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Reactivity Documentation

Acids, Strong Oxidizing

mixed with

Nitrides, Phosphides, Carbides, and Silicides

Summary

Details

Acids, Strong Oxidizing is a reactive group.

Reactivity Predictions (for each pair of reactive groups)

Acids, Strong Oxidizing mixed with
Nitrides, Phosphides, Carbides, and Silicides

Hazard Predictions

Arsine, phosphine, tetraborane, and stibene react explosively with fuming nitric acid (Mellor, J.W. 1946. Mellor's Comprehensive Treatise on Inorganic and Theoretical Chemistry. Vol. 5, p. 36. Longmans, Green and Co Ltd.; Mellor, J.W. 1940. Mellor's Comprehensive Treatise on Inorganic and Theoretical Chemistry. Vol. 6, p. 814. Longmans, Green and Co Ltd.; Mellor, J.W. 1939. Mellor's Comprehensive Treatise on Inorganic and Theoretical Chemistry. Vol. 9, p. 56, 397. Longmans, Green and Co Ltd.).

Zinc phosphide can explode on contact with perchloric acid (Urben, P.G. 1995. Bretherick's Handbook of Reactive Chemical Hazards, 5th Edition. Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann. pp. 1258).

Magnesium silicide explodes on contact with nitric acid (Mayes, R.B. et al. 1975. School Science Review 56(197):819-820).

Phosphine and perchloric acid react to form phosphonium perchlorate, which is an explosive that is sensitive to temperature, friction, moisture, and drying, even at low temperatures (Fichtter, F. et al. 1934. Helv. Chim. Acta. 17:222; Mellor, J.W. 1971. Mellor's Comprehensive Treatise on Inorganic and Theoretical Chemistry. Vol. 8, Supp. 3, p. 274. Longmans, Green and Co Ltd.).

H2Se and PH3 ignite on contact with fuming nitric acid (Hofmann, A.W. 1870. Berichte. 3:658-660).

Metal acetylides and carbides can ignite on contact with H2SO4 (Mellor, J.W. 1946. Mellor's Comprehensive Treatise on Inorganic and Theoretical Chemistry. Vol. 5, p. 849. Longmans, Green and Co Ltd.; MCA Safety Datasheet 50, Manufacturing Chemists' Association, Washington, 1963).

Cu3N reacts violently with concentrated HNO3 (Mellor, J.W. 1940. Mellor's Comprehensive Treatise on Inorganic and Theoretical Chemistry. Vol. 8, p. 100. Longmans, Green and Co Ltd.).

Oxidizing acids may react with nitrides, etc. to liberate toxic NOx, SOx, and XO2 gases and inert CO2 gas (Predicted). Nitrides, phosphides, carbides and silicides may liberate toxic and flammable PH3, SiH4, toxic NH3, and flammable hydrocarbon gases upon exposure to strong proton donors such as acids (Predicted).

Potential Gas Byproducts