Hazard O,T
Risk R8
Safety Poisonous and corrosive. Very reactive, a powerful oxidizer. Explosive or violent reaction with organic materials, water, acetone, ammonium halides, antimony, antimony trichloride oxide, arsenic, benzene, boron, bromine, carbon, carbon monoxide, carbon tetrachloride, carbon tetraiodide, chloromethane, cobalt, ether, halogens, iodine, powdered molybdenum, niobium, 2-pentanone, phosphorus, potassium hexachloroplatinate, pyridine, silicon, silicone grease, sulfur, tantalum, tin dichloride, titanium, toluene, vanadium, uranium, uranium hexafluoride. Incompatible with Sb2O3, BaCl2, Bi2O5, CdCl2, CaCl2, CsCl, LiCl, MnIO3, metals, Nb2O5, PtBr4, PtCl4, (Pt + KFO), KBr, KCl, KI, RhBr4, RbCl, AgCl, NaBr, NaCl, NaI, Ta2O5, Sn, W, UOx, rubber, plastics. The product of reaction with pyridine ignites when dry. When heated to decomposition it emits toxic fumes of F− and Br−. Very dangerous. See also BROMINE PENTAFLUORIDE, FLUORIDES, and BROMINE.
