Titanium, metal powder, active lithium

In 1973, the direct potassium metal reduction of zinc salts was reported.3 This active zinc powder reacted with alkyl and aryl bromides to form the alkyl- and arylzinc bromides under mild conditions.4 The reduction of anhydrous zinc salts by alkali metals can be facilitated through the use of electron carriers. Lithium and sodium naphthalenide reduce zinc salts to give highly reactive metal powders under milder and safer conditions. Graphite5 and liquid ammonia6 have also been employed as electron carriers in producing zinc powders. A highly dispersed reactive zinc powder was formed from the sodium metal reduction of zinc salts on titanium dioxide.7... 

GENETRON 113 (Allied Signal) (76-13-1) Reacts violently with chemically active metals, barium, calcium, lithium, potassium, sodium, and powdered aluminum, beryllium, magnesium, potassium-sodium alloy, titanium, zinc. Contact with alloys containing more than 2% magnesium or with hot surfaces can cause decomposition with the release of... 

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