Substances in the left hand column should be stored and handled so that they cannot accidentally contact corresponding substances in the right hand column under uncontrolled conditions.

Chemical	Is Incompatible with:
Acetic acid	Chromic acid, nitric acid alcohols, ethylene glycol, perchloric acid, peroxides, permanganates
Acetic anhydride	Hydryoxl-containing compounds such as ethylene glycol, perchloric acid
Acetone	Concentrated nitric and sulfuric acid mixtures
Acetylene	Chlorine, bromine, fluorine, copper, silver
Alkali and alkaline earth metals such as sodium, potassium, lithium magnesium, calcium, powdered aluminum	Water, carbon tetrachloride and other halogenated alkanes, carbon dioxide, halogens
Aluminum alkyls	Water
Ammonia, anhydrous (laboratory gas)	Mercury (i.e. in pressure gauges), chlorine, calcium hypochlorite, iodine, bromine, hydrogen fluoride
Ammonium nitrate	Acids, powdered metals, flammable liquids, chlorates, nitrates, sulfur, fine-particulate organic or combustible materials
Aniline	Nitric acid, hydrogen peroxide
Azides	Acids
Bromine	Ammonia, acetylene, butadiene, butane, other petroleum gases, sodium carbide, turpentine, benzene, finely divided metals
Carbon, activated	Calcium hypochlorite, oxidizing agents
Carbon tetrachloride	Sodium
Chlorates	Ammonium salts, acids, powdered metals, sulfur, fine-particulate organic or combustible substances
Chlorine	Ammonia, acetylene, butadiene, butane, methane, propane, hydrogen, benzene, powdered metals
Chlorine dioxide	Ammonia, methane, phosphine, hydrogen sulfide
Chromic acid and chromium trioxide	Acetic acid, naphthalene, camphor, glycerol, alcohols, other flammable liquids
Copper	Acetylene, hydrogen peroxide
Cumene hydroperoxide	Acids, both organic and inorganic
Cyanides	Acids
Flammable liquids	Ammonium nitrate, chromic acid, hydrogen peroxide, nitric acid, sodium peroxide, halogens
Fluorine	Isolate from everything
Hydrazine	Hydrogen peroxide, nitric acid, other oxidants
Hydrocarbons (butane, propane, benzene, etc.)	Fluorine, chlorine, bromine, chromic acid, sodium peroxide
Hydrocyanic Acid	Nitric acid, alkalis
Hydrogen fluoride, Hydrofluoric acid	Ammonia (aqueous or anhydrous)
Hydrogen peroxide	Copper, chromium, iron, metals and metal salts, alcohols, acetone, organic substances, aniline, nitromethane, combustible substances (solid or liquid)
Hydrogen sulfide	Fuming nitric acid, oxidizing gases
Iodine	Acetylene, ammonia (laboratory gas or solution)
Mercury	Acetylene, ammonia
Nitric acid, concentrated	Acetic acid, aniline, chromic acid, prussic acid, hydrogen sulfide, flammable liquids and gases
Nitroparaffins	Inorganic bases, amines
Oxalic acid	Silver, mercury
Oxygen	Oils, grease, hydrogen, flammable liquids, solids, gases
Perchloric acid	Acetic anhydride, bismuth and its alloys, alcohols, paper, wood, grease, oils (all organics)
Peroxides, organic	Acids (organic or mineral), avoid friction, store cold
Phosphorous, white Phosphorous pentoxide	Air, oxygen alcohols, strong bases, water
Potassium	See alkali metals
Potassium chlorate	See chlorates
Potassium perchlorate	See chlorates
Potassium permanganate	Glycerol, ethylene glycol, benzaldehyde, sulfuric acid
Silver and silver salts	Acetylene, oxalic acid, tartaric acids, ammonium compounds
Sodium	See alkali metals
Sodium nitrite	Ammonium nitrate and other ammonium salts
Sodium peroxide	Methanol, ethanol, glacial acetic acid, anhydride, benzaldehyde, carbon disulfide, glycerol, ethylene glycol, ethyl acetate, methyl acetate, furfurol
Sulfides	Acids
Sulfuric acid	Potassium chlorate, potassium perchlorate, potassium permanganate

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