1. Avoid contact with oxidants, acids and alkalis. It is a flammable liquid, so please pay attention to the fire source. It is not corrosive to copper, mild steel, stainless steel or aluminum.
2. Chemical properties: relatively stable, alkali can accelerate its hydrolysis, acid has no effect on hydrolysis. In the presence of metal oxides, silica gel, and activated carbon, it decomposes at 200°C to produce carbon dioxide and ethylene oxide. When it reacts with phenol, carboxylic acid and amine, β-hydroxyethyl ether, β-hydroxyethyl ester and β-hydroxyethyl urethane are produced respectively. Boil with alkali to produce carbonate. Ethylene glycol carbonate is heated at high temperature with alkali as a catalyst to generate polyethylene oxide. Under the action of sodium methoxide, sodium monomethyl carbonate is generated. Dissolve ethylene glycol carbonate in concentrated hydrobromic acid, heat it at 100°C for several hours in a sealed tube, and decompose it into carbon dioxide and ethylene bromide.
3. Exist in flue gas.
