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In general, mixing acids with chlorine solutions produces toxic gaseous chlorine.

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Q: What harm will it do to mix Peracetic acid with chlorine?
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Hydrogen peroxide peracetic acid acetic acid can these three be shipped in the same box and what happens if they mix?

Peracetic acid is made by reacting hydrogen peroxide and acetic acid. It is shipped in a solution of peracetic acid and hydrogen peroxide--it's not stable if shipped by itself.So...not only can peracetic acid and hydrogen peroxide be shipped in the same box, they can be shipped (no, change that to "are shipped") in the same container. As for acetic acid...depends on the concentration. If it's five-percent acetic acid, no problem. Peracetic acid and hydrogen peroxide are both very powerful oxidizers, and pure acetic acid's flammable, so I wouldn't ship glacial acetic acid in the same truck with either of those other two chemicals, much less the same box.


What is peracetic acid?

Peracetic acid, also called peroxyacetic acid, is an organic peroxide and has the formula CH3CO3H. It forms an equilibrium with acetic acid [CH3COOH] and hydrogen peroxide [H2O2], such that if you mix hydrogen peroxide and acetic acid together, peracetic acid will be formed. Solutions of peracetic acid in water and acetic acid are colorless liquids with a pungent but not unpleasant odor. Peracetic acid, like most organic peroxides, is unstable and can explode at temperatures that exceed 230F as the water is driven off. Therefore, as with any peroxide, operations resulting in heating or evaporating the solution should be avoided. Peracetic acid is a strong oxidizing agent, and finds extensive use in healthcare and the food industry as a disinfectant and sterilant. Peracetic acid is a primary irritant, a mutagen [See NIOSH RTECS database] and so contact with both the liquid and the vapor are potentially hazardous. OSHA has not set permissible exposure levels yet for peracetic acid, but employers should still ensure that employees are protected from exposure under the General duty clause [in section 5 of the OSH Act of 1970 in the US, and similar laws in other countries]. In the US, the EPA has determined acute exposure guidelines for peracetic acid. If using peracetic acid, it is important to ensure that there are adequate engineering controls in place, ventilation and continuous monitoring to prevent vapor exposure, personal protective equipment (gloves, safety glasses, apron etc) and spill kits if there is a possibility of a spill.


How do you make HCL acid?

mix hydrogen with chlorine


What is the result of mixing chlorine and muriatic acid?

chlorine gas


How can you make chlorine gas?

mix calcium hypochlorite and hydrochloric acid together to get chlorine gas


How do you make chlorine gas?

what happens when you mix bleach and muriatic acid


What happens if you mix chlorine bleach and acid?

Chlorine bleach is a base so a base and an acid will give you a salt (or ionic compound) and water. In order to come up with the equation for the reaction, you would need the formula of chlorine bleach and of the acid you are reacting it with.


What is formed when you bond hydrogen and chlorine?

Hydrogen chloride. If you mix it with water, you get hydrochloric acid.


Battery acid is considered a caustic?

If you mix them, you will create a chlorine.


Can you mix chlorine and alum?

u can mix anything you want .... the ? you should be asking is , is it safe to mix chlorine and alum


Can muriactic acid and pool chlorine be stored together?

In the same storage area, yes. Do not mix them or allow one to spill on the other's container.


Can you mix Muratic acid and calcium hydrochloide?

No, this is highly dangerous. It will blow up and if you are standing to close can cause you alot of harm and pain.