Explain the change on
sodium and potassiumotassium Kept in
open air
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when sodium and potassium are kept in open they both will react violently with atmosphere gas and it will catches fire so that's why these both metals must be kept in kerosene oil because they are highly reactive metals
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Sodium and Potassium are very reactive metals and kept in kerosene oil to prevent it from coming in contact with oxygen and moisture as they react to form their hydroxides. This is an exothermic reaction and lot of heat is generated so both the metals are kept in kerosene oil.
They does not kept in air . They kept in kersosen
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