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Chemical Storage Guideline
Class of Chemical |
Hazard Symbol |
Recommend Storage Condition |
Examples |
Incompatibilities
(see MSDS in all cases)
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General Chemicals
Non-reactive
|
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Store on general laboratory benches or shelving preferably behind
glass doors, or below eye level. |
Agar, sodium chloride, sodium bicarbonate, and most non-reactive
salts |
See MSDS |
| Corrosives - Acids |
 |
Store in separate acid storage cabinet. |
Mineral acids - Hydrochloric acid, sulfuric acid, nitric acid,
perchloric acid, chromic acid, chromerge |
Flammable liquids, flammable solids, bases, oxidizers. |
| Corrosives - Bases |
|
Store in separate storage cabinet. |
Ammonium hydroxide, sodium hydroxide |
Flammable liquids, oxidizers, poisons, and acids. |
| Explosives, Shock Sensitive Materials |
 |
Store in secure location away from all other chemicals. |
Nitro Urea, Picric Acid (in dry state), Trinitroaniline, Trinitroanisole,
Trinitrobenzene, Trinitrobenzenesulfonic acid, Trinitrobenzoic acid,
Trinitrochlorobenzene,
Trinitrophenol/Picric acid, trinitrotoluene, Urea Nitrate, Zirconium
picramate
|
Flammable liquids, oxidizers, poisons, acids, and bases. |
| Flammable Liquids |
 |
In grounded flammable storage cabinet. |
Acetone, benzene, diethyl ether, methanol, ethanol, toluene, glacial
acetic acid |
Acids, bases, oxidizers, and poisons. |
| Flammable Solids |
|
Store in a separate dry, cool area away from oxidizers, corrosives,
flammable liquids. |
Phosphorus |
Acids, bases, oxidizers, and poisons. |
| Oxidizers |
 |
Store in a spill tray inside a noncombustible cabinet, separate
from flammable and combustible materials. |
Ammonium nitrate, sodium hypochlorite, benzoyl peroxide, potassium
permanganate, potassium chlorate, potassium dichromate. The following
are generally considered oxidizing substances: peroxides, perchlorates,
chlorates, nitrates, bromates, superoxides |
Separate from reducing agents, flammables and combustibles. |
| Poisons |
  |
Store separately in vented, cool, dry, area, in unbreakable chemically
resistant secondary containers. |
Cyanides, heavy metals compounds, i.e. cadmium, mercury, osmium |
Flammable liquids, acids, bases, and oxidizers. |
| Water Reactive Chemicals |
|
Store in dry, cool, location, protect from water and fire sprinkler. |
Sodium metal, potassium metal, lithium metal, lithium aluminum
hydride |
Separate from all aqueous solutions, and oxidizers. |
Refer to Pg 26 - 30 of Safety Manual for more information. |
