EPA's Chemical Compatibility Chart

EPA-600/2-80-076 April 1980 A METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE COMPATIBILITY OF CHEMICAL MIXTURES
Please Note: This chart is intended as an indication of some of the hazards that can be expected on mixing chemical wastes. Because of the differing activities of the thousands of compounds that may be encountered, it is not possible to make any chart definitive and all inclusive. It cannot be assumed to ensure compatibility of wastes because wastes are not classified as hazardous on the chart, nor do any blanks necessarily mean that the mixture cannot result in a hazard occurring. Detailed instructions as to hazards involved in handling and disposing of any given waste should be obtained from the originator of the waste. # 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 REACTIVITY GROUP NAME Acids, Mineral, Non-oxidizing Acids, Mineral, Oxidizing Acids, Organic Alcohols and Glycols Aldehydes Amides Amines, Aliphatic and Aromatic Azo Compounds, Diazo Compounds and Hydrazines Carbamates Caustics Cyanides Dithiocarbamates Esters Ethers Fluorides, Inorganic Hydrocarbons, Aromatic Halogenated Organics Isocyanates H GT H G H H P H H H G H G H GT GF H,F GF H H GT 1 2 G H H F H F H GT H GT H GT H GT H GT GF H,F GF H F H F GT H F H,F GT H,F GT H F H,F GT H,F GF H,F GF H,F GF S H,F E H,F GT H,F GT H F H F H E H F H GT HF GF H P H,F GT H E P H S H GF H H H S H,E GF GF H S U H G 3 H P H P 4 5 6 H H G H H G H G H H GT GF H,GT GF H G H G H G H G 7 8 9 10 11 12 H 13 14 GT 15 16 H GT H P H G H G H G H G GF H H,F GT H,F G S U U H E GF H GF H GF H GF H U GF H GF H E H P H,E GF H E H GF H,P G H H H G H H H E H E H F H GF H GF H 17 U 18 19 H GF H 20 GF H H,F GF

CODE H F G GT GF E P S U Heat Generation Fire

CONSEQUENCE

Innocuous and non-flammable gas generation Toxic Gas formation Flammable Gas formation Explosion Violent Polymerization Solubilization of toxic substance May be hazardous, but Unknown

GF GT

H G

H P

Ketones H Mercaptans and Other Organic GT Sulfides GF Metals, Alkali and Alkaline Earth, H,F Elemental GF Metals, Other Elemental & Alloys H,F as Powders, Vapors, or Sponges GF Metals, Other Elemental & Alloys H,F as Sheets, Rods, Drops, etc. GF Metals and Metal Compounds, Toxic S GF Nitrides HF H,GT Nitriles GF Nitro Compounds, Organic Hydrocarbons, Aliphatic, Unsaturated Hydrocarbons, Aliphatic, Saturated Peroxides and Hydroperoxides, Organic Phenols and Cresols Organophosphates, Phosphothioates, Phosphodithioates Sulfides, Inorganic Epoxides Combustible and Flammable Materials, Miscellaneous Explosives Polymerizable Compounds Oxidizing Agents, Strong Reducing Agents, Strong Water and Mixtures Containing Water Water Reactive Substances 1

H,F GF G F

H,F GF

H,F GF

GF H

GF H

GF H

GF H GF H

GF H

GF,H

GT

GF H

21

22

22

23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

23 24 25 GF H H,E GF

26 27 28 29

H G H H GT GT GF H P H G H E P H H GT H GF H

H F

H G

H GT

H,F E H G

H,F GT

H,E GT

H,F

GT

H E

H H P

H,F GT

H E GF H

H G

H G

H,E GF GF H

H,P GT

H P H

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32 33 34 101 102 103 104 105 106 107

U GT H P H H P U H P E H P

H E H H P H P U H P

H,F GT H

H E P H H GT H GF

H F H,F GF

H F H,F GF

H,F GT H GF

H,F GT H G

H E P H H E

H E P H H,F GT

H E P H H,E GT H GT U H,F H GT F H F H F H F H,F E H GT H E H,F GT H GF H G H F H GF H,F GT H GF

H P H,F G H E P H H,F E

H P

H P

H P H,F GF E P H H,F E

H E P H H,F E

H E P H H F

E P H

H,F GT H GF

H E H E

H F

H F

U H GT H P H,F GT H E P H H G H E

32 33 H P U H P 34 101 H E

H E P H H F H GF

H,F GT H,GT GF

H E P H H,F GT

H E

H,F G H

H,F G H GF

102 H E H E H E

103 H,F GT 104 H,P H,F GF E

H GF

H GF

H GF

GT GF

105 GF GT

106 107 107

<---EXTREMELY REACTIVE!
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DO NOT MIX WITH ANY CHEMICAL OR WASTE MATERIAL!

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EXTREMELY REACTIVE!--->
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