A small piece of sodium metal is placed in a flask of chlorine gas. A little water helps expose the sodium so it can react with the chlorine gas. The reaction releases a lot of heat as the ionic ...

IN studies1 of the explosions of mixtures of hydrogen and oxygen sensitized by nitrogen peroxide and nitrosyl chloride, the following reactions have all been suggested as chain-initiating steps.

IntroductionA cotton swab is dipped into concentrated hydrochloric acid (producing hydrogen chloride gas) while a second on is dipped into concentrated aqueous ammonia (producing ammonia gas). Both ...