Sodium & Water…

This entry is part 6 of 10 in the series Elements

I am clearly too lazy to do this properly as I am just posting Periodic Videos’ latest offering. I can’t wait to see the reactions with potassium, rubidium and caesium. I talked about buying a high speed camera a few weeks ago. Now that we have our shiny new iMac it would be great to hear your ideas of things we could film in slow motion.

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Questions…

  1. What would be the pH of the sodium hydroxide formed during this reaction?
  2. To which group of the periodic table do these metals belong
  3. Why did the Prof say that the dissolved sodium hydroxide would prevent the water from boiling?

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