Why sodium is more reactive in water
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Sodium is more reactive in water because it has ine electron in the outermost electron shell and thus wants to give up one electron to a highly electro negative element.
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Also, As the density of sodium is quite low it floats on the water. It immediately reacts with water to form a white trail of NaOH which further gets dissolved to give a colourless solution. This reaction is highly exothermic evolving a lot of heat which is sufficient enough to melt sodium due to its low melting point.
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