How does aluminum metal react with water? Write a balanced chemical equation.

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Aluminum (Al) metal reacts with stream (water in vapor state) and forms oxides of aluminum (Al₂O₃) and hydrogen (H₂) gas.
Balanced Chemical Equation: $2 Al (s) + 3 H_{2} O (g) \to {Al}_{2} O_{3} (s) + 3 H_{2} (g)$

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