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Acetic Anhydride should be stored as a corrosive.

In the true chemical aspect, it is two equivalents of Acetic Acid.

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> On Apr 21, 2016, at 5:45 PM, Debbie M. Decker wrote:
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> Hi:
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> How would ya"ll store acetic anhydride " flammable, corrosive, toxic, water reactive, toxic, and incompatible with acids, bases, alcohols, amines.
>
> Yummy.
>
> We"ve all been way down the rabbit hole around here without good consensus.
>
> Thanks for your input.,
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> Debbie M. Decker, CCHO, ACS Fellow
> Immediate Past Chair, Division of Chemical Health and Safety
> University of California, Davis
> (530)754-7964
> (530)304-6728
> dmdecker**At_Symbol_Here**ucdavis.edu
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> Birkett's hypothesis: "Any chemical reaction
> that proceeds smoothly under normal conditions,
> can proceed violently in the presence of an idiot."