Hazardous Chemicals in the French Lab
Chemicals in Toxics Cabinet
| Chemical |
Quantity |
Notes
|
| 2-chloroethanol |
50 ml |
very toxic
|
| 3-chlorobenzoic acid |
25 g |
irritant
|
| 4-chlorobenzoic acid |
50 g |
harmful
|
| chloramphenicol |
5 g |
toxic, carcinogen, mutagen, teratogen
|
| chloroacetic acid |
25 g |
toxic
|
| 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid |
100 g |
toxic, carcinogen, mutagen, teratogen
|
| ethidium bromide |
0.25 g |
toxic, mutagen
|
| kanamycin sulfate |
5 g |
toxic
|
| mercuric thiocyanate in ethanol |
100 ml |
toxic
|
| mercuric thiocyanate |
25 g |
very toxic
|
| neomycin sulfate |
5 g |
irritant
|
| nickel chloride hexahydrate |
100 g |
toxic
|
| nickel sulfate hexahydrate |
100 g |
harmful
|
| potassium ferricyanide |
100 g |
harmful
|
| pyrogallol |
10 g |
toxic
|
| sodium arsenate |
50 g |
toxic, carcinogen, mutagen
|
| sodium azide |
100g |
very toxic
|
| sodium dithionite (hydrosulfite) |
50 g |
harmful
|
Chemicals in Solvent Cabinet
| Chemical |
Quantity |
Notes
|
| ethanol |
2.5 l |
flammable; get this refilled at stores
|
| isopropanol |
2.5 l |
flammable
|
| methanol |
2.5 l |
flammable; get this refilled at stores
|
| acetone |
1 l |
flammable; get this refilled at stores
|
| acetonitrile |
1 l |
flammable; releases toxic gas in contact with acid
|
| ethyl acetate |
1 l |
flammable
|
| hexane |
1 l |
flammable
|
| chloroform |
500 ml |
harmful
|
| dimethylformamide |
500 ml |
toxic
|
| n-propanol |
500 ml |
flammable
|
| toluene |
500 ml |
flammable
|
| p-xylene |
500 ml |
flammable
|
| cyclopentanone |
250 ml |
irritant
|
| m-xylol |
250 ml |
harmful
|
| 1-chlorobutane |
100 ml |
irritant
|
| decane |
100 ml |
irritant
|
| dimethylformamide |
100 ml |
toxic
|
| m-cresol |
25 ml |
toxic
|
| cyclohexanone |
25 ml |
toxic, corrosive
|
| dichloroethane |
25 ml |
harmful
|
| o-cresol |
5 ml |
toxic
|
| p-cresol |
5 ml |
toxic
|
| 2-methylcyclopentanone |
5 ml |
flammable
|
| n-decanal |
1 ml |
|
Chemicals in Acids/Miscellaneous Cabinet
| acetic acid, glacial |
2.5 l |
corrosive, flammable
|
| ammonium hydroxide, 29% w/v |
500 ml |
corrosive, irritant
|
| catechol |
100 g |
corrosive, harmful
|
| ferric chloride hexahydrate |
100 g |
corrosive
|
| hydrochloric acid, 37% w/v |
2.5 l |
corrosive
|
| iodine |
5 g |
harmful vapour
|
| nitric acid, 70% w/v |
25 ml |
corrosive, oxidizer
|
| silver nitrate, 0.1 M solution |
500 ml |
harmful
|
| sodium nitrite |
5 g |
oxidizer
|
| trichloroacetic acid |
100 g |
corrosive
|
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