Reactivity Documentation
Oxidizing Agents, Strong |
mixed with |
Nitro, Nitroso, Nitrate, and Nitrite Compounds, Organic |
Summary
- Explosive: Reaction products may be explosive or sensitive to shock or friction
- Intense or explosive reaction: Reaction may be particularly intense, violent, or explosive
Details
Reactivity Predictions (for each pair of reactive groups)
Oxidizing Agents, Strong
Hazard Predictions
- Explosive: Reaction products may be explosive or sensitive to shock or friction
- Intense or explosive reaction: Reaction may be particularly intense, violent, or explosive
Mixtures of TNT and oxidants may spontaneously ignite (Lewis, R.J., Sr. 1992. Sax's Dangerous Properties of Industrial Materials, 8th Edition. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold. pp. 3426).
Nitrobenzene forms explosive mixtures with N2O4 and other oxidizing agents (Lewis, R.J., Sr. 1992. Sax's Dangerous Properties of Industrial Materials, 8th Edition. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold. pp. 2518; Urbanski, T., 1967, Chemistry and Technology of Explosives, London, MacMillan, Vol. 3, p. 288; Urben, P.G. 1995. Bretherick's Handbook of Reactive Chemical Hazards, 5th Edition. Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann. pp. 1289).
Nitrobenzene forms explosive salts with AgNO3 (Luchs, J.K. 1966. Photog. Sci. Eng. 10:336).
Nitromethane reacts violently with Ca(OCl)2 and other oxidants (Lewis, R.J., Sr. 1992. Sax's Dangerous Properties of Industrial Materials, 8th Edition. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold. pp. 2544).
Ethyl nitrate reacts violently with strong oxidants (Lewis, R.J., Sr. 1992. Sax's Dangerous Properties of Industrial Materials, 8th Edition. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold. pp. 1643).
Metal oxides may cause violent decomposition of aliphatic nitro compounds (Markofsky, S.B. 2002. Nitro Compounds, Aliphatic. In Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry. Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA. (Online)).
Nitromethane is sensitized by oxidizing agents, including metal oxides (Lewis, R.J., Sr. 1992. Sax's Dangerous Properties of Industrial Materials, 8th Edition. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold. pp. 2544, 3426; Hermoni, A. et al. 1960. Chemistry and Industry 1265).
Sodium chlorate and nitrobenzene is an explosive combination that has been used in numerous terrorist bombings (Urben, P.G. 1995. Bretherick's Handbook of Reactive Chemical Hazards, 5th Edition. Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann. pp. 1289).
Mixtures of nitromethane and heavy metal oxides, such as those of silver, lead, and mercury, can lead to violent decompositions and should be avoided (Markofsky, S. B. 2000. Nitro Compounds, Aliphatic. Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry).