Standard Guide for the Preparation of a Binary Chemical Compatibility Chart

SIGNIFICANCE AND USE
5.1 Various United States governmental regulations forbid incompatible materials to be transported together and require that chemical reactivity be considered in process hazard and risk analysis. A chemical compatibility chart is one tool to be used to satisfy these regulations. Binary compatibility charts are useful teaching tools in general education, in the chemical plant or laboratory, and for areas and operations where commonly performed tasks might lead to chemical mixtures such as might occur during co-shipment in compartmentalized containers, storage in a common area or compositing waste. Compatibility information is essential during process hazard reviews (for example, HAZOP). These charts may provide guidance to terminal operators on DOT HM-183 that requires that materials on adjacent compartments of multicompartment tank trucks are compatible. They provide documentation that the potential for inadvertent mixing as a potential source of heat and gas evolution from chemical reactions has been considered in sizing relief devices. Compatibility charts serve as check lists for use during process hazard reviews, and the preparation of the chart itself often brings attention to potential hazards that were previously unknown.  
5.2 A binary chart only considers pairs of materials and therefore does not cover all possible combinations of materials in an operation. A common third component, for example, acidic or basic catalysts, may be covered by footnoting the potential for catalysis of a reaction between otherwise compatible materials, but the form of the chart does not ensure this. There may be reactive ternary systems that will escape detection in a binary chart.  
5.3 The AIChE organization Center for Chemical Process Safety (CCPS) has recommended the use of this standard in one of their recent monographs (1).5 This work is currently available for free download from: http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/reactivechemicals/index.html.
SCOPE
1.1 A binary chemical compatibility chart also called inter-reactivity chart, documents the hazards associated with the mixing of pairs of materials. This guide provides an aid for the preparation these charts. It reviews a number of issues that are critical in the preparation of such charts: accurate assessment of chemical compatibility, suitable experimental techniques for gathering compatibility information, incorporation of user-friendliness, and provision for revisions.  
1.2 The uses of chemical compatibility charts are summarized in this standard.  
1.3 This guide also reviews existing public domain compatibility charts, the differences therein, and their advantages and disadvantages.  
1.4 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as standard. No other units of measurement are included in this standard.  
1.5 This international standard was developed in accordance with internationally recognized principles on standardization established in the Decision on Principles for the Development of International Standards, Guides and Recommendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.

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This international standard was developed in accordance with internationally recognized principles on standardization established in the Decision on Principles for the
Development of International Standards, Guides and Recommendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.
Designation: E2012 − 06 (Reapproved 2020)
Standard Guide for
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the Preparation of a Binary Chemical Compatibility Chart
This standard is issued under the fixed designation E2012; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (´) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
INTRODUCTION
The purpose of this standard is to provide expert guidance to those interested in the task of
compiling chemical compatibility (inter-reactivity) charts for the purposes of process safety and
reactive chemicals hazard evaluation. This standard does not provide specific answers regarding the
inter-reactivity of specific materials. However, it does provide a detailed framework for developing
charts based on the current best practices of the chemical industry and it directs the user to sources
of reactivity information. It is the E27 Committee’s belief that inter-reactivity charts will be
increasingly used in industry for day-to-day operations, process hazard reviews, employee education,
and emergency response. It is our hope that this standard guide can be useful in that effort.
1. Scope 2. Referenced Documents
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2.1 ASTM Standards:
1.1 A binary chemical compatibility chart also called inter-
E537 Test Method for Thermal Stability of Chemicals by
reactivity chart, documents the hazards associated with the
Differential Scanning Calorimetry
mixing of pairs of materials. This guide provides an aid for the
E698 Test Method for Kinetic Parameters for Thermally
preparation these charts. It reviews a number of issues that are
Unstable Materials Using Differential Scanning Calorim-
critical in the preparation of such charts: accurate assessment
etry and the Flynn/Wall/Ozawa Method
of chemical compatibility, suitable experimental techniques for
E1231 Practice for Calculation of Hazard Potential Figures
gathering compatibility information, incorporation of user-
of Merit for Thermally Unstable Materials
friendliness, and provision for revisions.
PS168 Proposed Guide for Estimating the Incompatibility of
1.2 The uses of chemical compatibility charts are summa-
Selected Hazardous Wastes Based on Binary Chemical
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rized in this standard.
Reactions
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2.2 NFPA Standard:
1.3 This guide also reviews existing public domain compat-
NFPA 491 Guide to Hazardous Chemical Reactions
ibility charts, the differences therein, and their advantages and
disadvantages.
3. Terminology
1.4 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as
3.1 Definitions:
standard. No other units of measurement are included in this
3.1.1 compatibility, adj—the ability of materials to exist in
standard.
contact without specified (usually hazardous) consequences
1.5 This international standard was developed in accor-
under a defined scenario.
dance with internationally recognized principles on standard-
3.1.2 scenario, n—a detailed physical description of the
ization established in the Decision on Principles for the
process whereby a potential inadvertent combination of mate-
Development of International Standards, Guides and Recom-
rials may occur.
mendations issued by the World Trade Organization Technical
Barriers to Trade (TBT) Committee.
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For referenced ASTM standards, visit the ASTM website, www.astm.org, or
contact ASTM Customer Service at service@astm.org. For Annual Book of ASTM
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This guide is under the jurisdiction of ASTM Committee E27 on Hazard Standards volume information, refer to the standard’s Document Summary page on
Potential of Chemicals, and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee E27.02 on the ASTM website.
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Thermal Stability and Condensed Phases. Withdrawn.ThischartwassubsequentlyadoptedbytheU.S.EPAandiswidely
Current edition approved April 1, 2020. Published April 2020. Originally available by way of the Internet.
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approved in 1999. Last previous edition approved in 2012 as E2012 – 06 (2012). Available from National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), 1 Batterymarch
DOI: 10.1520/E2012-06R20. Park, Quincy, MA 02169-7471, http://www.nfpa.org.
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