why is Sodium kept immersed in kerosene oil
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Reactive Metals like sodium, potassium, and lithium are highly flammable in nature. These reactive metals when comes in contact with air (presence of oxygen or moisture) catches fire and thus they are kept immersed in the kerosene oil to avoid injuries due to the accidental fire.
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Reactive Metals like sodium, potassium, and lithium are highly flammable in nature. These reactive metals when comes in contact with air (presence of oxygen or moisture) catches fire and thus they are kept immersed in the kerosene oil to avoid injuries due to the accidental fire.
Sodium is an alkali metal and present in the first group of the periodic table. Its atomic number is 11. It can easily donate its one electron to achieve the stable electronic configuration.
HCl is a strong acid and reacts with metals but generally does not react with non - metals..
The reactive metals are the type of metals which could form reactions with acids, water or moisture, mineral acids and other potent acids. Reactive Metals like sodium, potassium, and lithium are highly flammable in nature. These reactive metals when comes in contact with air (presence of oxygen or moisture) catches fire and thus they are kept immersed in the kerosene oil to avoid injuries due to the accidental fire.
The sodium metal is even not kept immersed in water because it reacts vigorously in the aqueous medium and forms sodium hydroxide with the liberation of hydrogen gas. The liberation of hydrogen gas (flammable), again can lead to accidental injuries due to severe ignitions.