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Reactivity Documentation

Peroxides, Organic

mixed with

Metals, Elemental and Powder, Active

Summary

Details

Peroxides, Organic is a reactive group.

Reactivity Predictions (for each pair of reactive groups)

Metals, Elemental and Powder, Active mixed with
Peroxides, Organic

Hazard Predictions

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