Can water or copper sulphate solution be used instead of kerosene to store sodium? Why, or why not?
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Copper does not react with cold water, hot water or steam however iron reacts with steam. If water tanks are made of steel which is an iron alloy than iron would react with steam formed from hot water.
3Fe+4H
2
O→Fe
3
O
4
+4H
2
That is why copper is used to make hot water tanks and not steel.
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