What happens when the sodium metal is dropped in the ethanol?

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If a small piece of sodium is dropped into some ethanol, it reacts steadily to give off bubbles of hydrogen gas and leaves a colorless solution of sodium ethoxide, $C H_{3} C H_{2} O N a$

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