Reactivity Documentation
Reducing Agents, Weak |
mixed with |
Metals, Less Reactive |
Summary
- Generates heat: Exothermic reaction at ambient temperatures (releases heat)
- Unstable when heated: Reaction products may be unstable above ambient temperatures
- Intense or explosive reaction: Reaction may be particularly intense, violent, or explosive
Details
Reducing Agents, Weak
is a reactive group.
Metals, Less Reactive
is a reactive group.
Reactivity Predictions (for each pair of reactive groups)
Metals, Less Reactive
mixed with
Reducing Agents, Weak
Reducing Agents, Weak
Hazard Predictions
- Generates heat: Exothermic reaction at ambient temperatures (releases heat)
- Unstable when heated: Reaction products may be unstable above ambient temperatures
- Intense or explosive reaction: Reaction may be particularly intense, violent, or explosive
Mercury combines readily with sulfur (DeVito, S. C. and Brooks, W. E. 2005. Mercury. Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology. (Online)).
Mercury, iron, magnesium or copper will react exothermically with sulfur at ambient temperatures if in powdered form (Ephraim, F. 1939. Inorganic Chemistry. London, Gurney & Jackson, p. 519).
Many less reactive metals, including palladium, rhodium, and tin, ignite and incandesce if heated with sulfur (J. W. Mellor, 1942. Mellor's Comprehensive Treatise on Inorganic and Theoretical Chemistry. Vol. 15, pp. 149, 527, 627, 696. Longmans, Green and Co Ltd.; J. W. Mellor, 1941. Mellor's Comprehensive Treatise on Inorganic and Theoretical Chemistry. Vol. 7, pp. 208, 328. Longmans, Green and Co Ltd.).