Question

Give reason sodium is stored in kerosene

Answer 1

Sodium is stored in Kerosene because Sodium is a very highly reactive metal.
It reacts with oxygen in the air even at room temperature.
So, if we keep it anywhere it will oxidize.
Whereas, when kept in kerosene, it does not come in contact with air and does not oxidize.

Answer 2

Answer:

• It avoids coming into contact with moisture and oxygen.

Explanation:

• Because of how strongly it reacts with oxygen and moisture due to its high reactivity, sodium is stored in kerosene to avoid it from coming into contact with these elements.
• Because sodium is such a highly reactive metal, it is maintained in kerosene.
• If it is stored in an open container, the atmosphere's oxygen and water vapor will react with it to form sodium oxides and sodium hydroxides, respectively. This reaction is quite exothermic.
• Because it may react with moisture from our hands and result in blisters, it should be handled carefully.
• Kerosene oil works as a barrier that prevents its reaction with oxygen and moisture and does not react with sodium.
• It should be noted that kerosene doesn't react with air or oxygen under typical circumstances (room temperature and matching humidity/air pressure) (due to high enough activation barrier for this reaction). Kerosene thus needs either a high enough temperature of roughly 300°C under normal pressure or lower temperatures in order to react with oxygen (as low as60°C in the presence of a catalyst such as platinum etc.)

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