Forbidden Explosives
Certain materials are considered too dangerous to transport
over public thoroughfares or by air. These materials are labeled by the
Department of Transportation (DOT) as "forbidden
explosives". DOT has classified the following types of materials
as "forbidden" and will not accept them for transportation:
- Explosive compositions that ignite spontaneously or undergo marked decomposition when subjected to temperatures of 75oC for 48 hours
- Explosives containing a chlorate and also:
- an ammonium salt, including a substituted ammonium or quaternary ammonium salt
- an acidic substance, including a salt of a weak base and a strong acid
- Propellants that are unstable, condemned or deteriorated
- Nitroglycerin, diethylene glycol dinitrate or any other liquid explosives
- Leaking or damaged packages of explosives
- Firecrackers and other fireworks which combine an explosive and a detonator
- Fireworks that contain yellow or white phosphorus
- New explosives and explosive devices
- Loaded firearms
Included in the above categories of materials are chemicals
that have the potential to be created in the lab. Generally, these materials
are produced and consumed on site. Extreme caution must be used if it
is suspected that a reaction may produce any of these materials as a product
or byproduct of the reaction. The following table lists many examples.
Examples of Forbidden Explosives
acetylene silver nitrate ammonium azide ammonium bromate ammonium chlorate ammonium fulminate azaurolic acidazido-1-hydroxy tetrazole azido dithiocarbonic acid azido guanidine picrate-dry azidoethyl nitrate azotetrazole - dry barium azide benzine diazonium chlorate benzine diazonium nitrate benzoyl azide biphenyl triazonide bromine azide bromo dinitrobenzene 4-bromo-1,2-dinitrobenzene 1-bromo-2-nitrobenzene bromosilane butane trioltrinitrate carbazide chlorine azide copper acetylide copper amine azide copper tetramine nitrate cyanuric triazide p-diazidobenzene 1,2-diazidoethane diazonium nitrate - dry diazonium perchlorate - dry diazopropane dibromoacetylene dichloroacetylene dichloroazodicarbonamide diethyl gold bromide diiodoacetylene dinitrobenzylamide 2,4-dinito-1,3,5-trimethylbenzene 1,3-dinitro-4,5-dinitrobenzene dinitroethane dinitromethane dinitropropyleneglycol dinitroresourcinol dinitrosalicylic acid dinitrosobenzlamide 2,2-dinitrostilbene ethanolamine dinitrate ethyl hydroperoxide ethyl perchlorate ethylene diamine diperchlorate fulminate of mercury - dry fulminate of silver fulminating gold fulminating mercury fulminating platinum fulminic acid glycerol 1,3-dinitrate hexanitrodiphenyl ether hexanitrodiphenyl urea hexanitroethane hydrazine azide hydrazine chlorate hydrazine perchlorate hydrazine selenate hyponitrous acid iodineazide di-iodoacetylene iridium nitrate isothiocyanic acid lead azide lead mononitroresourcinate - dry lead picrate - dry lead styphnate - dry mercurous azide mercury acetylide mercury nitride methyl nitrate methyl picric acid methylamine dinitramine methylamine nitroform methylamine perchlorate nickel picrate nitrated paper - unstable nitrates of diazonium cmpds nitroethylnitrate nitroethylene polymer nitrogen trichloride nitrogen triiodide nitroguanidinenitrate nitromannite, dry nitrosugars, dry pentanitroaniline, dry potassium carbonyl selenium nitride silver acetylide, dry silver azide, dry silver fulminate, dry silver picrate, dry sodium picrylperoxide sodium tetranitride sucrose octanitrate 2,3,4-tetra nitrophenol tetrazene, dry tetrazolyl azide, dry 2,4,6-trinitro-1,3-diazobenzene trinitroacetic acid trinitroacetonitrile trinitroaminecobalt trinitroethanol trinitroethylnitrate trinitromethane 1,3,5-trinitronaphthalene
last revised 2 Aug 1997
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