Question

In a popular classroom demonstration, solid sodium is added to liquid water and reacts to produce hydrogen gas and aqueous sodium hydroxide. Part A Write a balanced chemical equation for this reaction. Express your answer as a chemical equation. Identify all of the phases in your answer.

Answer 1

Answer: The chemical reaction is given below.

Explanation:

When solid sodium metal reacts with water molecule to produce aqueous sodium hydroxide and hydrogen gas. The equation for this follows:

$2Na(s)+2H_2O(l)\rightarrow 2NaOH(aq.)+H_2(g)$

By Stoichiometry of the reaction:

2 moles of solid sodium metal reacts with 2 moles of water molecule to produce 2 moles of sodium hydroxide and 1 mole of hydrogen gas.

Sodium metal is present in solid state, Water molecule is present in liquid state, Sodium hydroxide is present in aqueous state and hydrogen is present in gaseous state.