Question

Write balanced chemical reaction of metals and non-metals and Explain the reaction. Reaction of sodium in water​

Answer 1

Metals react with water and produce a metal oxide and hydrogen gas. Metal oxides that are soluble in water dissolve in it to further form metal hydroxide. But all metals do not react with water. Metals like potassium and sodium react violently with cold water.

Answer 2

Explanation:

Generally metals react with water to form respective metal oxide and Hydrogen gas.

Similarly, Sodium reacts very rapidly with water to form Sodium hydroxide and Hydrogen gas.

The balanced chemical reaction is:

2Na + 2H₂O → 2NaOH + H₂