What would happen ifsodium and potassium are kept in open air?
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when sodium and potassium are kept in open they both will react violently with atmosphere gas and it will catches fire so that's y. this both metal are must kept in kerosene oil because they are highly reactive metal.
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sodium or potassium metal catches fire because they are very reactive metal and have no ignition temperature so they react with oxygen or present of air to form sodium oxide and potassium oxide respectively
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