Air sensitivity
REACTIVITY OF A SUBSTANCE TOWARDS ANY CONSTITUENT OF AIR (COMMONLY OXYGEN AND WATER)
Air-sensitive; Air-sensitive compound; Air sensitive
Air sensitivity is a term used, particularly in chemistry, to denote the reactivity of chemical compounds with some constituent of air. Most often, reactions occur with atmospheric oxygen (O2) or water vapor (H2O),Handling and Storage of Air-Sensitive Reagents, Technical Bulletin AL-134, Sigma-Aldrich although reactions with the other constituents of air such as carbon monoxide (CO), carbon dioxide (CO2), and nitrogen (N2) are also possible.