Sodium and Water

[MyKittyKat7]

Sodium + Water ==== Sodium Hydroxide

[ThePureKenshin]

Lol my science teacher loves this stuff. Unfortunately he can't get any more because he caught the ceiling tile on fire.

[MrLetG]

@evansp12 why the sodium ball exploding ? because it's very hot? i thought that only the hydrogen.

[b3stgl1tch3r]

2 Na + 2 H2O = 2 NaOH + H2

The H2 contacts with O2 in the air, making fire.

[ROYBOY322]

where do you get sodium

[tjfoxxxx]

@ROYBOY322 Lots of places will sell it to you. A simple google search will reveal all you need to know.

[Lolpie3456]

@Darkglaceon it taste like charcoal. He did a lab with this and got to taste the burnt sodium

[DarkGlaceon]

What happens if you put it in your mouth :v

[paijolatip]

My teacher said that there is a reaction between the sodium and the water;

Na + H20 ---> NaOH + H2

the explosion came from H2 gas, which it burned because of the reaction.

Thumbs up if you're not understand this.

[ccarazay]

We should add pure sodium to some bullets...

[bomb1234able]

then it works into yellowish burn.

[JustmeKasie]

Lol made me smile :)

[stfjoewms]

beautiful



[joeb0]

My chemistry professor did that once, the sodium was a cubic cm and was put into a beeker. Needless to say we had fireworks with glass shards near parked cars.

He was "layed off" soon after.

[OliveRocksMyLife]

we did that one at school :D

[magicalkitten1]

Your videos are awesome - this is why I love science :D

[oOWinterNightOo]

where can i get this 'super salt'

[Joguba123]

So if I just bought a ton and threw it in a lake at night would I get arrested?

[duniastaa]

@Joguba123 I think You would die first...

[oOWinterNightOo]

sodium hydorxide? is that regular salt you put on your food?

[duniastaa]

@oOWinterNightOo salt is NaCl so Sodium Chloride.

[silicon212]

@oOWinterNightOo No, but if you want to sprinkle some on some french fries ...

Seriously, sodium hydroxide is commercially referred to as "caustic soda" or "lye". It'd be pretty nasty in your mouth.

[Bloxy06]

Sodium: AAAHHH!!! im burning!!!!!! AAAHHH!!! Boom!

[lolkittinz]

@eva

[chibbyluna]

It goes boom!!!! ^^ as long as something goes boom I am happy...

[Evilgenius60]

Try putting the water in a wooden box.

[Lightzin98]

where to get sodium??

[chinaglaze17]

My friend got suspended from school because he did this in the school bus! XD

Ultimate!

[BenHutchinson1]

When sodium hydroxide forms from sodium touching water, is the resulting sodium hydroxide forming into a melted state or a solid state?

[evansp12]

The sodium hydroxide is in the melted state, which then dissolves in water.

[BenHutchinson1]

Why did it explode as it was burning out? I thought it would explode at its hottest when it was burning bright yellow.

[evansp12]

I'm not sure. I think it because that sodium hydroxide will actually (according to my past experiments) dissolves explosively in water at a certain temperature, as it has a very strong affinity for water.

Anyone who has better answers, please comment.

[BenHutchinson1]

@evansp12

But what about the sodium oxide from it burning in air? How does sodium oxide react with water?

And sodium hydroxide solution is a cleaning chemical and strong base. They actually make this stuff, and I bet it doesn't involve exploding sodium hydroxide. Are you sure sodium hydroxide blows up in contact with water?

[evansp12]

Sodium oxide reacts violently with water, forming sodium hydroxide. Hot, molten sodium hydroxide does react explosively with water.

[GrimmbaldTheOrc]

@evansp12 The reaction produces NaOH and H2 gas. You may have ignited the H2 gas and made a small explosion.

[Wintendows]

@evansp12 becoz the speed of light is way faster than the speed of sound lol

[WeekendWeapons]

metal+water= fire, oh how the laws of physics have changed

[solpex]

Lithium

[MegaPrince123456789]

its the hydrogen gas burning

[LoneWolf3200]

did the dish just cracked?

[killingeverthing]

what is sodium , can anyone tell me an example??

[KatonBoy]

@killingeverthing

Sodium is the 11th element. It's not found in nature very often in it's atomic state since it's so reactive, as seen in the video above. The sodium you consume is not sodium in it's atomic state, but rather it's in an ionic state where it has lost its electron. Or you could google it.

[nairdajun]

ive seen sodium in water before but never like this lol....why did it pop so hard at the end that glass broke? when our demonstrator put some in water it just fizzed around alot

[kittypurrx]

its not sodium its lithium

[B10ckH34d512]

@kittypurrx dude, lithium is LESS reactive than sodium. and sodium hisses around. judging by the flame, i'd say it was potassium. lithium does hiss and zip around, but less than sodium. rubidium explodes. just youtube alkali metals and there'll be one with a glass bowl. its awesome. seriously.

[bogdanbest]

the sodium used in this experiment is Na, the salt you use for food is sodium chloride NaCl.

[musubi69]

so what if I poured some salt in a glass of water...? nothing... so is this a different type of sodium or what?

[BlockerOfBlocks]

The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire! :P

[Dzyroth808]

what kind of sodium is THAT? O.o

[nerdishh]

Pure sodium. Not to be confused with table salt.

[Montyleeny14]

it is a concentrated sodium which is quite pure. The sodium you'd find in products is not concentrated because it has diluted with acids and alkalines which makes it PH 7

[206robert206]

only one type of sodium

element: 11

symbol: NA

[TAPpika]

@206robert206 it's actually Na. And that really matters.

[SaintMarneusCalgar]

hmmmm ^_^ 70% of my weight is water

whats gone when i do sodium on a arrow s top and shot a guy ? ?^^

[Kokoru88]

That is when Hilarity occurs =3

[Motorsport1999]

BOOM!!!!!! LOL

[Reaper16a]

the most awesomest chemical reaction ever

[Legoking45]

lol we did this in school onc, but something went wrong. when we were done with the container in which we did the experiment, we placed it on the teachers desk, but for some reason, when another student tried to wash it off, the remaining sodium nearly caught them on fire XP

[xoJ3Nxo]

FIRE!! hehe

[noelosvaldoturbo]

looks like a fire ball

[albinojoe4]

i like fire...

[SmiertSpionem]

Fire! da da da, daa daa FIRE!

[chinesecheesies]

LOL it shot at the end