Each edition is written by a specialist in this important field. To protect employees from reactives used in laboratory settings, a basic understanding of the chemicals and their behaviors is helpful.
Many people think of explosions when they hear the term reactives.
Indeed, reactives are known to react violently on occasion, causing mass destruction. The class of chemicals, however, includes many other nasty traits, including burning extremely rapidly under ambient conditions. Reactives are also known to release highly toxic or corrosive vapors. Conditions that could cause these dangerous reactions include such common conditions as moisture, shock, light, movement, age, air, or friction. There are a number of categories for dangerous reactions.