365betÓéÀÖ

Reactivity Documentation

Metals, Alkali, Very Active

mixed with

Anhydrides

Summary

Details

Metals, Alkali, Very Active is a reactive group.
Anhydrides is a reactive group.

Reactivity Predictions (for each pair of reactive groups)

Metals, Alkali, Very Active mixed with
Anhydrides

Hazard Predictions

Many anhydrides are oxidants, and therefore react vigorously with alkali metals, which are strong reducing agents.

Maleic anhydride is explosively decomposed by alkali metals (MCA Safety Datasheet 88, Manufacturing Chemists' Association, Washington, 1962).

Chromium trioxide reacts incandescently with sodium or potassium (Mellor, J. 1943. Mellor's Comprehensive Treatise on Inorganic and Theoretical Chemistry. Vol. 11, p. 237. Longmans, Green and Co Ltd.).

Dinitrogen pentoxide burns when in contact with sodium or potassium (Mellor, J. 1943. Mellor's Comprehensive Treatise on Inorganic and Theoretical Chemistry. Vol. 8, p. 554. Longmans, Green and Co Ltd.).

Tetraphosphorus decaoxide reacts incandescently with warm sodium or potassium (Mellor, J. 1940. Mellor's Comprehensive Treatise on Inorganic and Theoretical Chemistry. Vol. 8, p. 945. Longmans, Green and Co Ltd.).