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Reactivity Documentation

Sulfides, Inorganic

mixed with

Metals, Alkali, Very Active

Summary

Details

Sulfides, Inorganic is a reactive group.
Metals, Alkali, Very Active is a reactive group.

Reactivity Predictions (for each pair of reactive groups)

Metals, Alkali, Very Active mixed with
Sulfides, Inorganic

Hazard Predictions

Exposure of sodium to H2S can cause a fire. In the presence of moisture, a rapid reaction occurs, forming corrosive sodium sulfide and possibly flammable hydrogen gas (Leleu, J., 1975, Les Reactions Chimique Dangereuse, Cahiers de Notes Documentaires, (79), p. 268, 270; Eggeman, T. and Updated by Staff 2007. Sodium and Sodium Alloys. Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology. (Online)).

CS2 forms an explosive mixture with sodium or Na-K alloy. Mixtures of CS2 and any group I metals are shock-sensitive (Leleu, J., 1975, Les Reactions Chimique Dangereuse, Cahiers de Notes Documentaires, (79), p. 267; Staudinger, H.Z. 1922. Agnew. Chem. 35:659).

CS2 reacts violently with sodium to form corrosive sodium sulfide (Eggeman, T. and Updated by Staff 2007. Sodium and Sodium Alloys. Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology. (Online)).

Some heavy metal sulfides are reduced by metallic sodium, forming corrosive sodium sulfide and releasing possibly toxic heavy metals (Eggeman, T. and Updated by Staff 2007. Sodium and Sodium Alloys. Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology. (Online)).

Lithium violently reduces iron (II) sulfide to iron metal (Dickinson, F. 1967. Mellor's Comprehensive Treatise on Inorganic and Theoretical Chemistry. Vol. 2, Supplement 2, p. 81-82. Longmans, Green and Co Ltd.).

Potential Gas Byproducts