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Reactivity Documentation

Hydrocarbons, Aliphatic Unsaturated

mixed with

Metals, Alkali, Very Active

Summary

Details

Metals, Alkali, Very Active is a reactive group.

Reactivity Predictions (for each pair of reactive groups)

Metals, Alkali, Very Active mixed with
Hydrocarbons, Aliphatic Unsaturated

Hazard Predictions

Some unsaturated hydrocarbons, such as isoprene, butadiene, and styrene, polymerize at room temperature on contact with sodium having a high surface area (powder or a thin layer) (Pascal, P. 1966. Nouveau Traité de Chimie Minérale. Vol. 2, Part 1, p. 224. Masson et Cie.).

Potassium reacts with acetylene even at cold temperatures to form reactive potassium carbide (K2C2) and possibly hydrogen gas. When this reaction is warmed, it results in a fire (Pascal, P. 1966. Nouveau Traité de Chimie Minérale. Vol. 2, Part 2, p. 31. Masson et Cie.).

Heated potassium reacts with ethylene to form potassium carbide (K2C2) and possibly hydrogen gas (Pascal, P. 1966. Nouveau Traité de Chimie Minérale. Vol. 2, Part 2, p. 31. Masson et Cie.).

Heated lithium reacts incandescently with ethylene and acetylene, forming explosive lithium carbide (Li2C2) and pyrophoric lithium hydride (Pascal, P. 1966. Nouveau Traité de Chimie Minérale. Vol. 2, Part 1, p. 38, 137. Masson et Cie.).

Liquid potassium ignites and explodes in acetylene (Berthelot, M. 1866. Bull. Soc. Chim. (France) [2] 5:188).

Liquid sodium reacts with acetylene to form reactive sodium carbide (Na2C2) and sodium acetylide (NaC2H) and flammable hydrogen gas (Pascal, P. 1966. Nouveau Traité de Chimie Minérale. Vol. 2, Part 1, p. 224, 867. Masson et Cie.).

Potential Gas Byproducts