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. | |