Strontium carbide

Strontium carbide (acetylide), SrC2, black solid, formed by reaction of strontium oxide and carbon at electric furnace temperature the carbide reacts with water yielding acetylene gas and strontium hydroxide,... 

Strontium cyanamide, SrCN , formed with the cyanide, Sr(CN)>, by heating strontium carbide at 1,200°C with nitrogen. 

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EXPLOSION and FIRE CONCERNS combustible solid NFPA rating (NA) reacts to form explosive products with metal amides contact with acids may cause formation of poisonous hydrogen selenide gas incompatible or reacts violently with barium carbide, bromine pen-tafluoride, chromic oxide, fluorine, lithium carbide, lithium silicon, metals, nickel, sodium, nitric acid, nitrogen trichloride, oxygen, potassium, potassium bromate, rubidium carbide, zinc, silver bromate, uranium, strontium carbide, and thorium carbide toxic gases and vapors may be released in a fire involving selenium, sodium selenite, sodium selenate, and selenium dioxide use water for firefighting purposes. 

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