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Materials: Metals and Non-Metals
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13/04/2021 4:42 pm
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Take a 250 mL beaker/glass tumbler. Fill half of it with water. Now carefully cut a small piece of sodium metal. Dry it using filter paper and wrap it in a small piece of cotton. Put the sodium piece wrapped in cotton into the beaker. Observe carefully.
When reaction stops, touch the beaker. What do you feel? Has the beaker become hot? Test the solution with red and blue litmus papers. Is the solution acidic or basic?
Reaction of sodium with water
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13/04/2021 4:44 pm
On touching the beaker, it was felt hot. The solution turns the red litmus paper to blue which shows it is basic in nature. Blue litmus paper do not show any colour change with the solution.