LABORATORY CHEMICAL SAFETY SUMMARIES (LCSSs)

The LCSSs are included as Appendix B in Prudent Practices in the Laboratory: Handling and Disposal of Chemicals, National Academy of Sciences, 1995.

The LCSSs provide concise critical discussions of the toxicity, flammability, reactivity, and explosibility of 88 chemicals commonly used in scientific research laboratories. Directions for handling, storage, and disposal and special instructions for first aid and emergency response are given. Since many of these 88 chemicals are representative of a class of potentially hazardous compounds, the LCSSs can also be used as guides to handling many other compounds with related chemical structures. Unlike most Material Safety Data Sheets (MSDSs), the LCSSs are designed especially for laboratory workers.

Prudent Practices in the Laboratory: Handling and Disposal of Chemicals is being revised and will probably contain revisions to the LCSSs.

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Acetaldehyde Acetic Acid Acetone  Acetonitrile Acetylene Acrolein Acrylamide Acrylonitrile Aluminum trichloride Ammonia (Anhydrous) Ammonium Hydroxide Aniline Arsine Benzene Boron Trifluoride Bromine Tert-Butyl Hyperoxide Butyl Lithiums Carbon Disulfide Carbon Monoxide Carbon Tetrachloride Chlorine Chloroform Chloromethyl Methyl Ether Chromium Trioxide and Other Chromium (VI) Salts Cyanogen Bromide Diazomethane Diborane Dichloromethane Diethyl Ether Diethylnitrosamine and Related Nitrosamines Dimethyl Sulfate Dimethyl Sulfoxide Dimethyl Formamide Dioxane Ethanol Ethidium Bromide Ethyl Acetate Ethylene Dibromide Ethylene Oxide Fluorides (Inorganic) Fluorine Formaldehyde Hexamethyl Phosphoramide Hexane and Related Hydrocarbons Hydrazine Hydrobromic Acid and Hydrogen Bromide

Hydrochloric Acid and Hydrogen Chloride Hydrogen Hydrogen Cyanide Hydrogen Fluoride and Hydrofluoric Acid Hydrogen Peroxide Hydrogen Sulfide Iodine Lead and Its Inorganic Compounds Lithium Aluminum Hydride Mercury Methanol Methyl Ethyl Ketone Methyl Iodide Nickel Carbonyl Nitric Acid Nitrogen Dioxide Osmium Tetroxide Oxygen Ozone Palladium on carbon Peracetic Acid and Related Percarboxylic Acids Perchloric Acid and Inorganic Perchlorates Phenol Phosgene Phosphorus Potassium Potassium Hydride and Sodium Hydride Pyridine Silver and Its Compounds Sodium Sodium azide Sodium Cyanide and Potassium Cyanide Sodium Hydroxide and Potassium Hydroxide Sulfur Dioxide Tetrahydrofuran Toluene Toluene Diisocyanate Trifluoroacetic Acid Trimethylaluminum and Related Organoaluminum Compounds Trimethyltin Chloride and other Organotin Compounds