Pure sodium dropped in water explosion

I wish chemistry classes still did these kinds of experiments… nowadays its lame ones like getting the water out of a hydrate.

We did this today.

BOOM BOOM! =D my science teacher did this… it’s koooool!!! GO SCIENCE!

aquous means water, any thing dissolved in water, when we say aquous sodium hydroxide we mean sodium hydroxide dissolved in water, because sodium hydroxide itself is solid.

s for solid, l for liquid, g for gas, aq for aquous

2Na (s) + 2H2O (l)–> 2NaOH (aq)+ H2 (g)

r u sure that this formula isnt right….
2NA(S) + H2O(l) —-> H2(G) +NA2O (AQ)

to predict the product, dont u have to do single replacement

Really amazing that our bodies can’t live without sodium for more than 4 days.
Then again after seeing this reaction it’s not as far fetched.
Lithium which is a similar sized ion to sodium also reacts strongly in water but it’s unsung as a necessary nutrient (which it probably is and might well balance with sodium in important ways.)
Potassium, very reactive, also is quite essential in the body (the final injection in executions is simply potassium chloride, I believe.)

2(Na) + 2(H2O) –> 2 (NaOH) + (H2)

What would be the chemical equation for this?

Did he dropped a 80 ton sodium stone in a pool? Because I never saw accidents in my school with sodium…

awesome

cool!