This page shows the predicted reactivity between two or more chemicals, if mixed together.
"Reactivity" is the tendency of substances to undergo chemical change. To predict the reactions
that may occur between the chemicals you select, CAMEO Chemicals identifies the reactive groups to which the
chemicals belong, then predicts the kinds of reactions likely to occur when members of these groups
are mixed together.
Note: CAMEO Chemicals accounts only for reactions between two chemicals at a time. To predict the reactivity
of a mixture of three or more chemicals, it predicts the reactivity between all possible pairs
of those chemicals. However, three or more chemicals sometimes can react together in ways that CAMEO Chemicals
cannot predict. For example, although glycerin and nitric acid react very little when they are mixed together,
if sulfuric acid is added to the mixture, the three chemicals react together to produce the powerful explosive
nitroglycerin. In some other cases, when more than two chemicals are mixed together, one of the chemicals may
act as a catalyst, accelerating the rate of reaction between other chemicals in the mixture. In such cases,
the reactivity hazard of a chemical mixture may be greater than predicted.
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