Questions tagged [reactivity]
Applied to a chemical species, the term expresses a kinetic property in reference to another species. The tag should be applied to questions seeking answers with respect to the reactivity (or unreactivity) of a certain chemical compound, species, molecular entity and/or functional groups. It must not be applied to questions about the stability of certain chemical species.
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Highly concentrated NaOH solution at high temperature vs borosilicate glassware and cellulose?
I've read here on stack-exchange that NaOH will react with glass through the following reaction:
4 NaOH + SiO2 ⤑ Na4SiO4 + 2 H2O
I would like to briefly heat a highly concentrated NaOH solution to ...
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Why does calcium oxide react with sulfur dioxide?
Which of the following compounds reacts with calcium oxide, $\ce{CaO}$?
(a) $\ce{K2O}$
(b) $\ce{Na2O}$
(c) $\ce{SO2}$
(d) $\ce{MgO}$
I thought that since sodium is higher in the reactivity ...
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Why does a carbon double bond "break readily" but this is not so for other elements (nitrogen double and triple bonds are stronger)? [duplicate]
A level chemistry student here, fairly basic question. We always learnt (from GCSE bond enthalpies) that "Bigger bonds are stronger", so to speak; my teacher often quoted $\ce{N#N}$ as very ...
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Do copper and ammonium hydroxide react?
According to the activity series positions of copper and ammonium, with ammonium being higher up on the series compared to copper, it would be predicted that ammonium replace copper in a single ...
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