Question

Why is Sodium stored under Kerosene and not Water?

Answer 1

So to avoid it's contact with moisture it is stored under kerosene. As sodium is reactive metal, it catches fire by reacting with oxygen present in air and water. ... It reacts vigorously with water, even with air. But it does not react with kerosene.

Answer 2

Answer:

• Sodium is a metal that is very reactive. When maintained in the open, sodium forms sodium oxide when it combines with airborne oxygen at ambient temperature.
• As a result, when left in the open, it ignites and begins to burn. To avoid sodium's reactivity with oxygen, moisture, and carbon dioxide, kerosene is maintained underneath it.

Explanation:

• We are aware of the high metal reactivity of sodium. At ambient temperature, it produces sodium oxide as a result of a reaction with airborne oxygen.
• It ignites and starts to burn as a result when it is present in the open air. Additionally, it forms hydrogen gas, which ignites quickly, when it combines with water.
• A film of sodium hydroxide is created when sodium combines with water in the presence of regular air, quickly absorbing carbon dioxide to create sodium bicarbonate.
• Because of its larger density than kerosene, sodium does not react with it.

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