Sodium forms a crystalline ionic solid with Dihydrogen. The solid is non-volatile and non-conducting in nature. It reacts violently with water to produce Dihydrogen gas. Write the formula of this compound and its reaction with water. What will happen on electrolysis of the melt of this solid?
Sodium forms a crystalline ionic solid with Dihydrogen. The solid is non-volatile and non-conducting in nature. It reacts violently with water to produce Dihydrogen gas. Write the formula of this compound and its reaction with water. What will happen on electrolysis of the melt of this solid?
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Sodium reacts with Dihydrogen to form sodium hydride which is a crystalline ionic solid.
2Na + H2 → 2Na + H-
It reacts with H2O to produce H2 gas
2NaH+2H2O → 2NaOH+2H2
Although Na+H- does not conduct electricity in the solid state, the electrolysis of its melt produces H2 at the anode and Na at the cathode.
At cathode At anode
Na + H- (l) &r
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