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Q: Why is sodium reacts with water but iron doesn't?
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Can sodium cause iron to rust?

Yes, it tarnishes after coming in contact with the air because it gradually reacts with oxygen in the air to produce sodium peroxide and sodium oxide. When exposed to water, it produces sodium hydroxide (lye) and flammable hydrogen gas.


When sodium metal reacts with iron chloride iron and sodium chloride are formed?

Yes.


What type of reaction would you get when you combine sodium reacts with iron oxide to produce sodium oxide and iron?

It's a displacement reaction as the sodium displaces the iron


What is the balanced equation for Sodium reacts with iron II oxide to produce sodium oxide and iron?

2Na + FeO ---> Na2O + Fe


What metal reacts with oxygen when heated?

Magnesium, Iron, Copper,sodium and potassium


Which reacts first in water copper or iron?

None of them act violently with water, but the answer is Iron because Copper only reacts with dilute acids.


What metal reacts steadily with hydrochloric acid?

either potassium, sodium, zinc, iron or copper !


What reacts with iron to make rust?

Water. ---------- Oxygen


What metal will react with oxygen but not water?

Metal reacting with oxygen is known as oxidation. A common form of this process is found in the rusting of iron, where the iron reacts with oxygen to form iron oxide (known as rust).


What happen when iron reacts with salt water?

Rust ( iron hydrated oxides) are formed.


What happens when Ferrous sulphate reacts with sodium hydroxide?

Sodium displaces the sulfate to make sodium sulfate; iron displaces the hydroxide to make ferrous hydroxide which becomes brown.


When iron oxide is made does the iron take the oxygen out of the water or out of the air?

It takes the oxygen from air because without the presence of air, iron cannot turn into ferric oxide. The iron first reacts with air and then reacts with water to form rust.