Question

what happens when citric acid reacts with sodium metal.reply fast​

Answer 1

An acid reacts with an alkali to form salt and water. There may be names here that you do not recognise.

Acid: An acid is a substance which dissociates in water to form H+ ions.

An alkali is a soluble base which reacts with acids to form salt and water only.

A salt is a ionic compound is made from the reaction between an acid and a base.

Citric acid has the following structure:

It has 3 carboxylic acid groups which is boxed in red below:

These 3 acid groups react by replacing the H+ ions with Na+ ions. The H+ ions react with OH− ions to form water.

The equation is given below: