Reaction with beryllium oxide

Chemical Reactivity - Reactivity with Water Reacts vigorously as an exothermic reaction. Forms beryllium oxide and hydrochloric acid solution Reactivity with Common Materials Corrodes most metals in the presence of moisture. Flammable and explosive hydrogen gas may collect in confined spaces Stability During Transport Stable Neutralizing Agents for Acids and Caustics Flush with water and rinse with dilute solution of sodium bicarbonate or soda ash Polymerization Not pertinent Inhibitor of Polymerization Not pertinent. 

CARBINOL (67-56-1) Forms explosive mixture with air (flash point 50°F/10°C). Violent reaction with strong oxidizers, acetyl bromide, alkyl aluminum salts, beryllium dihydride, bromine, chromic acid, l-chloro-3,3-difluoro-2-methoxycyclopropene, cyanuric chloride, di-ethylzinc, isophthaloyl chloride, nitric acid, perchloric acid, potassium-fert-butoxide, potassium sulfur diimide, Raneynickel catalysts, 2,4,6-trichlorotriazine, triethylaluminum,... 

WOOD NAPHTHA (67-56-1) Forms explosive mixture with air (flash point 50°F/10°C). Violent reaction with strong oxidizers, acetyl bromide, alkyl aluminum salts, beryllium... 

CHEMICAL PROPERTIES extremely stable resists hydrolysis reacts with chemi-cally-active metals such as lithium, beryllium, and barium reaction with strong oxidizers, caustic soda, sodium hydroxide, and potash FP (NA) LFL/UFL (NA) AT (NA). 

The possible employment of beryllium in nuclear engineering and in the aircraft industry has encouraged considerable investigation into its oxidation characteristics. In particular, behaviour in carbon dioxide up to temperatures of 1 000°C has been extensively studied and it has been shown that up to a temperature of 600°C the formation of beryllium oxide follows a parabolic law but with continued exposure break-away oxidation occurs in a similar fashion to that described for zirconium. The presence of moisture in the carbon dioxide enhances the break-away reaction . It has been suggested that film growth proceeds by cation diffusion and that oxidation takes place at the oxide/air interface. ... 

There is a reaction between beryllium and nitrogen that starts at about 750°C and is appreciable at 850°C, beryllium nitride being formed". The reaction with oxygen is less sluggish and at 900°C in oxygen oxidation proceeds at about twice the rate of nitride formation. Thus when beryllium is heated in air, beryllium nitride forms only a small proportion of the total scale —about 0-75% after 1 h at 1 000°C. 

Titanium tetrachloride is produced on an industrial scale by the chlorination of titanium dioxide-carbon mixtures in reactors lined with silica. During the reactor operation, the lining comes into contact not only with chlorine but also with titanium tetrachloride. There appears to be no attack on silica by either of these as the lining remains intact. However, the use of such a reactor for chlorinating beryllium oxide by the carbon-chlorine reduction chlorination procedure is not possible because the silica lining is attacked in this case. This corrosion of silica can be traced to the attack of beryllium chloride on silica. The interaction of beryllium chloride with silica results in the formation of silicon tetrachloride in accordance with the reaction... 

Beryllium oxide (BeO) is a beryllium compound produced in significant commercial quantities. The chemical process starts with minerals containing aluminum silicate and silicon dioxide and undergoes a number of chemical reactions, some at high temperatures, to end up with BeO. 

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