Reactivity Documentation
Metals, Elemental and Powder, Active |
mixed with |
Peroxides, Organic |
Summary
- Flammable: Reaction products may be flammable
- Generates gas: Reaction liberates gaseous products and may cause pressurization
- Generates heat: Exothermic reaction at ambient temperatures (releases heat)
- Intense or explosive reaction: Reaction may be particularly intense, violent, or explosive
- Toxic: Reaction products may be toxic
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May produce the following gases:
- Alcohols
- Aldehydes
- Carbon Dioxide
- Ethers
- Hydrocarbons
- Oxygen
Details
Reactivity Predictions (for each pair of reactive groups)
Peroxides, Organic
Hazard Predictions
- Flammable: Reaction products may be flammable
- Generates gas: Reaction liberates gaseous products and may cause pressurization
- Generates heat: Exothermic reaction at ambient temperatures (releases heat)
- Intense or explosive reaction: Reaction may be particularly intense, violent, or explosive
- Toxic: Reaction products may be toxic
Silver and other more active metals cause organic peroxides to decompose to form toxic and flammable ethers and alcohols, flammable hydrocarbons and O2, and inert CO2 gases, even when present only in very small amounts as impurities (Bretherick, L. Bretherick's Handbook of Reactive Chemical Hazards, 4th Edition. Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann. pp. 305, 868).
Transition metals can catalyze explosive decomposition of peroxides. The decomposition products may include carbon dioxide, hydrocarbons, ethers, aldehydes, and oxygen, which can react further under these conditions (Lewis, R.J., Sr. 1992. Sax's Dangerous Properties of Industrial Materials, 8th Edition. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold. pp. 2708; Uetake, et al. Chem. Abs. 1974. 81, 5175; Davies, A. G. Organic Peroxides. London: Butterworths, 1961. pp. 171; Rodd, E. H, Ed. Chemistry of Organic Compounds. New York: Elsevier Publishing Company, 1951. Vol. Ia pp. 327).
Potential Gas Byproducts
- Alcohols
- Aldehydes
- Carbon Dioxide (CO2)
- Hydrocarbons
- Ethers
- Oxygen (O2)