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Reactivity Documentation

Salts, Acidic

mixed with

Metals, Alkali, Very Active

Summary

Details

Salts, Acidic is a reactive group.
Metals, Alkali, Very Active is a reactive group.

Reactivity Predictions (for each pair of reactive groups)

Metals, Alkali, Very Active mixed with
Salts, Acidic

Hazard Predictions

The mixture of lithium with chromium trichloride or zirconium tetrachloride will burn vigorously even in an air-free nitrogen atmosphere (Anon., 1969, BCISC Quarterly Safety Summary, 40, p. 16).

Sodium explosively or violently reduces many metal halides, producing finely-powdered and pyrophoric metal powders (Alkali Metals. 1957. pp. 129; Cuielleron, J. 1945. Bull. Soc. Chim. (France) 12:88; Mellor, J. 1961. Mellor's Comprehensive Treatise on Inorganic and Theoretical Chemistry. Vol. 2, Supplement 2. p. 494-496. Longmans, Green and Co Ltd.).

Potassium forms shock-sensitive explosive mixtures with many metal halides (Staudinger, H. 1925. Z. Elektrochem. 31:549).

Many acidic metal chlorides release small amounts of hydrochloric acid in water. Aqueous hydrochloric acid reacts rapidly with sodium, generating flammable hydrogen gas (Mellor, J. 1941. Mellor's Comprehensive Treatise on Inorganic and Theoretical Chemistry. Vol. 2, p. 469-470. Longmans, Green and Co Ltd.).

Reaction of ammonia pentaborate with strong reducing agents, such as metal hydrides or alkali metals, will generate flammable hydrogen gas (Ammonia Pentaborate; MSDS No. US-US-AP; Rio Tinto Borax: Denver, CO, May 2000. http://www.borax.com/pdfs/dist/MSDS_Ammonium_Pentaborate.pdf (accessed 8/01/11)).

Potential Gas Byproducts