Blopa Posted December 11, 2010 Share Posted December 11, 2010 (edited) Hey there forum, the other day I was "exploding" some potassium with water, I know becase of what I saw that the reaction is: 2 K + 2 H2O ---> 2 KOH + H2 My question is, considering there's extra water, the reaction would continue as following? KOH + H2O ---> KOOH + H2 Does that happens? And the water is still caustic? Does another reaction take place after that one? Edited December 11, 2010 by Blopa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ammonium nitrate Posted December 11, 2010 Share Posted December 11, 2010 the mixture would not change with only extra water, the only thing that would change would be the amount of water Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blopa Posted December 11, 2010 Author Share Posted December 11, 2010 My question is, if I have the KOH in water, will the second reaction take place? or is the KOH to stable to get into another reaction? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuzzwood Posted December 11, 2010 Share Posted December 11, 2010 No, you wont get peroxide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Cuthber Posted December 11, 2010 Share Posted December 11, 2010 That reaction won't happen. The reverse reaction would be rather vigorous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zheng sheng ming Posted December 22, 2010 Share Posted December 22, 2010 Hey there forum, the other day I was "exploding" some potassium with water, I know becase of what I saw that the reaction is: 2 K + 2 H2O ---> 2 KOH + H2 My question is, considering there's extra water, the reaction would continue as following? KOH + H2O ---> KOOH + H2 Does that happens? And the water is still caustic? Does another reaction take place after that one? I think this will be appear only temperature has been changed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mississippichem Posted December 22, 2010 Share Posted December 22, 2010 I think this will be appear only temperature has been changed. This reaction won't happen even at increased temperature Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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