Chemical Process Safety: Fundamentals with Applications, Third Edition

Appendix F. Special Types of Reactive Chemicals

Reactivity information from R. W. Johnson, S. W. Rudy and S. D. Unwin, Essential Practices for Managing Chemical Reactivity Hazards (New York: American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 2003).

Table AF-1. A Few Pyrophoric and Spontaneously Combustible Categories and Chemicals (these materials combust on exposure to air)

Table AF-2. Some Chemical Structures Susceptible to Peroxide Formation (the peroxides formed may become unstable and explode when disturbed)

Table AF-3. Chemical Categories Susceptible ...