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Sodium will react with water by breaking the bonds between the hydrogen and oxygen, disassociating the hydrogen and oxygen and releasing them as free gasses, and in the process also releasing large amounts of energy in the form of heat, which is quite sufficient to ignite the hydrogen, such that the hydrogen and oxygen will burn at a high temperature. The result looks like the sodium is causing the water to burn.

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