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> Please explain this to me.....sodium will explode when it gets wet? If this is
> true than wouldn't the oceans blow up?
> Just curious....
> Jen
Pure sodium (the metal) will explode (= react violantly) with water. However,
the sodium that is in the oceans is not the metal, but the ion - positively
charged. It is usualy accompanied by a chlorine ion (negative).
Just like salt that you use in the kitchen.
It would be a spectacular sight when the sodium in the oceans were to explode -
if watched from outer space :-)
/\/\ark "studied chemistry" de Kock.
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| (...) Well, it's a little more complicated than that. The sodium itself doesn't actually explode. It oxidizes in an exo-thermic reaction (meaning that it strips water molecules of their oxygen atoms and produces a lot of heat). The "waste" products (...) (20 years ago, 17-Jul-04, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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| SNIP (...) Please explain this to me.....sodium will explode when it gets wet? If this is true than wouldn't the oceans blow up? Just curious.... Jen (20 years ago, 17-Jul-04, to lugnet.color)
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