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Reactivity Documentation

Metals, Elemental and Powder, Active

mixed with

Hydrocarbons, Aliphatic Unsaturated

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Reactivity Predictions (for each pair of reactive groups)

Metals, Elemental and Powder, Active mixed with
Hydrocarbons, Aliphatic Unsaturated

Hazard Predictions

Powdered cobalt incandescently decomposes acetylene on contact, posing a fire hazard (J. W. Mellor, 1942. Mellor's Comprehensive Treatise on Inorganic and Theoretical Chemistry. Vol. 14, pp. 513. Longmans, Green and Co Ltd.). Hydrogen gas may be formed in this reaction (Predicted).

Polymerization of butadiene is initiated by cobalt metal (Miller, G.H. et al. 1964. Journal of Polymer Science (Part C) 1109-1115).

Acetylenic compounds with replaceable acetylenically bound hydrogen atoms must be kept out of contact with copper, silver, magnesium, mercury, or alloys containing them, to avoid formation of explosive metal acetylides ("Chemical Intermediates", 1972 Catalogue, 158, Tamaqua (Pa.), Air Products and 365betÓéÀÖ Inc., 1972; Dangerous Substances: Guidance on Fires and Spillages, London, HMSO, 1972, Sect. 1, p. 27).

Potential Gas Byproducts