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1-CHLORO 1-NITRO ETHANE
1-CHLORONAPTHALENE
ACETALDEHYDE
ACETAMIDE
ACETATE SOLV
ACETIC ACID
ACETIC ACID, GLACIAL
ACETIC ANHYDRIDE
ACETONE
ACETOPHENONE
ACETYL CHLORIDE
ACETYLENE
ACRYLONITRILE
ADIPIC ACID
ALCOHOLS: AMYL
ALCOHOLS: BENZYL
ALCOHOLS: BUTYL
ALCOHOLS: DIACETONE
ALCOHOLS: ETHYL
ALCOHOLS: HEXYL
ALCOHOLS: ISOBUTYL
ALCOHOLS: ISOPROPYL
ALCOHOLS: METHYL
ALCOHOLS: OCTYL
ALCOHOLS: PROPYL
ALKAZENE
ALUM-NH3-CR-K
ALUMINUM ACETATE
ALUMINUM CHLORIDE 20%
ALUMINUM FLUORIDE
ALUMINUM HYDROXIDE
ALUMINUM NITRATE
ALUMINUM PHOSPHATE
ALUMINUM POTASSIUM SULFATE (ALUM)
ALUMINUM SULFATE
AMINES
AMMONIA NITRATE
AMMONIA, ANHYDROUS
AMMONIA, GAS (COLD)
AMMONIA, GAS (HOT)
AMMONIA, LIQUIDS
AMMONIUM BIFLUORIDE
AMMONIUM CARBONATE
AMMONIUM CASENITE
AMMONIUM CHLORIDE
AMMONIUM HYDROXIDE
AMMONIUM NITRATE
AMMONIUM NITRITE
AMMONIUM OXALATE
AMMONIUM PERSULFATE
AMMONIUM PHOSPHATE, DIBASIC
AMMONIUM PHOSPHATE, MONOBASIC
AMMONIUM PHOSPHATE, TRIBASIC
AMMONIUM SULFATE
AMMONIUM THIO-SULFATE
AMYL-ACETATE
AMYL-ALCOHOL
AMYL-BORATE
AMYL-CHLORIDE
AMYL-CHLORONAPTHALENE
AMYL-NAPTHALENE
ANILINE
ANILINE DYES
ANILINE HYDROCHLORIDE
ANIMAL FATS
ANSUL ETHER
ANTI-FREEZE
AQUA REGIA (80%, HCI, 20% HNO3)
AROCHLOR(S)1248
AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
ARSENIC ACID
ARSENIC TRICHLORIDE
ASKAREL
ASPHALT
BARIUM CARBONATE
BARIUM CHLORIDE
BARIUM CYANIDE
BARIUM HYDROXIDE
BARIUM NITRATE
BARIUM SULFATE
BARIUM SULFIDE
BEER
BEET SUGAR LIQUIDS
BEET SUGAR LIQUORS
BENZALDEHYDE
BENZENE
BENZENESULFONIC ACID
BENZOIC ACID
BENZOL
BENZYL BENZOATE
BENZYL CHLORIDE
BLAST FURNACE GAS
BLEACH SOLUTIONS
BORAX (SODIUM BORATE)
BORDEAUX MIXTURE
BORIC ACID
BREWERY SLOP
BRINE
BROMINE
BROMINE-ANHYDROUS
BROMINE-TRIFLUORIDE
BROMINE-WATER
BROMOBENZENE
BUNKER OIL
BUTADIENE
BUTANE
BUTRALDEHYDE
BUTTER
BUTTERMILK
BUTYL ACETATE
BUTYL ACETYL RICINOLEATE
BUTYL ACRYLATE
BUTYL AMINE
BUTYL BENZOATE
BUTYL CARBITOL
BUTYL CELLOSOLVE
BUTYL OLEATE
BUTYL STEARATE
BUTYLENE
BUTYRIC ACID, AQEOUS
CALCIUM BISULFIDE
CALCIUM CARBONATE
CALCIUM CHLORIDE
CALCIUM HYDROXIDE
CALCIUM HYPOCHLORITE
CALCIUM NITRATE
CALCIUM SULFATE
CALCIUM SULFIDE
CALGON
CANE JUICE
CANE SUGAR LIQUORS
CARBAMATE
CARBITOL
CARBOLIC ACID (SEE PHENOL)
CARBON BISULFIDE
CARBON DIOXIDE
CARBON DISULFIDE
CARBON MONOXIDE
CARBON TETRACHLORIDE
CARBONATE WATER
CARBONIC ACID
CATSUP
CELLOSOLVE
CELLOSOLVE ACETATE
CELLULUBE
CHLORINATE GLUE
CHLORINE (DRY)
CHLORINE (WET)
CHLORINE DIOXIDE
CHLORINE TRIFLUORIDE
CHLORINE, ANHYDROUS LIQUID
CHLOROACETONE
CHLOROBENZENE (MONO)
CHLOROBROMOMETHANE
CHLOROBUTADIENE
CHLORODODECANE
CHLOROFORM
CHLOROSULFONIC ACID
CHLOROTOLUENE
CHLOROX (BLEACH)
CHOCOLATE SYRUP
CHROME PLATING SOLUTIONS
CHROMIC ACID 5%
CHROMIC ACID 50%
CIDER
CITRIC ACID
CITRIC OILS
CLORACETIC ACID
COBALT CHLORIDE (2N)
COFFEE
COKE OVEN GAS
COPPER ACETATE
COPPER CHLORIDE
COPPER CYANIDE
COPPER FLUOBORATE
COPPER NITRATE
COPPER SULFATE (5% SOLUTION)
CREAM
CRESOLS
CRESYLIC ACID
CYANIC ACID
CYCLOHEXANE
CYCLOHEXANOL
CYCLOHEXANONE
DECALIN (DEKLIN)
DECANE
DENATURED ALCOHOL
DETERGENTS
DEVELOPING FLUIDS
DIACETONE
DIBENZYL ETHER
DIBENZYL SEBECATE
DIBUTYL AMINE
DIBUTYL ETHER
DIBUTYL PHTHALATE
DIBUTYL SEBECATE
DICHLORO-ISOPROPYL ETHER
DICYCLOHEXYLAMINE
DIESEL FUEL
DIETHYL BENZENE
DIETHYL ETHER
DIETHYL SEBECATE
DIETHYLAMINE
DIETHYLENE GLYCOL
DIISOBUTYLENE
DIISOPROPYL BENZENE
DIISOPROPYL KETONE
DIMETHYL ANILINE
DIMETHYL FORMAMIDE
DIMETHYL PHTHALATE
DINITROTOLUENE
DIOCTYL PHTHALATE
DIOCTYL SEBECATE
DIOXANE
DIOXOLANE
DIPENTENE
DIPHENYL
DIPHENYL OXIDE
DOWTHERM OIL
DRY CLEANING FLUIDS
DYES
EPICHLOROHYDRINE
EPSOM SALTS (MAGNESIUM SULFATE)
ETHANE
ETHANOLAMINE
ETHER
ETHYL ACETATE
ETHYL ACETOACETATE
ETHYL ACRYLATE
ETHYL BENZENE
ETHYL BENZOATE
ETHYL CELLOSOLVE
ETHYL CELLULOSE
ETHYL CHLORIDE
ETHYL CHLOROCARBONATE
ETHYL CHLOROFORMATE
ETHYL ETHER
ETHYL FORMATE
ETHYL MERCAPTAN
ETHYL OXALATE
ETHYL PENTOCHLOROBENZENE
ETHYL SILICATE
ETHYL SULFATE
ETHYLENE
ETHYLENE CHLORIDE
ETHYLENE CHLOROHYDRIN
ETHYLENE DIAMINE
ETHYLENE DICHLORIDE
ETHYLENE GLYCOL
ETHYLENE OXIDE
ETHYLENE TRICHOLORIDE
FATTY ACIDS
FERRIC CHLORIDE
FERRIC NITRATE
FERRIC SULFATE
FERROUS CHLORIDE
FERROUS SULFATE
FISH OIL
FLUOBORIC ACID
FLUORINATE CYCLIC ETHERS
FLUORINE (LIQUID)
FLUOROBENZENE
FLUOROCARBON OILS
FLUOROLUBE
FLUOSILICIC ACID
FORMALDEHYDE
FORMIC ACID
FREON 11
FREON 112
FREON 113
FREON 114
FREON 114B2
FREON 115
FREON 12 (WET)
FREON 13
FREON 13 B1
FREON 142B
FREON 152A
FREON 21
FREON 218
FREON 22
FREON 31
FREON 32
FREON 502
FREON BF
FREON C316
FREON C318
FREON MF
FREON T-P35
FREON T-WD602
FREON TA
FREON TC
FREON TF
FREON TMC
FRUIT JUICE
FUEL OIL
FUMARIC ACID
FURAN RESIN
FURAN, FURFURAN
FURFURAL
GALLIC ACID
GASOLINE — LEADED
GASOLINE — UNLEADED
GELATINE
GLUCOSE
GLUE P.V.A.
GLYCERINE
GLYCOLIC ACID
GLYCOLS
GOLD MONOCYANIDE
GRAPE JUICE
GREASE
GREEN SULFATE LIQUOR
HALOWAX OIL
HEPTANE
HEXANE
HONEY
HYDRAULIC OILS (PETROLEUM)
HYDRAULIC OILS (SYNTHETIC)
HYDRAZINE
HYDROBROMIC ACID
HYDROCHLORIC ACID (20%)
HYDROCHLORIC ACID (37%) (COLD)
HYDROCHLORIC ACID (37%) (HOT)
HYDROCYANIC ACID
HYDROFLUORIC ACID (20%)*
HYDROFLUORIC ACID (50%)*
HYDROFLUORIC ACID (75%)*
HYDROFLUORIC ACID (CONC—) (COLD)
HYDROFLUORIC ACID (CONC—) (HOT)
HYDROFLUOSILICIC ACID (20%)
HYDROGEN GAS
HYDROGEN PEROXIDE
HYDROGEN SULFIDE (WET) (COLD)
HYDROGEN SULFIDE (WET) (HOT)
HYDROGEN SULFIDE AQUEOUS SOLUTION
HYDROQUINONE
HYDROXYACETIC ACID (70%)
HYPOCHLOROUS ACID
INK
IODINE (IN ALCOHOL)
IODINE PENTAFLUORIDE
IODOFORM
ISOOCTANE
ISOPHORONE
ISOPROPYL ACETATE
ISOPROPYL CHLORIDE
ISOPROPYL ETHER
ISOTANE
JET FUEL (JP3, JP4, JP5)
KEROSENE
KETONES
LACQUER SOLVENTS
LACQUERS
LACTIC ACID
LARD
LATEX — WATER BASE
LAVENDER OIL
LEAD ACETATE
LEAD SULFAMATE
LIGROIN
LIME
LIME BLEACH
LIME SULFUR
LINDOL
LINOLEIC ACID
LIQUEFIED PETROLEUM GAS
LUBRICANTS
LUBRICATING OILS (PETROLEUM)
LYE
MAGNESIUM CARBONATE
MAGNESIUM CHLORIDE
MAGNESIUM HYDROXIDE
MAGNESIUM NITRATE
MAGNESIUM OXIDE
MAGNESIUM SULFATE
MALEIC ACID
MALEIC ANHYDRIDE
MALIC ACID
MASH
MAYONNAISE
MELAMINE
MERCURIC CHLORIDE (DILUTE SOLUTION)
MERCURIC CYANIDE
MERCURY
MESITYL OXIDE
METHANE
METHANOL (SEE ALCOHOL METHYL)
METHYL ACETATE
METHYL ACETONE
METHYL ACRYLATE
METHYL BROMIDE
METHYL BUTYL KETONE
METHYL CELLOSOLVE
METHYL CHLORIDE
METHYL CYCLOPENTANE
METHYL DICHLORIDE
METHYL ETHYL KETONE
METHYL FORMATE
METHYL ISOBUTYL KETONE
METHYL ISOPROPYL KETONE
METHYL METHACRYLATE
METHYL OLEATE
METHYL SALICYLATE
METHYLACRYLIC ACID
METHYLAMINE
METHYLENE CHLORIDE
MILK
MOLASSES
MONOCHLOROBENZENE
MONOETHANOLAMINE
MONOMETHYL ANILINE
MONOMETHYLETHER
MONOVINYL ACETYLENE
MUSTARD
MUSTARD GAS
N-HEXALDEHYDE
N-HEXENE-1
N-OCTANE
NAPTHA
NAPTHALENE
NAPTHENIC ACID
NATURAL GAS
NEATSFOOT OIL
NEVILLE ACID
NICKEL ACETATE
NICKEL CHLORIDE
NICKEL SULFATE
NITER CAKE
NITRIC ACID (20% SOLUTION)
NITRIC ACID (5-10% SOLUTION)
NITRIC ACID (50% SOLUTION)
NITRIC ACID (CONCENTRATED SOLUTION)
NITRIC ACID — RED FUMING
NITRO ETHANE
NITROBENZENE
NITROBENZINE
NITROGEN (GAS)
NITROGEN TETROXIDE
NITROMETHANE
O-DICHLOROBENZENE
O-DICHLOROBENZENE
OCTACHLOROTOLUENE
OCTADECANE
OILS: ANILINE
OILS: ANISE
OILS: BAY
OILS: BONE
OILS: CASTOR
OILS: CINNAMON
OILS: CITRIC
OILS: COCONUT
OILS: COD LIVER
OILS: CORN
OILS: COTTON SEED
OILS: CREOSOTE
OILS: DIESEL FUEL (2D, 3D, 4D, 5D)
OILS: FUEL (1, 2, 3, 5A, 5B, 6)
OILS: GINGER
OILS: LEMON
OILS: LINSEED
OILS: MINERAL
OILS: OLIVE
OILS: ORANGE
OILS: PEANUT
OILS: PEPPERMINT
OILS: PINE
OILS: RAPE SEED
OILS: ROSIN
OILS: SESAME SEED
OILS: SILICONE
OILS: SOYBEAN
OILS: SPERM
OILS: TANNING
OILS: TURBINE
OILS: CLOVE
OILS: PALM
OLEIC ACID
OLEUM
OLEUM SPIRITS
OXALIC ACID (COLD)
OXGEN — COLD
OXYGEN — 200°-400°F
OZONE
PAINT THINNER, DUCO
PALMITIC ACID
PARAFFIN
PENTANE
PERCHLORIC ACID
PERCHLOROETHYLENE
PETROLATUM
PETROLEUM — ABOVE 250
PETROLEUM — BELOW 250
PHENOL (CARBOLIC ACID)
PHENYL ETHYL ETHER
PHENYL HYDRAZINE
PHENYLBENZENE
PHORONE
PHOSPHORIC ACID (40%-100% SOLUTION)
PHOSPHORIC ACID (TO 40% SOLUTION)
PHOSPHORIC ACID CRUDE
PHOSPHORIC ACID — 20%
PHOSPHORIC ACID — 45%
PHOSPHOROUS TRICHLORIDE ACID
PHOTOGRAPHIC (DEVELOPER)
PICKLING SOLUTION
PICRIC ACID
PINENE
PIPERIDINE
PLATING SOLUTIONS: ANTIMONY
PLATING SOLUTIONS: ARSENIC
PLATING SOLUTIONS: BRASS
PLATING SOLUTIONS: BRONZE
PLATING SOLUTIONS: CADMIUM
PLATING SOLUTIONS: CHROME
PLATING SOLUTIONS: COPPER
PLATING SOLUTIONS: GOLD
PLATING SOLUTIONS: INDIUM
PLATING SOLUTIONS: IRON
PLATING SOLUTIONS: LEAD
PLATING SOLUTIONS: NICKEL
PLATING SOLUTIONS: SILVER
PLATING SOLUTIONS: TIN
PLATING SOLUTIONS: ZINC
POLYVINYL ACETATE EMULSION
POTASH
POTASSIUM ACETATE
POTASSIUM BICARBONATE
POTASSIUM BROMIDE
POTASSIUM CARBONATE
POTASSIUM CHLORATE
POTASSIUM CHLORIDE
POTASSIUM CHROMATE
POTASSIUM CUPRO CYANIDE
POTASSIUM CYANIDE SOLUTIONS
POTASSIUM DICHROMATE
POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE
POTASSIUM NITRATE
POTASSIUM PERMANGANATE
POTASSIUM SULFATE
PRODUCER GAS
PROPANE (LIQUIFIED)
PROPYL ACETATE
PROPYL NITRATE
PROPYLENE
PROPYLENE GLYCOL
PROPYLENE OXIDE
PYDRAULS
PYRANOL
PYRIDINE
PYROGALLIC ACID
PYROLIGNEOUS ACID
PYRROLE
RADIATION
RED OIL
ROSINS
RUM
RUST INHIBITORS
SAL AMMONIAC
SALAD DRESSING
SALT WATER
SEA WATER
SEWAGE
SHELLAC (BLEACHED)
SHELLAC (ORANGE)
SILICATE ESTERS
SILICONE
SILICONE GREASES
SILVER BROMIDE
SILVER NITRATE
SKYDROL 500
SKYDROL 7000
SOAP SOLUTIONS
SODIUM ACETATE
SODIUM ALUMINATE
SODIUM BICARBONATE (SODA ASH)
SODIUM BISULFATE
SODIUM BISULFITE
SODIUM BORATE
SODIUM CARBONATE
SODIUM CHLORATE
SODIUM CHLORIDE
SODIUM CHROMATE
SODIUM CYANIDE
SODIUM HYDROXIDE (20%)
SODIUM HYDROXIDE (50% SOLUTION)
SODIUM HYDROXIDE (80% SOLUTION)
SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE (TO 20%)
SODIUM METAPHOSPHATE
SODIUM METASILICATE
SODIUM NITRATE
SODIUM PERBORATE
SODIUM PEROXIDE
SODIUM PHOSPHATE
SODIUM POLYPHOSPHATE (MONO, DI, TRIBASIC)
SODIUM SILICATE
SODIUM SULFIDE
SODIUM SULPHATE
SODIUM TETRABORATE
SODIUM THIOSULPHATE (“HYPO”)
SORGHUM
SOY SAUCE
STANNIC CHLORIDE
STANNIC FLUOBORATE
STARCH
STEAM 220°F-300°F
STEAM TO 200°F
STEARIC ACID
STODDARD SOLVENT
STYRENE
SUCROSE SOLUTION
SUGAR (LIQUIDS)
SULFATE LIQUORS
SULFITE LIQUORS
SULFUR
SULFUR CHLORIDE
SULFUR DIOXIDE
SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE
SULFUR TRIOXIDE
SULFUR TRIOXIDE (DRY)
SULFURIC ACID (10%-75%)
SULFURIC ACID (20% OLEUM)
SULFURIC ACID (CONCENTRATED TO 98%)
SULFURIC ACID (DILUTE)
SULFURIC ACID (TO 10%)
SULFUROUS ACID
SYRUP
TALLOW
TANNIC ACID
TANNING LIQUORS
TAR, BITUMINOUS
TARTARIC ACID
TERPINEOL
TERTIARY BUTYL ALCOHOL
TERTIARY BUTYL CATECHOL
TERTIARY BUTYL MERCAPTAN
TETRA BROMOMETHANE
TETRABUTYL TITANATE
TETRACHLOROETHANE
TETRACHLOROETHYLENE
TETRAETHYL LEAD
TETRAHYDROFURAN
TETRALIN
THIONYL CHLORIDE
TITANIUM TETRACHLORIDE
TOLUENE
TOLUENE DIISOCYANATE
TOLUENE, TOLUOL
TOMATO JUICE
TRANSFORMER OIL
TRANSMISSION FLUID TYPE A
TRIACETIN
TRIARYL PHOSPHATE
TRIBUTOXY ETHYL PHOSPHATE
TRIBUTYL MERCAPTAN
TRIBUTYL PHOSPHATE
TRICHLORETHANE
TRICHLORETHYLENE
TRICHLOROACETIC ACID
TRICHLOROPROPANE
TRICRESYLPHOSPHATE
TRIETHANOL AMINE
TRIETHYL ALUMINUM
TRIETHYL BORANE
TRIETHYLAMINE
TRINITROTOLUENE
TRIOCTYL PHOSPHATE
TUNG OIL
TURPENTINE
UNLEADED GASOLINE
UNSYMMETRICAL DIMETHYL HYDRAZINE (UDMH)
URINE
VARNISH
VEGETABLE JUICE
VEGETABLE OILS
VERSILUBE F44 & F50D
VINEGAR
VINYL CHLORIDE
WAGNER 21 B FLUID
WATER, ACID, MINE
WATER, DISTILLED, LAB GRADE 7
WATER, FRESH
WATER, SALT
WEED KILLERS
WHEY
WHISKEY AND WINES
WHITE LIQUOR (PULP MILL)
WHITE OIL
WHITE PINE OIL
WHITE WATER (PAPER MILL)
WOOD OIL
XYLENE
XYLIDENES
ZEOLITES
ZINC ACETATE
ZINC CHLORIDE
ZINC HYDROSULPHITE
ZINC SULFATE
Compatability
All
A - Minor Effect
B - Minor to moderate effect
C - Moderate to severe effect
D - Not recommended for ANY use
N - Information not available
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