Shock Sensitive Compounds (SHOX)
| SHOCK SENSITIVE COMPOUNDS | CHARACTERISTICS |
| Acetylene | flammable |
| Acetyl peroxide | flammable |
| Ammonium picrate | requires >10% water to reduce shock hazard |
| Benzoyl peroxide | requires 25%-35% water to reduce shock hazard |
| Bouin's solution | yellow solution containing picric acid |
| Chlorotrifluoroethylene | flammable |
| Dinitrophenylhydrazine | requires >10% water to reduce shock hazard |
| Dipicrylamine (syn: Hexanitrodiphenylamine) | explosive and poisonous |
| Dipicryl sulphide (syn: Hexanitrodiphenyl sulfide) | requires >10% water to reduce shock hazard |
| Nitrofluoride | strong oxidizer |
| Nitrogen trifluoride (syn: Methyl ethyl ketone peroxide) | poisonous gas |
| Nitroglycerin | skin irritant |
| Nitromethane (syn: Nitrocarbol) | |
| Picramide (syn: Trinitroaniline) | |
| Picric acid (syn: Melinite, Trinitrophenol) | requires >10% water to reduce shock hazard |
| Picryl chloride | |
| Picryl sulphonic acid (syn: trinitrobenzenesulfonic acid) | flammable solid, corrosive |
| Trinitroanisole (syn: trinitrophenylmethyl ether) | explodes by heat or shock |
| Trinitrobenzene | requires >10% water to reduce shock hazard |
| Trinitrobenzoic acid | an explosive |
| Trinitrotoluene (syn: Picryl sulphonic acid, TNT) | moderate explosion hazard; requires strong shock |
| Urea nitrate | requires >10% water to reduce shock hazard |