Question

What happens when a small piece of sodium is dropped into ethanol

Answer 1

If you drop small amount of sodium in ethanol then vigorously you observed that bubbles are coming and it is hydrogen gas. ... when sodium is dropped in solution ofethanol following reaction takes place-: CH3CH2OH + Na ---- CH3CH2ONA +H2

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Answer 2

sodium + ethanol = ethene + sodium hydroxide