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What happens when sodium metal is dropped in water? - Chemistry

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What happens when sodium metal is dropped in water?

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When Na metal is dropped in water, it reacts violently to form sodium hydroxide and hydrogen gas. The chemical equation involved in the reaction is:

\[\ce{2Na_{(s)} + 2H_2O_{(l)} ->  2NaOH_{(aq)} + H_{2(g)}}\]

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Find the oxidation state of sodium in Na2O2.


Starting with sodium chloride how would you proceed to prepare sodium metal.


Describe two important uses of each of the following caustic soda.


Describe two important uses of the following sodium carbonate.


What happens when sodium metal is heated in the free supply of air?


State as to why a solution of Na2CO3 is alkaline?


The formula of soda ash is ______.


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Complete the following reactions.

\[\ce{O^{2-}2 + H2O ->}\]


Complete the following reactions.

\[\ce{O^{-}2 + H2O ->}\]


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Column I Column II
(i) CaCO3 (a) Dentistry, ornamental work
(ii) Ca(OH)2 (b) Manufacture of sodium carbonate from caustic soda
(iii) CaO (c) Most negative E value among alkali O metals.
(iv) CaSO4 (c) Manufacture of high-quality paper
  (d) Used in white washing

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Which of the following metal hydroxides does not dissolve in sodium hydroxide solution?


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The pair of compounds which cannot exist together in solution is ______.


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