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Reactivity Documentation

Bases, Weak

mixed with

Metals, Alkali, Very Active

Summary

Details

Bases, Weak 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
Bases, Weak

Hazard Predictions

Solutions of alkali metals in liquid ammonia are powerful reducing agents ("solvated electrons") that slowly decompose to form hydrogen gas and strongly basic amide salts, which precipitate out of solution. Sodium amide can also be formed by the reaction of sodium metal with ammonia vapor (Eggeman, T. 2007. Sodium and Sodium Alloys. Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology. (Online); Lange, L. and Triebel, W. 2000. Sodium Amide. Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry. (Online); Dickinson, F. 1961. Mellor's Comprehensive Treatise on Inorganic and Theoretical Chemistry. Vol. 2, Supplement 2, p. 72, 76. Longmans, Green and Co Ltd.; Eggeman, T. 2010. Ammonia. Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology. (Online); Appl, M. 2006. Ammonia. Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry. (Online); Pascal, P. 1966. Nouveau Traité de Chimie Minérale. Vol. 2, Part 1, p. 13. Masson et Cie.).

Hydroxylamine ignites on contact with sodium to form strongly basic N-sodium hydroxylamide and flammable hydrogen gas (Mellor, J. P. 1940, Mellor's Comprehensive Treatise on Inorganic and Theoretical Chemistry. Vol. 8, p. 292. Longmans, Green and Co Ltd.; Bretherick, L. 1996. Bretherick's Handbook of Reactive Chemical Hazards. Vol. 1, p. 1559. Fifth Ed. Urben, P.G., Ed. Butterworth-Heinemann, Boston, MA.).

Potential Gas Byproducts