Question

why sodium cannot be stored in water​

Answer 1

ᴡʜʏ sᴏᴅɪᴜᴍ ᴄᴀɴɴᴏᴛ ʙᴇ sᴛᴏʀᴇᴅ ᴜɴᴅᴇʀ ᴡᴀᴛᴇʀ??

• ᴀs sᴏᴅɪᴜᴍ ɪs ᴀ ʜɪɢʜʟʏ ʀᴇᴀᴄᴛɪᴠᴇ ᴍᴇᴛᴀʟ ᴀɴᴅ ǫᴜɪᴄᴋʟʏ ᴜɴᴅᴇʀɢᴏᴇs ʀᴇᴀᴄᴛɪᴏɴ ᴡɪᴛʜ ᴀɪʀ ᴏʀ ʜᴏ (ᴡᴀᴛᴇʀ ᴏʀ ᴍᴏɪsᴛᴜʀᴇ) ᴀɴᴅ ʙᴜʀɴs ᴠɪᴏʟᴇɴᴛʟʏ ᴀɴᴅ ᴄᴀɴ ᴇxᴘʟᴏᴅᴇ, sᴏ ɪᴛ ᴍᴜsᴛ ʙᴇ sᴛᴏʀᴇᴅ ɪɴ ᴀɴ ɪɴᴇʀᴛ ᴍᴇᴅɪᴜᴍ sᴜᴄʜ ᴀs ᴀɴ ɪɴᴇʀᴛ ʟɪǫᴜɪᴅ ʜʏᴅʀᴏᴄᴀʀʙᴏɴ (ᴇxᴀᴍᴘʟᴇ: ᴋᴇʀᴏsᴇɴᴇ) ᴀs ᴍᴏɪsᴛᴜʀᴇ ᴄᴀɴɴᴏᴛ ᴇɴᴛᴇʀ ɪɴ ɪᴛ.

Answer 2

Answer:

Because sodium virgiosly react with water so, if sodium will be putted in water and reacts virgiosly with water and fire with sparking. And in some it can do explosion also. So sodium is not putted in water.