How does rubidium react with air?

Answer 1

Rubidium (Rb) can react with many things such as hydrogen because rubidium has one spare electron 2, 8, 18, 8, 1 and hydrogen has only one outer electron so hydrogen in water will reactvigorously with rubidium as hydrogen is desperate to gain one electron and rubidium is desperate to lose one electron and when these bond they form an ion.

Answer 2

Rubidium reacts vigorously with air, producing rubidium oxide (Rb2O) and some rubidium superoxide (RbO2). It is highly reactive due to its strong reducing properties, reacting with oxygen in the air to form these compounds. It must be stored in an inert atmosphere to prevent reaction with air.

Answer 3

Rubidium (Rb, #37) is highly reactive, and will combine with both the oxygen and the nitrogen in the air. It reacts with oxygen as follows:

4Rb + O2 --> 2Rb2O

It reacts with nitrogen as follows:

6Rb + N2 --> 2Rb3N

It will also react with water vapor in the air (and water anywhere else) in a violent exothermic reaction that produces a metallic hydroxide and hydrogen gas as follows:

2Rb + 2H2O --> 2RbOH + H2

Answer 4

Rubidium is a group one alkali metal. In the presence of chlorine gas, pure rubidium metal will burn violently. Chlorine will take the single valence electron of rubidium and create rubidium chloride. 2Rb + Cl2 >> 2RbCl Rubidium is oxidized and chlorine is reduced.

Answer 5

Rubidium is highly reactive and will react with water, oxygen, acids and so on.

Answer 6

Yes, as an alkali metal it is extremely reactive, in this case second only to cesium.

It explodes on contact to water and burns on contact to air.

Answer 7

It burns very intensely. 4 Rb + O2 --> 2 Rb2O

Answer 8

It reacts very exothermically producing white Rubidium chloride

Answer 9

Radium, as an alkaline earth metal, has similar chemical properties as barium.

Answer 10

Rubidium oxide and rubidium nitride.