What element catches fire when taken out of water?

Answer 1

There are a number of elements which will burn in air (if they are ignited) but which will not burn under water. An example is carbon. Coal, which is made mostly of carbon, burns in air but not under water.

Answer 2

Some element in the Periodic Table should always be kept sealed because of their high reactivity. Element such as cesium is so reactive with the water in the air that it would explode. Generally, the alkali are metals that are found only in compounds due to their high reactivity with components in the air.

Elements that catch on fire in air are called pyrophoric.

Answer 3

Water itself, cannot catch on fire. But, a waterway that is filled with toxic and corrosive chemicals can. Just any of the factories that dumped their wastes into the Cuyahoga river near in Cleveland, Ohio in the 1960's what chemicals they poured into the only river in history to catch on fire.

Answer 4

Sodium is a highly reactive element that can catch fire when exposed to air or water. When sodium is taken out of water, it reacts vigorously with oxygen in the air, producing sodium oxide and releasing heat in the process.

Answer 5

electricity will break the oxygen hydrogen bond of water and open flame will ignite the hydrogen fire from water electrolosis of water

Answer 6

White Phosphorus

Answer 7

Potassium.