Reactivity is the tendency of substances to undergo chemical change. You can use CAMEO Chemicals to find out about the reactivity of substances or predict the reactivity of mixtures of substances.
Predicting reactivity between chemicals. In CAMEO Chemicals, you can "virtually mix" two or more chemicals to find out what dangers could arise if they were accidentally mixed together. To make reactivity predictions, you first add the chemicals to MyChemicals, then request a reactivity prediction. How is reactivity predicted?
Learning about a chemical's natural reactivity. Many chemicals are reactive by nature, even when unmixed with other chemicals. For example, chemicals may be peroxidizable Can slowly react with oxygen in the air or with oxidizers (oxidizing agents) to eventually form potentially explosive, white crystalline peroxides, polymerizable Can react with itself. Polymerization reactions typically generate heat and could cause container to overpressurize, possibly leading to a fire or explosion, or radioactive Spontaneously and continuously emitting ions or ionizing radiation. Radioactivity is not a chemical property, but an additional hazard apart from other properties of a material. To find out about the natural reactive hazards of a chemical, review Section 2 - Hazards in the chemical's data sheet. How do I find a chemical's data sheet?