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Reactivity Documentation

Oxidizing Agents, Weak

mixed with

Reducing Agents, Strong

Summary

Details

Oxidizing Agents, Weak is a reactive group.
Reducing Agents, Strong is a reactive group.

Reactivity Predictions (for each pair of reactive groups)

Reducing Agents, Strong mixed with
Oxidizing Agents, Weak

Hazard Predictions

When combined, strong oxidizers and strong reducers will react with intensity, as shown in the examples below. However, we expect that reactions between weak oxidizers and strong reducers will be less intense than reactions with strong oxidizers. We strongly urge chemists to do small scale tests under appropriate conditions.

NaClO3 reacts exothermically with ammonium thiosulfate, releasing toxic CO2 and NOx gases (MCA Case History No. 2019, Case Histories of Accidents in the Chemical Industry, Manufacturing Chemists' Association, Washington).

Carbon can ignite or explode in contact with oxygen, metal oxides, peroxides, metal oxosalts, halogens, interhalogens, and other oxidants (Urben, P.G. 1995. Bretherick's Handbook of Reactive Chemical Hazards, 5th Edition. Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann. pp. 125).