• creation of sparks from metals is based on the pyrophoricity of small metal particles, and pyrophoric alloys are made for this purpose. Practical applications...
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    Cerium (category Pyrophoric materials)
    catalytic converters. Cerium metal is used in ferrocerium lighters for its pyrophoric properties. Cerium-doped YAG phosphor is used in conjunction with blue...
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    formula Al2(C2H5)6 (abbreviated as Al2Et6 or TEA). This colorless liquid is pyrophoric. It is an industrially important compound, closely related to trimethylaluminium...
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    the long term safety of depleted uranium exists, including claims of pyrophoric, genotoxic, and teratogenic heavy metal effects. Many have cited its use...
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  • ignite in a normal atmosphere at naturally ambient temperatures are termed pyrophoric. Autoignition temperatures of liquid chemicals are typically measured...
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    autoignition. It is distinct from (but has similar practical effects to) pyrophoricity, in which a compound needs no self-heat to ignite. The correct storage...
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  • lead. This product still provides a popular school demonstration of pyrophoricity. Shortly thereafter, Proust obtained a similar product from lead acetate...
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    pyrotechnic and pyrophoric as stored, chemical-energy-source IR-decoy flares contain pyrotechnic compositions, liquid or solid pyrophoric substances, or...
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    debris Frangibility Friability Misnay–Schardin effect Ore dressing Pyrophoricity Runit Island Whipple shield "How M1 Tanks Work: Sabot". 7 May 2002....
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    tools). Aluminium is used because of its corrosion resistance, non-pyrophoricity, and mechanical strength. The great majority (about 90%) of aluminium...
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    angle in order to cleave or shave off small particles of metal. The pyrophoricity of the steel results in the shavings oxidising in the air. The molten...
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    often mistaken for napalm [citation needed], is in fact TPA (thickened pyrophoric agent). TPA is triethylaluminum (TEA) thickened with polyisobutylene,...
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    Silane (category Pyrophoric materials)
    moisture and to the catalytic effects of container surfaces causes its pyrophoricity. Above 420 °C (788 °F), silane decomposes into silicon and hydrogen;...
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    exposure to white phosphorus very dangerous, while its flammability and pyrophoricity can be weaponised in the form of incendiaries. Red phosphorus is less...
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    by adjusting the relative height of the donor vessel. While handling pyrophoric material (e.g. tert-butyllithium and trimethylaluminum), traces of the...
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    Trimethylaluminium (category Pyrophoric materials)
    stands for methyl), as it exists as a dimer. This colorless liquid is pyrophoric. It is an industrially important compound, closely related to triethylaluminium...
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    PMC 5485009. PMID 28371148. "Primer on Spontaneous Heating and PyrophoricityPyrophoric Metals – Plutonium". Washington (DC): U.S. Department of Energy...
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  • Triethylborane (category Pyrophoric materials)
    triethylboron, is an organoborane (a compound with a B–C bond). It is a colorless pyrophoric liquid. Its chemical formula is (CH3CH2)3B or (C2H5)3B, abbreviated Et3B...
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    effect is similar to the sparks made by a grinder, which are also due to pyrophoricity. When a speck of metal is chipped off the rotor, it is heated by rapid...
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    totaling 95% lanthanides, plus 5% iron. Its most common use is in the pyrophoric ferrocerium "flint" ignition device of many lighters and torches. Because...
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    by first passing diethylzinc through an enrichment centrifuge. The pyrophoricity of diethylzinc can be used to test the inert atmosphere inside a glovebox...
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    Raney nickel (category Pyrophoric materials)
    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...
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    certain hot conditions will react with iodine. Finely divided tungsten is pyrophoric. The most common formal oxidation state of tungsten is +6, but it exhibits...
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    some alcohols. Dimethylzinc has a linear coordination. It is a volatile pyrophoric liquid that is used in the preparation of semiconducting films. Lithium...
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    Diborane (category Pyrophoric materials)
    compound with the formula B2H6. It is a highly toxic, colorless, and pyrophoric gas with a repulsively sweet odor. Given its simple formula, borane is...
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  • Thied Ghost Stands Alone - Dr. Zhinzhee Bekka Arr Thied appears again Pyrophoric Cult List of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex episodes List of...
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    at room temperature, the coolant does not solidify in the pipes. The pyrophoricity of the NaK means extra precautions must be taken to prevent and detect...
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  • Kidōtai: Arise - Alternative Architecture. An additional fifth OVA titled Pyrophoric Cult, originally premiering in the Alternative Architecture broadcast...
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    easily separated from the organic products. The pure powdered material is pyrophoric, but not its large crystals. Some commercial materials contain mineral...
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  • Neptunium (category Pyrophoric materials)
    ranging from +3 to +7. Like all actinides, it is radioactive, poisonous, pyrophoric, and capable of accumulating in bones, which makes the handling of neptunium...
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