Reactivity Documentation
Metals, Elemental and Powder, Active |
mixed with |
Metal Hydrides, Metal Alkyls, Metal Aryls, and Silanes |
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
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May produce the following gases:
- Hydrogen
Details
Metals, Elemental and Powder, Active
is a reactive group.
Metal Hydrides, Metal Alkyls, Metal Aryls, and Silanes
is a reactive group.
Reactivity Predictions (for each pair of reactive groups)
Metals, Elemental and Powder, Active
mixed with
Metal Hydrides, Metal Alkyls, Metal Aryls, and Silanes
Metal Hydrides, Metal Alkyls, Metal Aryls, and Silanes
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
Grinding sodium acetylide with finely divided aluminum, iron, lead, or mercury may result in a vigorous reaction that releases carbon (J. W. Mellor, 1946. Mellor's Comprehensive Treatise on Inorganic and Theoretical Chemistry. Vol. 5, pp. 848. Longmans, Green and Co Ltd.).
Diborane forms flammable borohydrides on contact with aluminum (Hazardous Chemical Data. 1975. NFPA 49, Boston, National Fire Protection Association, pp. 114).
A mixture of barium acetylide and selenium incandesces when heated to 150C (J. W. Mellor, 1946. Mellor's Comprehensive Treatise on Inorganic and Theoretical Chemistry. Vol. 5, pp. 862. Longmans, Green and Co Ltd.).
Active metals may release flammable H2 gas upon exposure to metal hydrides (Predicted).
Potential Gas Byproducts
- Hydrogen (H2)