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Reactivity Documentation

Anhydrides

mixed with

Metals, Elemental and Powder, Active

Summary

Details

Anhydrides is a reactive group.

Reactivity Predictions (for each pair of reactive groups)

Metals, Elemental and Powder, Active mixed with
Anhydrides

Hazard Predictions

Many anhydrides are oxidants, and therefore react vigorously with alkali metals, which are strong reducing agents. Specific examples follow:

The interaction of selenium and chromium trioxide is violent (Mellor, J. 1943. Mellor's Comprehensive Treatise on Inorganic and Theoretical Chemistry. Vol. 11, p. 233. Longmans, Green and Co Ltd.).

Dinitrogen pentaoxide vigorously oxidizes arsenic (Mellor, J. 1940. Mellor's Comprehensive Treatise on Inorganic and Theoretical Chemistry. Vol. 8, p. 554. Longmans, Green and Co Ltd.).

Maleic anhydride is explosively decomposed by alkali metals (MCA Safety Data Sheet 88, Manufacturing Chemists' Association, Washington, 1962). Alkali earth metals may react in a similar way.

Tetraphosphorus decoxide reacts explosively with warm calcium (Mellor, J. 1940. Mellor's Comprehensive Treatise on Inorganic and Theoretical Chemistry. Vol. 8, p. 945. Longmans, Green and Co Ltd.).

Potential Gas Byproducts