Cloudy bubbles! Calcium meets Water
Calcium slowly swaps electrons with water. It makes hydrogen bubbles and turns the water milky white with calcium hydroxide.
The result
- What it makes
- Calcium hydroxide + hydrogen gas
- Equation
- Ca + 2H₂O → Ca(OH)₂ + H₂
- When it happens
- At room temperature
Fun fact from Fizzy: Calcium hydroxide is also called "slaked lime" and is used to make plaster.
🥽 Only trained scientists should handle pure calcium metal.