At room temperature, chlorine gas reacts with:

sodium

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carbon

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oxygen

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phosphorus

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Solution

The correct option is A sodium
At room temperature, chlorine gas reacts with highly electropositive sodium metal to form sodium chloride. The reaction is so spontaneous that sodium burns spontaneously in chlorine.

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