APPENDIX I - CHEMICAL STORAGE SEGREGATION SCHEME

November 1996

Lab Safe Refrigerator

 

Flammables Storage Cabinet

Volatile Poisons   Liquids or solids with a flashpoint
Osmium Tetroxide   <100 F (37.7 C)
Vanadium Pentoxide    
    Alcohols
Malodorous Compounds:   Isopropyl Alcohol
Butyl Mercaptan   Ethanol
Methyl Sulfide    
    Ketones:
Monomers:   Aetone
Styrene   MEK
Methacrylates    
   

Acid Cabinet

Peroxide Formers:    
Diethyl Ether   Liquid Inorganic Acids:
Tetrahydrofuran (if not used often)   Hydrochloric Acid
    Sulphuric Acid
High Reactivity Organometallics:    
Butyl Lithium   Note: Store Nitric Acid away from other acids
Piphenylmagnesium   unless your acid cabinet provides a separate
    compartment for Nitric Acid
     
Organic Acids   Inorganic Bases
Acid Chlorides   Potassium Hydroxide
Adipoyl Chloride   Sodium Hydroxide (best if stored on lower shelves)
Fumaryl Chloride    
Trichloroacetic Acid   Acid Reactive Inorganics:
    Cyanides:
Other Organics:   Potassium Cyanide
Phenol   Sulfides:
Hydrocarbons and Alcohols   Ammonium Sulfide
     
Low Reactivity Organometallics:   Oxidizers
Ferrocene   Potassium Permanganate
Nicklelocene   Silver Nitrate
     
Solid Inorganic Acids   Organic Bases
Metal Chlorides   Amines:
Ferric Chloride   Triethanolamine
Cupric Chloride   Dicyclohexylamine
Phosphoric Pentoxide    
Water Reactives:   Other Organics:
Metals:    
Sodium    
Lithium   Halogenated Hydrocarbons:
    Methylene Chloride
Hydrides:   Chloroform
Lithium Aluminum Hydride    
Potassium Hydride    
    Sulfides and Sulfates:
Low Reactivity Inorganics:   Dimethyl Sulfate
Inorganic Salts:   Diethyl Sulfide
Calcium Chloride    
Ammonium Bromide    

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