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Sodium is hig...

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Sodium is highly reactive and can cause fire and explosion with water. Therefore, on a commercial scale, it is prepared as:

A

an alloy of lead

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an amalgam of mercury

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an oxide

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a tin-plated metal

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Solution

The correct option is D an amalgam of mercury
$N a - H g$ amalgum of mercury
$H g^{+} + N a \to N a H g$

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