Question

Briefly describe how water reacts with sodium oxide stating the experimental condition and write the balanced chemical equations.

Answer 1

• Sodium oxide is an alkali metal oxide with the chemical formula Na₂O.
• Sodium oxide is in the manufacturing of commercial glasses based on the oxides of silicon and certain additives.
• Sodium oxide reacts violently when exposed to water forming sodium hydroxide.
• Sodium oxide is not soluble in water.
• Sodium oxide react with water has the chemical equation as:

$\underset{\mathrm{sodium}\mathrm{oxide}}{\underset{}{{\mathrm{Na}}_2\mathrm{O}\left(\mathrm{s}\right)}}+\underset{\mathrm{water}}{\underset{}{{\mathrm{H}}_2\mathrm{O}\left(\mathrm{l}\right)}}\to \underset{\mathrm{sodium}\mathrm{hydroxide}}{\underset{}{2\mathrm{NaOH}\left(\mathrm{aq}\right)}}$