Reactivity Documentation
Nitrate and Nitrite Compounds, Inorganic |
mixed with |
Metal Hydrides, Metal Alkyls, Metal Aryls, and Silanes |
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)
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
Nitrate and nitrite salts tend to react as oxidizing agents, so they will likely have strong reactions with metal hydrides and alkyls, which are strong reducing agents.
Alkylaluminum compounds are powerful reducing agents, so their interactions with oxidants are likely to be highly exothermic and hazardous (Kirk-Othmer Encyclopedia of Chemical Technology, 1963, London: Wiley-Interscience, Vol. 2, 38, 40; J. W. Mellor, 1946. Mellor's Comprehensive Treatise on Inorganic and Theoretical Chemistry. Vol. 5, pp. 850, 872. Longmans, Green and Co Ltd.).
Many metal acetylides react violently with oxidants (Urben, P.G. 1995. Bretherick's Handbook of Reactive Chemical Hazards, 5th Edition. Oxford: Butterworth-Heinemann., Vol. 2, pp. 192).
Sodium nitrate, potassium nitrate, sodium nitrite, and potassium nitrite are oxidizing agents and should be kept away from easily oxidized materials and reducing agents (Laue, W., Thiemann, M., Scheibler, E. and Wiegand, K. W. 2000. Nitrates and Nitrites. Ullmann's Encyclopedia of Industrial Chemistry. (Online)).