Sodium Explosion

[dougishara]

it catches flames because of the highly exothermic nature of the reaction between Na(s) and H2O (l). when the H2O becomes reduced by Na the products are H2(g) and NaOH (aq) the heat generated by this ignites the H2 gas that causes the flames . As you progress down the group 1 metals the ionization energy becomes less and lessas a result the reactivity greatly increases. You should check out the reaction between cesium and water

[NotWhoYouThinkIAm15]

I've done this before with larger chunks and in a lake. It looks exactly the same as that. That explosion was sooo not a firecracker.

[dclaver2]

Chuck Norris uses sodium as a bar of soap in his shower.

[888thewatcher]

@dclaver2 that would sooo not be a good idea to clean your genitals with

[coondogtheman1234]

that sounded like firecrackers.

[FejFeesa]

@mentallyexplosive K yes litium and sodium explode when in contact with water just not all the time

[Kevstar19]

Yeah...does not look like a normal sodium reaction

[mentallyexplosive]

that was a firecracker -_-

[thehorners]

no thats what happens when sodium hits water

[mentallyexplosive]

no sodium doesnt explode it just catches flames, potassium and all the denser alkali metals explode but not sodium or lithium

[djmaxion]

LIKES FIREWORKS

[lujoiac]

stupid these changing the pH of the water, sodium hydroxide are doing and that's bad for the environment

[Chemist3k]

Captain Obvious, is it you?

[piranha031091]

the amounts used are far to be able to change the pH of such a high quantity of water!

[MagicJigPipe]

@lujoiac Oh my god. Even 500 g of pure NaOH would not change the pH of even a small pond by a large amount. Let's do a simple calculation. 500 g of pure NaOH is about 12.5 moles. A small pond would be about 8 feet deep and 50x50 feet wide. That's about 566,000 L of water. 12.5/566000 = 0.00002208 M solution of hydroxide ions. The pOH is then 4.66. So the pH is 14 - 4.66 = 9.34. This is assuming the pH is 7.0 to start out with (I believe it's usually arount 6.5 or so) AND that... TBC....

[MagicJigPipe]

@lujoiac there is absolutely no carbonate/bicarbonate/carbonic acid to act as a buffer. I don't feel like doing those calculations right now because they are a bit more complex but I think it suffices to say that, due to the buffer effect, the pH will only be high in the vicinity of the application (death of fish and others will result there) but will converge to 6.5-7.0 exponentially as the distance from the initial site of application increases. Small amounts of Na are not a huge deal.

[openarms332]

@lujoiac the change to the environment is unmeasureable with that amount of sodium thrown into a pond.

[MasterXxploder]

@lujoiac oh mAN

[TommyBloxxer]

you should do something with weed and uranium.

[benyamen43]

yess i just got 3 pounds of this stuff :D

[vitorix24]

lol

Where you get sodium... i cant find it

[Oz6102]

Oh no U are Making the water alkaline With Lye. Here

2H2O + 2Na =NaOH + H2

And The Hydrogen is Flammable.

[fabianonline]

That´s one of the most wrong equations ever.....

Since when water is 2H2O ??? Its is H2O, or you mean 2(H2O) ?

The right side is weird too 2Na -> 1Na

[prophetoftru7h]

You balanced that wrong.

[gordongate]

nobheads, what about the caustic soda formed as a reaction product, its a marine pollutant ffs

[FouronsixLTD]

Oh noes he's increasing the pH of the pond, which is likely empty. Durr

[ButteryToastFilms]

where do you get the sodium? i really want to do an experiment with it. :) sweet video

[Chemist3k]

in chemical shops

[cloud74s]

cool

RUssian ahh?

im russian 2

[Chemist3k]

are you sure? :)))

[d0mp1zzl3]

biggest bs i've ever heard!

[LOTDASC]

and even if it is true, i don't think it's going to stop me...

[allexroman]

No, sodium is completely harmless radioactivity wise.

[RipJack645]

what if you put that into someones coke when they wernt looking...

[Famguy279]

@RipJack645 then they'd end up dead....

nuff said.

[chipset150]

this is fun! where all this people found sodium?

[nick1f]

Don't do that, you polute the water and kill the fish... :(

[LedKenji666]

no you dont it can act as a fertilizer you moron

[Hismathefirst]

well i guess you proved your stupidty with this comment.

[d0mp1zzl3]

i can sign that ;)

[coondogtheman1234]

sounds like a few firecrackers

[ZxZDeathSpawnZxZ]

LOL you fag

[tittytwister5251]

can i ask... where do u get it from???

[tittytwister5251]

your one sad fuck, piss off

[dav1d1102]

science department

[wam2v]

redneck fish finder.

[irkiIIer]

try francium now ;)

[JoeyMorphinex33]

*throws*

BOOM!

"What the fuck was that?!"

[dav1d1102]

lol impossible to get bro

[mbbacon2012]

weak

[Def4Jams]

ej, serynie rozjebka

[ventsi]

hahhaahahha

its like a mini cluster bomb

[wtf0its0mrs0kaulitz]

my science teacher showed us this. we cant have it in school because of the smoke.

[SaikoKel]

doesn't it suck to not to be able to work with this stuff in school? lol

[jonas4everkevin]

thats illegal where i live....lol luckyyy

[jamie10310]

i used sodium this afternoon! not banned.

[Beliserius1]

we had a person who chucked a chunk of sodium into the washroom, blew up the entire washroom.

Now, sodium was banned from highschool =(

[fibreoptik]

LOLOLOL

[SaikoKel]

really?!

My chem. teacher blew up the cieling.

[Beliserius1]

nice =D

[Famguy279]

@SaikoKel sweet!

[THxBillxFreaky]

We had it today in the class =D

[SymAmineC8H11N]

a lot high school chemistry teachers do that if they have a pond on the campus. That rxn didn't seem like the sodium was completely anhydrous...

[Zyozyoma]

Don't toss that stuff into a lake! One of the reaction products is NaOH, which is corrosive.

[Beliserius1]

so is hydrogen oxide =P

[NH4NO3CH3NO2]

Na=sodium O=oxygen H=hydrogen Na+O+H= Sodium hydroxide usual Ph of 14 but it depends on the concentration

[FixFalcon]

touche`

[anirudhkrishnamani]

hey we can do fishing like that easily!

get a lake or pond with loads of fish and drop a chunk of sodium in it!INSANT FISH FRY!

[GuitarWhisperer]

a science teacher at my highschool was killed by a sodium experiment.

[dhrider1]

details?

[GuitarWhisperer]

He dropped a hunk of sodium into a bucket of water. Not only did HE die, but he took out a couple of students as well. Reportedly, he was expecting the hunk to fizz and bubble a lot, not explode. OOPS!

[dhrider1]

wow. not much of a science teacher. he pretty much got owned

[GuitarWhisperer]

Yeah, but I guess that's what happens when there's a teacher shortage...

[tav123rox]

serious? i'm surprised. my school doesnt even have sodium and potassium, lest we brilliant children decide to drop it into warm dilute hydrochloric acid...

[GuitarWhisperer]

Did you go to school 20 years ago?

[justforthelulzzz]

@GuitarWhisperer

Sucks for them.

[explorder001]

it looked like a cluster bomb.

awsome.

[nbharakey]

It is hydrogen explosion!

Na+H2O→NaOH+H2

H2+heat→H2O (explosion)

[aaronz101]

So you're saying that the reaction of the produced Hydrogen bonding with the ambient Oxygen is what caused the explosion?

I never thought of it like that, but the Na reaction itself does cause an explosion.

[parkour4ireland]

i can do that with my wiener

[aaronz101]

Explode?

[parkour4ireland]

nope....expand it very quickly into 34 inches

[xXKariBananaXx]

That's going to kill some aquatic life. It produces sodium hydroxide!

[crossfaderox]

actually the Sodium Hydroxide won't effect the fish and other wild life due to the fact that the sodium is in such a small dose.. now if you dump an entire jar of sodium 2 in the water yeah it's belly up for the fishes

[solve18]

hm? make it big the first time then e? 50kg sodium hydroxide?

[44R0Ndin]

first explosion = main chunk of sodium, 2nd -4th = main chunk's fragments after explosion, correct?

[SNL3Funny]

@44R0Ndin really? ur smart

[eastergirl021]

where is it filmed at?

[hello7210]

kinda looks like fireworks on water.

[SS4Gogeta2121]

sounds like it too lol

[joseph4love]

so what will happen if a guy eat a junk of sodium

[dongthompson]

he would die.

[parchiethegreat]

that was cool!

[boltonbrowne]

new way of feeding ducks ^^

[parkour4ireland]

mix bread into the sodium 2 digest it quiker 4 the duckis!!!!

YAY!!

[mogoliapowah]

HAHAHHAHAHHAHA i loled

[bunnyw00t]

new kind of fishing

[eelsarecool]

It's ok. If ok means AWESOME!

[R3DN3X5430]

smoke on the water!

[danni93]

That is so fuckin cool!