Reactivity Documentation
Oxidizing Agents, Weak |
mixed with |
Metals, Less Reactive |
Summary
- Potentially hazardous: May be hazardous but unknown
Details
Reactivity Predictions (for each pair of reactive groups)
Oxidizing Agents, Weak
Hazard Predictions
- Potentially hazardous: May be hazardous but unknown
When combined, strong oxidizers and noble metals may react with intensity, as shown in the examples below. However, no specific evidence was found for a hazardous reaction between weak oxidizers and noble metals. Because of the nature of the members of the Weak Oxidizing Agents group we would not expect reaction kinetics to yield hazardous conditions. We urge chemists to perform testing to ensure that hazards do not occur under conditions appropriate to the scenario.
Silver, copper, tin, and lead react violently and may ignite on contact with ClF3 (Urben, P.G. 1995. Bretherick's Handbook of Reactive Chemical Hazards, 5th Edition. Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann. pp. 1237).
Powdered copper will burn in chlorine (Mellor, J.W. 1967. Mellor's Modern Inorganic Chemistry, 6th Edition. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. pp. 649.).
Silver, platinum, gold, copper, and lead can catalyze exothermic decomposition of hydrogen peroxide, releasing combustion-promoting O2 gas (Urben, P.G. 1995. Bretherick's Handbook of Reactive Chemical Hazards, 5th Edition. Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann. pp. 1531; Winnacker. 1970. Volume 2. pp. 552).