Reactivity Documentation
Reducing Agents, Weak |
mixed with |
Metals, Alkali, Very Active |
Summary
- Explosive: Reaction products may be explosive or sensitive to shock or friction
- Generates heat: Exothermic reaction at ambient temperatures (releases heat)
- Intense or explosive reaction: Reaction may be particularly intense, violent, or explosive
Details
Reactivity Predictions (for each pair of reactive groups)
Reducing Agents, Weak
Hazard Predictions
- Explosive: Reaction products may be explosive or sensitive to shock or friction
- Generates heat: Exothermic reaction at ambient temperatures (releases heat)
- Intense or explosive reaction: Reaction may be particularly intense, violent, or explosive
Sodium may react explosively with powdered carbon or sulfur (Dickinson, F. 1961. Mellor's Comprehensive Treatise on Inorganic and Theoretical Chemistry. Volume 2, Supplement 2. pp. 466-467, 454-455. Longmans, Green and Co Ltd.).
Sodium forms shock-sensitive compounds with carbon monoxide (Weiss, E. 1993. Agnew. Chem. (International Ed.) 32(11):1518).
Reaction between lithium and sulfur is very violent if either is in the liquid phase (Dickinson, F. 1961. Mellor's Comprehensive Treatise on Inorganic and Theoretical Chemistry. Volume 2, Supp. 2, p 75. Longmans, Green and Co Ltd.).
Potassium reacts exothermically with carbon (Dickinson, F. 1963. Mellor's Comprehensive Treatise on Inorganic and Theoretical Chemistry. Volume 2, Supplement 3, pp. 1566. Longmans, Green and Co Ltd.).