When calcium metal is placed in water a vigorous single replacement rection occurs, releasing hydrogen gas. What will happen to the pH of the solution that forms as this chemical reaction proceeds

The pH of the solution increases

Explanation:

One of the properties of metals is that they react with water to yield hydrogen gas and the hydroxide of the metal.

Calcium is a metal in group two of the periodic table and also undergoes such reaction.

The equation of the reaction is;

Ca(s) + 2H2O(l) > Ca(OH)2(aq) + H2(g)

Since Ca(OH)2 is alkaline, the pH of the solution increases.

nacl or sodium chloride is an ionic compound. this is because an ionic compound pertains to a compound that consists of positively and negatively charged ions. in this case, na (sodium) has a tendency to lose one electron when it reacts with with other atoms, so the resulting sodium ion contains 11 protons and 10 electrons, thus making it positively charged (na+), when chlorine reacts, it usually gains one electron to form an ion called chloride, thus making it negatively charged ( since the ions are oppositely charged, they attract.