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  2. Air sensitivity - Wikipedia

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    Air sensitivity is a term used, particularly in chemistry, to denote the reactivity of chemical compounds with some constituent of air.Most often, reactions occur with atmospheric oxygen (O 2) or water vapor (H 2 O), [1] although reactions with the other constituents of air such as carbon monoxide (CO), carbon dioxide (CO 2), and nitrogen (N 2) are also possible.

  3. Potassium hydroxide - Wikipedia

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    This reaction is manifested by the "greasy" feel that KOH gives when touched; fats on the skin are rapidly converted to soap and glycerol. Molten KOH is used to displace halides and other leaving groups. The reaction is especially useful for aromatic reagents to give the corresponding phenols. [16]

  4. Alkaline anion-exchange membrane fuel cell - Wikipedia

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    In that situation, CO 2 coming in through oxidant air stream and generated as by product from oxidation of methanol, if methanol is the fuel, reacts with electrolyte KOH forming CO 3 2− /HCO 3 −. Unfortunately as a consequence, K 2 CO 3 or KHCO 3 precipitate on the electrodes. However, this effect has found to be mitigated by the removal of ...

  5. Soda lime - Wikipedia

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    Each mole of CO 2 (44 g) reacts with one mole of calcium hydroxide (74 g) and produces one mole of water (18 g). The reaction can be considered as a strong-base-catalysed, water-facilitated reaction. [5] The reaction mechanism of carbon dioxide with soda lime can be decomposed in three elementary steps: 1) () (CO 2 dissolves in water – slow ...

  6. Sabatier reaction - Wikipedia

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    Paul Sabatier (1854-1941) winner of the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1912 and discoverer of the reaction in 1897. The Sabatier reaction or Sabatier process produces methane and water from a reaction of hydrogen with carbon dioxide at elevated temperatures (optimally 300–400 °C) and pressures (perhaps 3 MPa [1]) in the presence of a nickel catalyst.

  7. Boudouard reaction - Wikipedia

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    The Boudouard reaction, named after Octave Leopold Boudouard, is the redox reaction of a chemical equilibrium mixture of carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide at a given temperature. It is the disproportionation of carbon monoxide into carbon dioxide and graphite or its reverse: [1] 2CO ⇌ CO 2 + C

  8. Atmospheric chemistry - Wikipedia

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    Atmospheric chemistry is a branch of atmospheric science that studies the chemistry of the Earth's atmosphere and that of other planets. This multidisciplinary approach of research draws on environmental chemistry, physics, meteorology, computer modeling, oceanography, geology and volcanology, climatology and other disciplines to understand both natural and human-induced changes in atmospheric ...

  9. Potassium - Wikipedia

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    Potassium metal can react violently with water producing KOH and hydrogen gas. 2 K(s) + 2 H 2 O(l) → 2 KOH(aq) + H 2 (g)↑ A reaction of potassium metal with water. Hydrogen is produced, and with potassium vapor, burns with a pink or lilac flame. Strongly alkaline potassium hydroxide is formed in solution.