Question

were : Take 10 ml ethanol in a big test tube. Curso
cereal groom size. Put the sodium preces
devery tube to the test tube. Take a burg
and observed
mol in a big test tube. Cut sodium metal into 2-3 pieces of a
de sodium pieces into the ethanol in the test tube and fix the gas
serbe. Take a burning candle near the outlet of the gas delivery tube
wie ges coming out of the gas delivery tube?
m preces appear to dance on the surface of ethanol?
procedure using mognesium ribbon instead of sodium.
90 Duble released from the piece of magnesium nbbon?
3. Does mogoesiun metal react with ethanol?
3. Repeat the above procedure
4. Do you see gas bubble released from the piece of magnesium ribbon?
5. Does magnesium metal reacts with ethanol

Answer 1

The gas is H2 which burns with a pop soind when reacted with sodium forming sodium ethoxide.

Mg also reacts with ethanol in the same manner.

And giving out H2.

2Na + 2ch3ch2oH - > 2CH3CH2ONa + H2