LEAD(II) PERCHLORATE SOLUTION

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LEAD(II) PERCHLORATE SOLUTION is a strong oxidizing agent. Can react with reducing agents to generate heat and products that may be gaseous (causing pressurization in closed containers). The products may themselves be capable of further reactions (such as combustion in the air). Redox reactions can be rapid or even explosive, but often requires initiation (heat, spark, catalyst, addition of a solvent). Consequently explosive mixtures with reducing agents often persist unchanged for long periods. Such systems are typically mixtures of solids, but may involve any combination of physical states. Can react violently with active metals, cyanides, esters, and thiocyanates. May cause the acceleration of the burning of combustible materials. Prolonged exposure to heat of flames may result in an explosion. A flask of anhydrous LEAD(II) PERCHLORATE SOLUTION dissolved in methyl alcohol exploded when LEAD(II) PERCHLORATE SOLUTION was disturbed [J. Am. Chem. Soc. 52:2391. 1930].