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The explosion was caused by the improper handling of perchloric acid, which the plant was using as an experimental method for polishing aluminum. On the day of the accident, the cooling unit required to store perchloric acid safely was not working.
Similar to silver nitrate, silver perchlorate is an effective reagent for replacing halides ligands with perchlorate, which is a weakly or non-coordinating anion.The use of silver perchlorate in chemical synthesis has declined due to concerns about explosiveness of perchlorate salts.
A shipping container transported perchloric acid, a precursor to rocket fuel, but authorities don't expect any lingering environmental issues. Nebraska railyard explosion is not expected to have ...
This form of the acid is stable indefinitely and is commercially available. Such solutions are hygroscopic. Thus, if left open to the air, concentrated perchloric acid dilutes itself by absorbing water from the air. Dehydration of perchloric acid gives the anhydride dichlorine heptoxide: [10] 2 HClO 4 + P 4 O 10 → Cl 2 O 7 + H 2 P 4 O 11
The explosion didn't spread far, but investigators appear to be delvi Railyard explosion, inspections raise safety questions about Union Pacific's hazmat shipping Skip to main content
A criticality accident occurred on December 30, 1958, at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) in Los Alamos, New Mexico, in the United States It is one of 60 known criticality events that have occurred globally outside the controlled conditions of a nuclear reactor or test; though it was the third such event that took place in 1958 after events on June 16 [1] at the Y-12 Plant in Oak Ridge ...
Underground mines are unlikely to blame for a deadly house explosion in Pennsylvania, state says. August 18, 2023 at 4:01 PM. PLUM, Pa. (AP) ...
Calcium perchlorate is a strong inorganic oxidizing agent, enhancing the combustion of other substances that can potentially lead to explosion. The perchlorate ion, ClO − 4, has a highly symmetrical tetrahedral structure that is strongly stabilized in solution by its low electron-donating proton-accepting power and its relatively low polarizability.