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Chemical Safety : Chemical Compatiblity
Safety resources available from the library and online
Compatibility Charts and Databases
Many chemicals in your lab may react adversely when combined, whether during an experimental protocol, accidentally when spilled, or when waste mixtures are improperly consolidated for disposal. It’s recommended that incompatible chemicals are stored in separate areas of your lab when feasible.
- CAMEO Chemicals Database of Hazardous MaterialsFrom the National Ocean Service and NOAA
Contains a reactivity prediction tool, which you can use to predict potential reactive hazards between chemicals. - EPA Defining Hazardous WasteA resource from the Office of Environmental Health and Safety that helps users identify and safely dispose of hazardous waste.
- NOAA's Chemical Reactivity WorksheetThe Chemical Reactivity Worksheet (CRW) is a software program you can use to find out about the chemical reactivity of thousands of common hazardous chemicals.
- Pistoia Alliance Chemical Safety LibraryThis database provides unique crowd sourced data content containing hazardous reactions that can be used to alert scientists to potential dangerous experiments. CAS, a division of the American Chemical Society, is committed to increasing safety in the lab and has provided this open access platform to serve scientists worldwide.
EBooks from the Library
- Bretherick's Handbook of Reactive Chemical Hazards by Peter Urben (Editor)ISBN: 0081009712Publication Date: 2017-05-22eBook; Presents the latest updates on the unexpected, but predictable, loss of containment and explosion hazards from chemicals and their admixtures and actual accidents.
- Wiley Guide to Chemical Incompatibilities by Richard P. Pohanish; Stanley A. Greene; PohanishISBN: 0470387637Publication Date: 2009eBook: Compiles hard-to-find data on over 11,000 chemical compounds
- Hazardous Materials by Joe Varela (Editor)Call Number: T55.3 H3 D78 2002ISBN: 047128713XeBook; Offers complete and current coverage of control and mitigation techniques for chemical emergencies.
- Hazardous Chemicals Desk Reference by Richard J. LewisCall Number: QV 39 L675h 2008ISBN: 0470180242Publication Date: 2008-06-13eBook