Fizz and whizz! Sodium meets Water
Sodium gives its outer electron to water. That makes hydrogen gas bubbles and heat. The sodium melts into a little silver ball and zooms around the water!
The result
- What it makes
- Sodium hydroxide + hydrogen gas
- Equation
- 2Na + 2H₂O → 2NaOH + H₂
- When it happens
- At room temperature
Fun fact from Fizzy: Sodium is a cousin of potassium. Potassium is lower on the table, so it reacts even more wildly.
🥽 Only trained scientists should handle pure sodium. It can catch fire in water.