Reactivity Documentation
Halogenating Agents |
mixed with |
Non-Redox-Active Inorganic Compounds |
Summary
- Generates heat: Exothermic reaction at ambient temperatures (releases heat)
- Intense or explosive reaction: Reaction may be particularly intense, violent, or explosive
Details
Reactivity Predictions (for each pair of reactive groups)
Halogenating Agents
Hazard Predictions
- Generates heat: Exothermic reaction at ambient temperatures (releases heat)
- Intense or explosive reaction: Reaction may be particularly intense, violent, or explosive
Halogens may serve to oxidize non-redox-active salts. These reactions may be exothermic. Caution should be used before proceeding. Further research of comparable examples in the literature or very small scale, carefully controlled experiments may be needed to fully assess compatibility.
Chlorine trifluoride is a potent oxidizer and reacts violently with many metal oxides and some salts, including calcium oxide, magnesium oxide, manganese dioxide, aluminum oxide, arsenic trioxide, bismuth trioxide, chromic oxide, lanthanum oxide, lead dioxide, molybdenum trioxide, stannic oxide, tantalum pentoxide, tungsten trioxide, vanadium pentoxide, mercury iodide, and potassium iodide (Urben, P.G. 1995. Bretherick's Handbook of Reactive Chemical Hazards, 5th Edition. Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann. Vol. 1, pp. 1237).
Tungsten trioxide reacts exothermically with boron tribromide, and the mixture may explode if the temperature is not adequately controlled (Levason, W. et al., J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans., 1981, 2501-2507).