Question

What happens when alkali metals react with liquid ammonia?

Answer 1

Alkali metals dissolve in liquid ammonia to form deep blue colour solutions. They form ammoniated cation and ammoniated electron............ These ammoniated electrons are conducting in nature and it absorb energy in the visible region of light and imparts blue colour to the solution

Answer 2

Alkali metals react with liquid ammonia to form solutions that slowly decomposend to give hydrogen gas and the metal salt of amide ion...