicals
become increasingly sensitive with age.
·
Unless an inhibitor
was added by the manufacturer, closed containers of shock sensitive or peroxide
forming materials should be discarded after 1 year.
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acetylene |
ednatol |
nitroglycide |
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acetylides of heavy
metal |
erythritol
tetranitrate |
nitroglycol |
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amatex |
ethylene oxide |
nitroguanidine |
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amatol |
ethyl-tetryl |
nitroparaffins |
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ammonal |
fulminating gold |
nitrourea |
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ammonium nitrate |
fulminating mercury |
organic nitramines |
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ammonium
perchlorate |
fulminating
platinum |
ozonides |
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ammonium picrate |
fulminating silver |
pentolite |
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azides of heavy
metals |
gelatinized
nitrocellulose |
perchlorates of
heavy metals |
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baratol |
guanyl |
peroxides |
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calcium nitrate |
guanyl nitrsamino |
picramic acid |
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chlorate |
guanyltetrazene |
picramide |
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copper acetylide |
hydrazine |
picratol |
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cyanuric triazide |
nitrated
carbohydrate |
picric acid |
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cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine |
nitrated glucoside |
picryl sulphonic
acid |
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dinitrophenol |
nitrogen triiodide |
silver acetylide |
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dinitrophenyl
hydrazine |
nitrogen
trichloride |
silver azide |
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dinitrotoluene |
nitroglycerin |
tetranitromethane |
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Mixtures |
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Peroxide Forming |
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germanium |
tetracene |
acetal |
divinyl acetylene |
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hexanitrodiphenyamine |
tetrytol |
cyclohexane |
ethyl ether |
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hexanitrostilbene |
trimethylolethane |
decahydronaphthalene |
glyme |
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hexogen |
trimonite |
diacetylene |
isopropyl ether |
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hydrazoic acid |
trinitroanisole |
dicylopentadiene |
methyl acetylene |
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lead azide |
trinitrobenzene |
diethyl ether |
tetrahydrofuran |
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lead
mononitroresorcinate |
trinitrobenzoic
acid |
diethylene glycol |
tetrahydronaph- thalene |
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lead styphnate |
trinitrocresol |
dimethyl ethyl |
vinyl ether |
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mannitol
hexanitrate |
trinitroresorcinol |
dioxane |
vinylidene chloride |
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sodium picramate |
tritonal |
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tetranitrocarbazole |
urea nitrate |
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