Reactivity Documentation
Nitrate and Nitrite Compounds, Inorganic |
mixed with |
Sulfides, Inorganic |
Summary
- Generates heat: Exothermic reaction at ambient temperatures (releases heat)
- Intense or explosive reaction: Reaction may be particularly intense, violent, or explosive
Details
Nitrate and Nitrite Compounds, Inorganic
is a reactive group.
Sulfides, Inorganic
is a reactive group.
Reactivity Predictions (for each pair of reactive groups)
Sulfides, Inorganic
mixed with
Nitrate and Nitrite Compounds, Inorganic
Nitrate and Nitrite Compounds, Inorganic
Hazard Predictions
- Generates heat: Exothermic reaction at ambient temperatures (releases heat)
- Intense or explosive reaction: Reaction may be particularly intense, violent, or explosive
Mixtures of potassium nitrate with antimony trisulfide, barium sulfide, calcium sulfide, germanium monosulfide or titanium disulfide all explode on heating, and mixtures of potassium nitrate with arsenic disulfide or molybdenum disulfide are detonable (Bretherick, L. 1996. Bretherick's Handbook of Reactive Chemical Hazards. Fifth Ed. Urben, P.G., Ed. Butterworth-Heinemann, Boston, MA. Vol. 1, p. 1635).