Question

A piece of sodium metal is added to a beaker of water. One of the products is hydrogen gas. Name the other product. Give the full name, not the symbol.

Answer 1

Answer:

Sodium Hydroxide!

Explanation:

• When a metal combines with water, metal hydroxide is formed, as well as hydrogen gas.
• The equation in which the total number of individual atoms on the reactant side equals the total number of individual atoms on the product side is known as a balanced chemical equation.
• For the reaction of sodium metal with water, a balanced chemical equation is as follows:
• 2 Na +2 H20 ---> H2 + 2 NAOH

- The equation above is balanced.

• By Stoichiometry of the reaction:

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

Hence, the other product in the given reaction is sodium hydroxide