Question

A piece of sodium metal is added to a beaker of water. One of the products is hydrogen gas. Name the other product.

Answer 1

Answer: The other product in the given reaction is sodium hydroxide

Step-by-step explanation:

A balanced chemical equation is defined as the equation in which total number of individual atoms on the reactant side is equal to the total number of individual atoms on product side.

When a metal reacts with water, it leads to the formation of metal hydroxide and hydrogen gas

The balanced chemical equation for the reaction of sodium metal with water follows:

`2Na+2H_2O\rightarrow 2NaOH+H_2`

By Stoichiometry of the reaction:

2 moles of sodium metal reacts with 2 moles of water to produce 2 moles of sodium hydroxide and 1 mole of hydrogen gas

Hence, the other product in the given reaction is sodium hydroxide

Answer 2

The other product is NaOH (Sodium hydroxide)

Step-by-step explanation:

The reaction beetween Na and water is:

2 Na +2 H20 ---> H2 + 2 NAOH

The equation above is balanced.