Name the gas that is produced in each of the following cases:
Reaction of ethanol and sodium

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Solution

Sodium ethoxide is formed by the reaction of Sodium with Ethanol.
As a byproduct to this reaction Hydrogen gas is obtained.
The chemical equation for this reaction is,
$\underset{S o d i u m}{2 N a (s)} + \underset{E t h a n o l}{2 C H_{3} O H} \to \underset{S o d i u m e t h o x i d e}{2 C H_{3} C H_{2} O N a} + \underset{H y d r o g e n}{H_{2} (g)}$
So the gas obtained is Hydrogen.

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