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Reactivity Documentation

Oxidizing Agents, Weak

mixed with

Metals, Less Reactive

Summary

Details

Oxidizing Agents, Weak is a reactive group.
Metals, Less Reactive is a reactive group.

Reactivity Predictions (for each pair of reactive groups)

Metals, Less Reactive mixed with
Oxidizing Agents, Weak

Hazard Predictions

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).