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Standard X
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What happens when a small piece of sodium is dropped into ethanol?
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When small piece of sodium is dropped into ethanol it reacts with ethanol to form sodium ehtoxide.
The hydrogen gas is also produced. The reaction can be given as follow:
2
C
H
3
C
H
2
O
H
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t
h
a
n
o
l
+
N
a
→
2
C
H
3
C
H
2
O
N
a
+
H
2
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