Chlorine

Incompatible materials: Alcohols.

Antimony burns spontaneously in gaseous chlorine; with liquid chlorine, antimony ignites at 33 deg C.

Arsenic burns spontaneously in gaseous chlorine; with liquid chlorine, arsenic ignites at 33 deg C.

Arsenic disulfide ignites in a rapid stream of chlorine.

When chlorine is bubbled into arsine, each bubble produces a flame.

Powdered bismuth burns spontaneously in gaseous chlorine; with liquid chlorine, bismuth ignites at 80 deg C.

Boron burns spontaneously in gaseous chlorine. Boron ignites in chlorine at 410 deg C.

Boron trisulfide ignites in chlorine, even if cold.

Finely divided calcium burns spontaneously in chlorine. Solid calcium burns spontaneously in chlorine at elevated temperatures.

When moist chlorine was passed over calcium carbide and potassium hydroxide, a solution of 58% dichloroacetylene was /produced and/ collected in ether. The solution burned spontaneously and filled the laboratory with phosgene.

Calcium nitride reacts in the cold with chlorine, with incandescence.

Mixtures of chlorine and calcium phosphide react readily at about 100 deg C.

The mixture of /activated carbon and chlorine/ spontaneously ignites in the dry state.

Cesium acetylene carbide burns in cold chlorine ...

Unless precautions are taken, the reaction of chlorine with alkylphosphines or dialkylphosphines is a vigorous decomposing reaction.

Diethyl zinc is spontaneously flammable in ... chlorine.

Hydrazine ignites in contact with chlorine.

Hydroxylamine is spontaneously flammable in chlorine.

The reaction between liquid chlorine and iodine is violent.

Iron carbide burns in chlorine below 100 deg C with incandescence ...

Magnesium phosphide burns brilliantly when heated in chlorine ... vapors.

Manganese ... /ditritaphosphide/ ignites when gently heated in chlorine.

Chlorine reacts rapidly at room temperature with both mercuric oxide and silver oxide.

Mercuric sulfide burns in chlorine with incandescence.

The polymer of oxomonosilane ignites in ... chlorine.

The reaction of phosphorus isocyanate and chlorine is vigorous, forming a yellow oil.

When phosphorus oxide is thrown into a jar of chlorine vapor, it ignites instantly.

Liquid chlorine reacts exothermically with polychlorinated biphenyl heat transfer liquid.

Potassium acetylene carbide ignites spontaneously in cold chlorine, forming hydrogen chloride plus carbon.

Potassium hydride burns in fluorine or chlorine spontaneously.

Silicon hydride ignites in a chlorine atmosphere.

/Sodium carbide/ burns in chlorine gas.

Sodium hydride is spontaneously flammable in ... chlorine when moisture is present.

The reaction of chlorine and stannous fluoride occurs with flaming.

Mixtures of ... /strontium phosphide and chlorine/ ignite at about 30 deg C.

Warm chlorine attacks tellurium with incandescence.

Tetramethyl diarsine is spontaneously flammable in chlorine.

When tungsten dioxide is heated in chlorine, the reaction occurs with incandescence.

Zinc burns in moist chlorine.

Reacts with organic materials, active metals, reducing agents, and ammonia. Reacts with water to form corrosive, acidic solutions. ... Isolate from acetylene, ammonia, hydrocarbons, hydrogen, ether, turpentine, and finely divided metals.

When ether is poured into chlorine gas, an explosion results.

Reaction of fluorine and chlorine is accompanied by flames. In the presence of a spark, a violent explosion occurs.

A mixture of hydrogen and chlorine is exploded by almost any form of energy (heat, sunlight, sparks etc). Explosive range: 5-95%.

Powdered vanadium explodes with chlorine even at 0 deg C.

Liquid chlorine reacts explosively with polypropylene, drawing wax, polydimethylsiloxane, dibutyl phthalate, glycerol, and linseed oil.

Diborane explodes in contact with chlorine at ordinary temperatures.

The reaction of chlorine and methane is explosive at room temperature over yellow mercuric oxide.

Ethylene reacts explosively with chlorine in sunlight or ultraviolet light. The reaction of chlorine and ethylene is explosive at room temperature over yellow mercuric oxide, mercurous oxide, or silver oxide.

A mixture of ethyl phosphine and chlorine explodes.

When liquid chlorine was added to carbon disulfide in an iron cylinder, the iron catalyzed an explosive reaction.

Mixtures of chlorine and bromine pentafluoride explodes on heating.

The reaction of chlorine and a dilute solution of calcium chlorite evolves explosive chlorine dioxide.

Ethyleneimine plus chlorine forms an explosive compound, 1-chloroethyleneimine.

Combines with moisture to form HCl.

An explosion occurred during the chlorination of S-ethylisothiourea sulfate and formamidine thiolacetic acid-hydrochloric acid. Formation of spontaneously explosive nitrogen trichloride was the suggested cause.

Reacts explosively or forms explosive compounds with many common substances such as acetylene, ether, turpentine, ammonia, fuel gas, hydrogen and finely divided metals.

With cobalt (II) chloride and methanol: During the preparation of cis-dichlorobis(2,2'-bipyridyl)cobalt(III) chloride ... passage of chlorine into an ice cold solution of cobalt chloride, bipyridyl and lithium chloride in methanol soon caused an explosion followed by the ignition of the methanol inside the reaction vessel.

With aluminum: Corrosive failure of a vaporizer used in manufacture of aluminum chloride caused liquid chlorine to contact molten aluminum. A series of explosions occurred.

With amidosulfuric acid: Chlorination of aq sulfamic acid led to an explosion from formation of nitrogen trichloride.

With butyl rubber and naphtha: Chlorination of butyl rubber in naphtha with chlorine-nitrogen mixtures may lead to explosion if nitrogen contents below 77% or chlorine contents above 16% are used.

With chlorinated pyridine and iron powder: An explosion occurred during the preparation of iron(III) chloride from iron powder and chlorine gas in a chlorinated pyridine solvent. This was attributed to formation of iron(II) chloride, its interaction with the solvent to give iron(III) chloride, then reduction of the latter by iron to iron(II) chloride. The exotherm and incr evolution of hydrogen chloride caused the reactor to fail.

With dimethyl phosphoramidate: In a 1.5 g mol preparation of dimethyl N,N-dichlorophosphoramidate by chlorination of the ester, a violent explosion occurred during the period of stirring after the reaction.

With non-metals: Liquid chlorine at -34 deg C explodes with white phosphorus, and a solution in heptane at 0 deg C ignites red phosphorus. Boron, active carbon, silicon and phosphorus all ignite in contact with gaseous chlorine at ambient temp. Arsenic incandesces on contact with liquid chlorine at -34 deg C, and the powder ignited when sprinkled into the gas at ambient temp. Tellurium must be warmed slightly before incandescence occurs.

With silicones: Silicone process oils mixed with liquid chlorine confined in a stainless steel bomb reacted explosively on heating; polydimethylsiloxane at 88-118 deg C, and polymethyltrifluoropropylsiloxane at 68-114 deg C. Previously, leakage of a silicone pump oil into a liq chlorine feed system had caused rupture of a stainless steel ball valve under a pressure surge of about 2 kbar.

With sodium hydroxide: Attempted disposal of a small amt of liq chlorine by pouring it into 20% sodium hydroxide soln caused a violent reaction leading to personal contamination.

With tert-butanol: Rate of admission of chlorine into the alcohol during the preparation of tert-butyl hypochlorite must be regulated to keep temperature below 20 deg C to prevent explosion.

With 3-chloropropyne: A vigorous explosion during chlorination of 3-chloropropyne in benzene at 0 deg C over 4 hours was attributed to the presence of excess chlorine arising from the slow rate of reaction at low temperature.

With phosphorus compounds: Boronidiiodophosphide, phosphine, phosphorus trioxide and trimercury tetraphosphide all ignite in contact with chlorine at ambient temp. Trimagnesium diphosphide and trimanganese diphosphide ignite in warm phosphide incandesces in chlorine.

Copper foil burns spontaneously in gaseous chlorine. Copper reacts vigorously with chlorine at around 320 deg C.

Brass burns spontaneously in gaseous chloride.

Chlorine vapors and cesium, lithium, or rubidium react with luminous flame.