Silver chlorite

Many of the metal chlorites are not particularly stable and will explode or detonate when stmck or heated. These include the salts of Hg", Tl", Pb ", Cu", and Ag". Extremely fast decomposition with high heat evolution has been noted for barium chlorite [14674-74-9] Ba(Cl02)2, at 190°C, silver chlorite [7783-91-7] AgC102, at 120°C, and lead chlorite [13453-57-17, at 103°C (109). Sodium chlorite can be oxidized by ozone to form chlorine dioxide under acidic conditions (110) ... 

The effect of silver chlorite on iodomethane in the absence of any solvent gives rise to an immediate explosion. During another attempt it was observed that the presence of a solvent delays but does not prevent the explosion from happening. This accident can be intapreted in two different ways instability of the methyl chlorite formed, or violent oxidation of the iodised compound by silver chlorite, which is a strong oxidant. 

The salt is impact-sensitive, cannot be finely ground, and explodes at 105°C. Attempts to react silver chlorite with iodo-methane or -ethane caused explosions, immediate in the absence of solvents, or delayed in their presence. 

Finely divided carbon, sulfur or red phosphorus are oxidised violently by silver chlorite. 

Silver bromate Sulfur compounds Silver chlorite Hydrochloric acid, etc. MRH 2.00/88... 

Iodoform Iodomethane Iron disulfide Isothiourea Ketones Lactonitrile Lead Acetone, lithium, mercury(II) oxide, mercury(I) chloride, silver nitrate Silver chlorite, sodium Water, powdered pyrites Acrylaldehyde, hydrogen peroxide, nitric acid Aldehydes, nitric acid, perchloric acid Oxidizing materials Ammonium nitrate, chlorine trifluoride, hydrogen peroxide, sodium azide and carbide, zirconium, oxidants... 

Silver bromate, 0007 Silver buten-3-ynide, 1408 Silver chlorate, 0011 Silver chloride, 0008 Silver chlorite, 0010... 

Chlorite esters, like chlorite salts, are explosively unstable. See Silver chlorite, Alone, or lodoalkanes... 

Ethyl Chlorite, C2HB.Cl02i The only ref to this compd or the corresponding chlorate reported an attempt to prepare ethyl perchlorite from ethyl iodide and silver chlorite at 15°. 

N. A. E. Millon found that a soln. of alkali chlorite gives a yellow precipitate of lead chlorite, Pb(C102)2, or of silver chlorite, AgC102, when treated respectively with lead or silver nitrate. On recrystallization from hot water, lead and silver chlorites are obtained in yellow plates. J. Schiel also made lead chlorite by treating a soln. of barium or calcium chlorite with lead nitrate an excess of the lead nitrate is to be avoided because of its solvent action. Fine sulphur yellow crystals can be obtained from a warm soln.—50°-60°—of the salt in calcium chlorite. The dry salt explodes at 126° according to N. A. E. Millon, at 100° according to J. Schiel. It explodes when triturated with flowers of sulphur or antimony sulphide. It behaves like silver chlorite with hydrogen sulphide and with sulphuric acid. 

If a trace of free chlorous acid is present with the precipitated silver chlorite,... 

Silver Chlorite, AgC102, yel crysts, detonates on heating was pptd when an acidified soln of alk chlorite was treated with Ag nitrate Refs l)Me lor 2(1922), 283 2)G.R. Levi,... 

Lead chromate Sulfur Lead(II) chlorite Non-metals Phosphorus(III) oxide Potassium bromate Non-metals Potassium chlorate Charcoal, etc., or Non-metals Potassium chlorite Sulfur Potassium perchlorate Sulfur Potassium permanganate Non-metals Silver bromate Sulfur compounds Silver chlorite Hydrochloric acid, etc. 

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