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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:
$2 C H_{3} C H_{2} O H e t h a n o l + N a \to 2 C H_{3} C H_{2} O N a + H_{2} ↑$

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