give scientific reason for Sodium melts is kept in kerosene
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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.
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sodium is a very highly reactive metal it even reacts vigrously with air as water vapours are present in air thats why we keep sofium in kerosene so that it may not come in contact with air
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