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Why is sodium kept immersed in kerosene oil?​

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Answered by Anonymous
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Sodium is a reactive metals, if kept open it will react with oxygen to explore and catch fire. Sodium metal is kept immersed in kerosene to prevent their reaction with oxygen, moisture and carbon dioxide of air.

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Why is sodium kept immersed in kerosene oil?

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Because sodium is very highly reactive metal and it reacts immediately with oxygen, carbon dioxide etc and it caught fire. But sodium don't react with kerosene so we keep sodium in kerosene oil.

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