Why sodium metal react in water

Its lone outside electron makes the metal extremely reactive and ready to mix with others at the earliest chance – such as the minute the metal contacts water. According to the textbooks, these reactive electrons shred apart the surrounding water molecules to create hydrogen gas and heat

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