Bretherick's Handbook of Reactive Chemical Hazards, Sixth Edition (Bretherick's Handbook of Reactive Chemical Hazards)

Reviews of previous editions: 'an outstanding text...thoroughly recommended' Loss Prevention Bulletin 'a book that should be in every laboratory, chemical plant, emergency response and fire control center, school and college ... I commend this book to anyone concerned with chemical safety and hygiene' Chemical and Engineering News '..a book that every chemist should have on their shelf' New Scientist 'This book continues to be an essential source of reference for all those about to embark upon unknown brews and concoctions of seemingly innocent chemicals' Chemistry and Industry'The indexes are excellent, and there are very useful cross-references between different species and different reactions.' Choice 'It is also a very helpful and quick entry into the literature on the many unstable chemicals that have been synthesized and characterized during the 20th century.' Choice 'Bretherick' is widely accepted as the reference work on reactive chemical hazards and is essential for all those working with chemicals. It includes every chemical for which documented information on reactive hazards has been found. The text covers over 5000 elements and compounds and as many again of secondary entries involving two or more compounds. One of its most valuable features is the extensive cross referencing throughout both sections which links similar compounds or incidents not obviously related. The sixth edition has been completely updated and revised by Peter Urben and contains documented information on hazards and appropriate references up to 1999 Volume 1 is devoted to specific information on the stability of the listed compounds, or the reactivity of mixtures of two or more of them under various circumstances. Each compound is identified by an UPAC-based name, the CAS registry number, its empirical formula and structure. Each description of an incident or violent reaction gives reference to the original literature. Each chemical is classified on the basis of similarities in structure or reactivity, and these groups are listed alphabetically in Volume 2. The group entries contain a complete listing of all the compounds in Volume 1 assigned to that group to assist cross referral to similar compounds. Volume 2 also contains hazard topic entries arranged alphabetically, some with lists. Appendices include a fire related data table for higher risk chemicals, indexes of registry numbers and chemical names as well as reference abbreviations and a glossary. Bretherick’s Handbook of Reactive Chemical Hazards Sixth Edition - Volume 1......Page 1 Foreword......Page 4 Preface to the Sixth Edition......Page 6 Preface to the First Edition......Page 8 Contents......Page 10 Scope and source coverage......Page 12 General arrangement......Page 13 Specific chemical entries (Volume 1)......Page 14 Grouping of Reactants......Page 15 Nomenclature......Page 16 Information content of individual entries......Page 18 Kinetic Factors......Page 20 Adiabatic Systems......Page 22 Reaction Mixtures......Page 23 Protective Measures......Page 25 Explanatory notes......Page 26 A......Page 28 B......Page 85 C......Page 146 F......Page 1532 G......Page 1582 H......Page 1586 I......Page 1739 K......Page 1754 L......Page 1775 M......Page 1785 O......Page 1868 P......Page 1911 R......Page 1923 S......Page 1925 U......Page 1944 X......Page 1946 Z......Page 1947 Appendix 1: Source Title Abbreviations used in Handbook References......Page 1954 Appendix 2: Tabulated Fire-related Data......Page 1964 Appendix 3: Glossary of Abbreviations and Technical Terms......Page 1974 Appendix 4: Index of Chemical Names and Synonyms used in Section 1......Page 1978 Appendix 5: Index of CAS Registry Numbers vs Serial Numbers in Section 1......Page 2107 Bretherick’s Handbook of Reactive Chemical Hazards Sixth Edition - Volume 2......Page 2130 Scope and source coverage......Page 2133 General arrangement......Page 2134 Specific chemical entries (Volume 1)......Page 2135 Grouping of Reactants......Page 2136 Nomenclature......Page 2137 Information content of individual entries......Page 2139 Kinetic Factors......Page 2141 Adiabatic Systems......Page 2143 Reaction Mixtures......Page 2144 Protective Measures......Page 2146 Volume 2: Class, Group and Topic......Page 2147 ACCIDENT DATABASES......Page 2149 ACETYLENIC COMPOUNDS......Page 2150 ACETYLENIC PEROXIDES......Page 2152 ‘XANTHATES’ ROC(S) S-......Page 0 ACYL AZIDES RCO. N3,......Page 2153 ACIDS HOC(R)= NOCOR......Page 2157 ADIABATIC CALORIMETRY......Page 2158 AIR......Page 2159 ALDEHYDES RCO.H......Page 2160 ALKALI-METAL ALLOYS......Page 2161 ALKANETHIOLS RSH......Page 2162 ALKENES......Page 2163 ALKENYL NITRATES......Page 2164 ALKYLALUMINIUM DERIVATIVES......Page 2165 ALKYLHALOBORANES RBX2, R2BX......Page 2167 ALKYLHALOPHOSPHINES RPX2, R2PX......Page 2168 ALKYLIMINIOFORMATE CHLORIDES......Page 2169 ALKYLMETALS......Page 2170 ALKYL NITRATES RONO2......Page 2173 ALKYL NITRITES RON:O......Page 2174 ALKYLNON-METAL HYDRIDES REH2, R2EH, R2EH2, R3EH......Page 2175 ALKYLPHOSPHINES RPH2, R2PH, R3P......Page 2177 ALKYNES R- C= C-......Page 2179 ALLOYS......Page 2180 ALLYL COMPOUNDS H2C= CHCH2-......Page 2181 AMINATION INCIDENTS......Page 2182 AMINIUM NITRATES RN+ H3 NO3-......Page 2183 AMMINECHROMIUM PEROXOCOMPLEXES H3N......Page 2184 AMMINEMETAL NITRATES H3N......Page 2185 AMMINEMETAL OXOSALTS H3N......Page 2186 ANTHRAQUINONE DYES......Page 2190 AQUA REGIA......Page 2191 ARENEDIAZONIUM OXIDES......Page 2192 ASSESSMENT OF REACTIVE CHEMICAL HAZARDS......Page 2194 AUTOIGNITION INCIDENTS......Page 2196 AUTOIGNITION TEMPERATURE......Page 2197 AZIDE COMPLEXES OF COBALT(III)......Page 2198 2-AZIDO-2-FLUOROCARBOXYLATES N3CFRCOOR......Page 2199 AZO COMPOUNDS......Page 2200 BENZENE ISOMERS C6H6......Page 2201 BENZYL COMPOUNDS......Page 2202 BITUMEN......Page 2204 BLEVE......Page 2205 BORANES (BORON HYDRIDES)......Page 2206 CAN OF BEANS......Page 2208 CARBONYLMETALS M(CO)......Page 2209 CATALYTIC IMPURITY INCIDENTS......Page 2210 CATALYTIC NITRO REDUCTION PROCESSES RNO2......Page 2211 CELLULOSE ( C6H10O5)......Page 2212 CELLULOSE NITRATE......Page 2213 CHEMICAL PLANT SAFETY......Page 2215 CHLORINATED......Page 2216 CHLORITE SALTS......Page 2217 CHLORONITROAMINES......Page 2218 CLEANING BATHS FOR GLASSWARE......Page 2219 COMMERCIAL ORGANIC PEROXIDES......Page 2220 COMPRESSED GASES......Page 2223 COMPUTATION OF REACTIVE CHEMICAL HAZARDS......Page 2224 COOL FLAMES......Page 2226 CORROSION INCIDENTS......Page 2227 CRITICAL IGNITION TEMPERATURE......Page 2228 CROWN ETHERS......Page 2229 CRYOGENIC LIQUIDS......Page 2230 CUBANES......Page 2231 CYANO COMPOUNDS -......Page 2232 CYCLIC PEROXIDES......Page 2235 DEFLAGRATION INCIDENTS......Page 2236 DEFLAGRATION TO DETONATION......Page 2237 DIALKYL HYPONITRITES RON=NOR......Page 2238 DIALKYL PEROXIDES ROOR......Page 2239 DIAZIRINES......Page 2240 DIAZOAZOLES......Page 2241 DIAZO COMPOUNDS CN2......Page 2242 DIAZONIUM PERCHLORATES......Page 2243 DIAZONIUM SALTS......Page 2244 DIAZONIUM SULFATES (......Page 2245 DIAZONIUM SULFIDES AND DERIVATIVES......Page 2246 DIAZONIUM TETRAHALOBORATES......Page 2247 DIAZO-OXOSULFONES......Page 2248 DICHROMATE SALTS OF NITROGENOUS BASES (N+)......Page 2249 [14] DIENE- N4 COMPLEXES......Page 2250 DIENES......Page 2251 DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY (DSC)......Page 2252 DIFLUOROAMINOALKANOLS F2NC( RR......Page 2253 DIFLUOROAMINOPOLYNITROARYL COMPOUNDS......Page 2254 1,1-DINITRODIFLUORAMINES RC( NO2)......Page 2255 DIPHENYL BLACK......Page 2256 DISPOSAL......Page 2257 DRUMS......Page 2258 DRYING......Page 2259 DUST EXPLOSION INCIDENTS......Page 2261 DUSTS......Page 2265 ELECTROSTATIC HAZARDS......Page 2266 ENDOTHERMIC COMPOUNDS......Page 2267 1,2-EPOXIDES......Page 2271 ETHERS......Page 2273 EXOTHERMICITY......Page 2275 EXPLOSIBILITY......Page 2276 EXPLOSIVE BOILING......Page 2279 FINELY DIVIDED METALS......Page 2280 FIRE EXTINGUISHERS......Page 2281 FLAMMABILITY......Page 2282 FLASH POINTS......Page 2284 FLASH POWDER......Page 2285 FLUORINATED ORGANOLITHIUM COMPOUNDS......Page 2286 FLUORINATION......Page 2287 FLUORODINITROMETHYL COMPOUNDS F( O2N)......Page 2288 FRICTIONAL IGNITION OF GASES AND VAPOURS......Page 2289 FRICTIONAL INITIATION INCIDENTS......Page 2290 FRICTION DUST......Page 2291 FULMINATING SILVER......Page 2292 FUMES......Page 2293 GAS CYLINDERS......Page 2294 GAS EVOLUTION INCIDENTS......Page 2295 GAS HANDLING......Page 2298 GLASS INCIDENTS......Page 2299 GOLD COMPOUNDS......Page 2300 GRAVEL......Page 2301 HALOACETYLENE DERIVATIVES......Page 2302 HALOALKANES RX......Page 2303 HALOALKENES......Page 2305 HALOARENEMETAL......Page 2307 HALOGENATION INCIDENTS......Page 2310 -HALOGEN COMPOUNDS......Page 2311 2-HALOMETHYL-FURANS OR -THIOPHENES......Page 2315 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS......Page 2316 HEAT FLOW CALORIMETRY......Page 2317 HEAT TRANSFER......Page 2318 HEAVY METAL DERIVATIVES......Page 2319 HIGH-NITROGEN COMPOUNDS......Page 2320 HIGH RATE DECOMPOSITION......Page 2323 HYDRAZINE METAL MALONATES AND SUCCINATES......Page 2324 HYDRAZINIUM SALTS H2NN+ H3Z-......Page 2325 HYDROGENATION CATALYSTS......Page 2326 HYDROGENATION INCIDENTS......Page 2327 HYPOHALITES ROX......Page 2328 IGNITION SOURCES......Page 2329 INDUCTION PERIOD INCIDENTS......Page 2331 INORGANIC AZIDES E......Page 2333 INSULATION......Page 2334 INTERHALOGENS......Page 2335 IODINE COMPOUNDS......Page 2336 IODO-......Page 2337 ION EXCHANGE RESINS......Page 2338 IRRADIATION DECOMPOSITION INCIDENTS......Page 2339 ISOXAZOLES......Page 2340 KETONE PEROXIDES......Page 2341 LAGGING......Page 2342 LASSAIGNE TEST......Page 2343 LINSEED OIL......Page 2344 LIQUEFIED NATURAL GAS......Page 2345 LIQUID AIR......Page 2346 MAGNETIC STIRRERS......Page 2347 MERCURY COMPOUNDS......Page 2348 METAL ACETYLIDES......Page 2350 METAL ALKOXIDES M(OR)......Page 2352 METAL AMIDOSULFATES H2NSO2OM......Page 2353 METAL AZIDES MN3......Page 2354 METAL AZOTETRAZOLIDES......Page 2356 METAL CYANIDES(AND CYANO COMPLEXES) M(CN)......Page 2358 METAL DERIVATIVES OF ORGANOFLUORINE COMPOUNDS......Page 2359 METAL DERIVATIVES......Page 2360 METAL DUSTS......Page 2362 METAL FULMINATES......Page 2363 METAL HALOGENATES M( XO3)......Page 2367 METAL NITRATES M( NO3)......Page 2370 METAL NITROPHENOXIDES O2NC6H4OM......Page 2373 METAL NON-METALLIDES......Page 2374 METAL OXALATES (MOCO.-)......Page 2375 METAL OXONON-METALLATES M+......Page 2378 METAL PHOSPHINATES M[OP(:O) H2]......Page 2381 METAL PNICTIDES......Page 2382 METALS M......Page 2383 METAL SULFATES M( SO4)......Page 2385 METATHESIS REACTIONS......Page 2387 MICROWAVE OVEN HEATING......Page 2388 MISTS......Page 2389 MOLECULAR SIEVE INCIDENTS......Page 2390 MOLTEN SALT BATHS......Page 2391 NEUTRALISATION INCIDENTS......Page 2392 NITRATION INCIDENTS......Page 2393 NITRIDES......Page 2395 NITROACYL HALIDES......Page 2397 NITROALKANES RNO2......Page 2398 NITROALKYL PEROXONITRATES......Page 2399 NITROBENZYL COMPOUNDS O2NC6H4CH2X......Page 2404 NITRO......Page 2405 NITRO COMPOUNDS......Page 2406 NITROQUINONOID......Page 2407 NITROSATED NYLON [-( CH2)......Page 2408 3-NITROSOTRIAZENES N=......Page 2409 NON-METAL AZIDES E( N3)......Page 2412 NON-METALS E......Page 2418 NUCLEAR WASTES......Page 2420 ORGANIC BASES......Page 2425 ORGANIC ISOCYANATES RN= C=O......Page 2427 ORGANIC PEROXIDES......Page 2428 ORGANIC POWDER HANDLING......Page 2430 ORGANOMETALLIC PEROXIDES......Page 2431 ORGANOMETALLICS......Page 2432 ORIGINS OF UNWANTED CHEMICAL REACTIONS......Page 2434 OXIDANTS......Page 2435 OXIDATION INCIDENTS......Page 2439 OXIDES......Page 2440 OXIMES RC=NOH......Page 2441 OXOSALTS OF NITROGENOUS BASES N+......Page 2443 OXYGEN BOMB CALORIMETRY......Page 2445 OXYGEN ENRICHMENT......Page 2446 OXYGEN INDEX......Page 2447 OZONIDES......Page 2448 PACKAGING INCIDENTS......Page 2449 PEAT......Page 2450 PERCHLORATE-DOPED CONDUCTING POLYMERS......Page 2451 PERCHLORATES......Page 2452 PERCHLORATE SALTS OF NITROGENOUS BASES N+......Page 2453 PEROXIDES IN SOLVENTS......Page 2455 PEROXIDISABLE COMPOUNDS......Page 2456 PEROXOACIDS EOOH......Page 2460 PEROXOCHROMIUM COMPOUNDS......Page 2461 PEROXOMOLYBDATES AND TUNGSTATES......Page 2462 PEROXYCARBONATE ESTERS......Page 2463 PEROXYESTERS......Page 2464 -PHENYLAZO HYDROPEROXIDES......Page 2465 PHOSPHORUS ESTERS (RO)......Page 2466 PLANT CLEANING INCIDENTS......Page 2468 PLATINUM COMPOUNDS......Page 2469 POLYAZACAGED METAL PERCHLORATES......Page 2470 POLYCONDENSATION REACTION INCIDENTS......Page 2471 POLYMERISATION INCIDENTS......Page 2472 POLYNITROALKYL COMPOUNDS C( NO2)......Page 2475 POLYPEROXIDES......Page 2479 POLYPROPYLENE POWDER......Page 2480 PREPARATIVE HAZARDS......Page 2481 PRESSURE INCREASE IN EXOTHERMIC DECOMPOSITION......Page 2486 PROTEINS......Page 2488 PYROPHORIC CATALYSTS......Page 2489 PYROPHORIC MATERIALS......Page 2491 PYROPHORIC METALS......Page 2492 PYROTECHNICS......Page 2494 QUATERNARY OXIDANTS (QUATERNARY PERMANGANATES)......Page 2495 RANEY ALLOYS......Page 2496 REACTION SIMULATION......Page 2497 REDOX COMPOUNDS......Page 2498 REDOX REACTIONS......Page 2499 REDUCANTS......Page 2500 REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE......Page 2502 ROSINATED PIGMENTS......Page 2503 RUNAWAY REACTIONS......Page 2504 SAFE STORAGE OF CHEMICALS......Page 2505 SAMPLE DISSOLUTION......Page 2506 SCALE OF WORK......Page 2507 SELF-ACCELERATING REACTIONS......Page 2508 SELF-HEATING AND IGNITION INCIDENTS......Page 2509 SILICONE OIL......Page 2511 SILVER COMPOUNDS......Page 2512 SILVERING SOLUTIONS......Page 2514 SMELT......Page 2516 SODIUM PRESS......Page 2517 SOLVATED OXOSALT INCIDENTS......Page 2518 STARCH......Page 2519 STATIC INITIATION INCIDENTS......Page 2520 STORAGE OF CHEMICALS......Page 2521 STRAINED-RING COMPOUNDS......Page 2522 SULFONATION INCIDENTS......Page 2523 SULFONIC ACID ESTERS RSO2OR......Page 2524 SULFUR ESTERS RSOR......Page 2525 SUPERHEATED LIQUIDS......Page 2526 PORPHINE PERCHLORATES......Page 2527 TETRAZOLES HNN=NN=CH......Page 2528 THERMAL STABILITY OF REACTION MIXTURES AND SYSTEMS......Page 2530 THERMITE REACTIONS......Page 2531 THERMOCHEMISTRY AND EXOTHERMIC DECOMPOSITION......Page 2532 THORIUM FURNACE RESIDUES......Page 2536 TOXIC HAZARDS......Page 2537 TRIAZENES RN=......Page 2538 TRIAZOLES......Page 2539 TURPENTINE......Page 2540 UNIT PROCESS OR UNIT OPERATION INCIDENTS......Page 2541 VACUUM PUMPS......Page 2542 VAPOUR EXPLOSIONS......Page 2543 VINYLSILOXANES......Page 2544 VIOLENT POLYMERISATION......Page 2545 WOOD PULP......Page 2546 XENON COMPOUNDS......Page 2547 ZINC BACITRACIN......Page 2548 Appendix 1: Source Title Abbreviations Used in Handbook References......Page 2549 Appendix 2: Glossary of Abbreviations and Technical Terms......Page 2559 TrUe LiAr......Page 2562

• Includes ever chemical for which documented information on reactive hazards has been found
• Covers over 5000 elements and compounds
• Provides extensive cross referencing throughout both sections which links similar compounds or incidents not obviously related

Audience: Chemists, safety officers, research students, chemistry teachers in schools, colleges & universities, those involved in storage, handling, packing & transportation of chemicals.

A reference work on reactive chemical hazards. It includes various chemicals for which documented information on reactive hazards has been found. It also includes appendices with fire related data table for higher risk chemicals, indexes of registry numbers and chemical names as well as reference abbreviations and a glossary. Safety officers who are responsible for safety in industrial laboratories will find this book absolutely essential reading if they are to do their own work to the satisfaction of themselves and of the company which they serve. - Foreword.