Raney nickel
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Raney nickel, also called spongy nickel, is a fine-grained solid composed mostly of nickel derived from a nickel–aluminium alloy. Several grades are known, of which most are gray solids. Some are pyro
Dry Raney nickel
Raney nickel is pyrophoric and must be handled with care. This shipping container is filled with vermiculite to protect the sealed bottle inside.
Pyrophoricity
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A substance is pyrophoric if it ignites spontaneously in air at or below 54 °C or within five minutes after coming into contact with air. Examples are organolithium compounds and triethylborane, as we
Raney nickel
…fine-grained solid composed mostly of nickel derived from a nickel–aluminium alloy. Several grades are known, of which most are gray solids. Some are pyrophoric, but most are used as air-stable slurries. Raney nickel is used as a reagent and as a catalyst in organic chemistry. It was developed in 1926 by American…
Plutonium pyrophoricity (spontaneously burning in contact with air, causes it to glow like an ember).