Appendix S
Some Common Shock Sensitive and Explosive Chemicals
Shock sensitive refers to the susceptibility of a chemical to rapidly decompose or explode when struck, vibrated or otherwise agitated. Explosive chemicals are those chemicals which have a higher propensity to explode under a given set of circumstances than other chemicals (extreme heat, pressure, mixture with an incompatible chemical, etc.). The label and SDS will indicate if a chemical is shock sensitive or explosive. The chemicals listed below may be shock sensitive or explode under a given number of circumstances. This list is not all-inclusive.
Shock Sensitive and Explosive Chemicals: |
2,4-dinitrophenylhydrazine (dry) acetylene fulminate of mercury nitroguanidine |
calcium nitrate guanyltetrazene picratol |
acetylides of heavy metal fulminate of silver nitroparaffins |
chlorate picryl sulphonic acid compounds with functional copper acetylide hydrazine |
amatex |
cyanuric triazide nitrated carbohydrate silver acetylide |
amatol ethyl-tetryl organic nitramines |
cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine nitrated glucoside silver azide |
ammonal fulminating gold ozonides |
di- and tri-nitro compounds, nitrocellulose tetranitromethane |
ammonium nitrate fulminating mercury pentolite |
dinitrophenol nitrogen triiodide |
ammonium perchlorate fulminating platinum perchlorates of heavy metals |
dinitrophenyl hydrazine nitrogen trichloride |
ammonium picrate fulminating silver peroxide forming compounds |
dinitrotoluene nitroglycerin |
azides of heavy metals gelatinized nitrocellulose picramic acid |
erythritol tetranitrate nitroglycol |
baratol guanyl picramide |
ether |
benzoyl peroxide(dry) guanyl nitrsamino picric acid(dry) |
ethylene oxide nitrourea |
groups diazo, nitroso, haloamine |
ednatol nitroglycide |
Mixtures: |
Germanium |
tetracene |
Hexanitrodiphenyamine |
tetrytol |
Hexanitrostilbene |
trimethylolethane |
hexogen |
trimonite |
hydrazoic acid |
trinitroanisole |
lead azide |
trinitrobenzene |
lead mononitroresorcinate |
trinitrobenzoic acid |
lead styphnate |
trinitrocresol |
mannitol hexanitrate |
trinitroresorcinol |
sodium picramate |
tritonal |
tetranitrocarbazole |
urea nitrate |
References: Safety data sheets, various chemical companies. |