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Reactivity Documentation

Nitrate and Nitrite Compounds, Inorganic

mixed with

Fluorinated Organic Compounds

Summary

Details

Fluorinated Organic Compounds is a reactive group.

Reactivity Predictions (for each pair of reactive groups)

Fluorinated Organic Compounds mixed with
Nitrate and Nitrite Compounds, Inorganic

Hazard Predictions

In general, nitrate and nitrite salts with redox active cations are more reactive with organic materials and reducing agents at ambient conditions. Redox active cations are transition metals and the metals in group 3a, 4a, and 5a of the periodic table and also include the ammonium cation NH4+. In general, nitrate and nitrite salts with non-redox active cations (also called spectator cations) are less reactive at ambient conditions. These include the alkali metals and alkaline earth salts. Caution should be used before proceeding. Further research of comparable examples in the literature or very small scale, carefully controlled experiments may be needed to fully assess compatibility.

In this case, the CFCs and HCFCs are already fully oxidized and should be stable to all but the most aggressive nitrate or nitrite and reactions will probably not occur at ambient conditions (Personal communication with chemical industry experts).