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Hydrogen peroxide
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Copper, chromium, iron, most metals or their salts, any flammable liquid, combustible materials, aniline, nitromethane
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Hydrogen sulfide
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Fuming nitric acid,a oxidizing gases
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Iodine
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Acetylene, ammonia (anhydrous or aqueous)
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Mercury
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Acetylene, fulminic acid,a ammonia
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Nitric acid (concentrated)
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Acetic acid, acetone, alcohol, aniline, chromic acid, hydrocyanic acid, hydrogen sulfide, flammable liquids, flammable gases, nitratable substances
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Nitroparaffins
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Inorganic bases, amines
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Oxalic acid
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Silver and mercury and their salts
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Oxygen
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Oils, grease, hydrogen, flammable liquids, solids, gases
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Perchloric acid
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Acetic anhydride, bismuth and its alloys, alcohol, paper, wood, grease, oils (all organics)
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Peroxides, organic
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Acids (organic or mineral), (also avoid friction, store cold)
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Phosphorus (white)
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Air, oxygen
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Phosphorus pentoxide
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Alcohols, strong bases, water
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Potassium chlorate
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Acids (see also chlorates)
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Potassium perchlorate
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Acids (see also perchloric acid)
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Potassium permanganate
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Glycerol, ethylene glycol, benzaldehyde, sulfuric acid
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Silver and silver salts
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Acetylene, oxalic acid, tartaric acid, fulminic acid,a ammonium compounds
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Sodium
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See alkali metals (above)
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Sodium nitrite
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Ammonium nitrate and other ammonium salts
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Sodium peroxide
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Any oxidizable substance, such as ethanol, methanol, glacial acetic acid, acetic anhydride, benzaldehyde, carbon disulfide, glycerol, ethylene glycol, ethyl acetate, methyl acetate, furfural
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Sulfuric acid
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Chlorates, perchlorates, permanganates
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a Produced in nitric acid-ethanol mixtures.
SOURCE: Reproduced, by permission, from Hazards in the Chemical Laboratory, 4th edition, L. Bretherick, Ed. (1986).
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