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Title: inert gas
Post by: Tucker_16 on September 14, 2008, 10:06:30 PM

why would an experiment need to be under and inert gas if the reaction during the experiment is not air sensitive?

Title: Re: inert gas
Post by: enahs on September 14, 2008, 10:15:32 PM

Is it not air sensitive, how?
Are we talking not O2 sensitive?
What about the water vapor in the air?

Maybe in the presence of air a side reaction occurs?
Possibly the reaction is not air sensitive (O2, H2O sensitive) but maybe the products are?