The element Chlorine is a pale green gas. It has a disagreeable, suffocating odor. It is also poisonous and it can kill you! In fact it was used as a weapon in World War I.
The element Sodium is a soft silvery white metal. It is a highly reactive element and it violently reacts with water. If you swallowed a bit of it – you may very well die!
When you mix them together something very interesting happens:
Sodium + Chlorine → Sodium Chloride
They form a compound called Sodium Chloride in an extremely violent reaction. The reason this is interesting is that you eat Sodium Chloride every day. You know it as salt!
Now check out the reaction:
April 14, 2008 at 9:12 pm |
why dont we ever do things like this in science
April 14, 2008 at 9:52 pm |
We do, next topic in fact.
April 15, 2008 at 8:13 pm |
wow u learn something new every day
April 15, 2008 at 8:35 pm |
Hi Mr. Barlow,
That looks really cool, it would be good to do as a prac. You have some good information on this website.
April 15, 2008 at 10:06 pm |
Barlow!
this was very interesting.. I was not expecting something like this to occur as a result. can we do something like this in class?
September 12, 2008 at 2:30 pm |
Hey i’m not from your school, i’m from mexico in fact, i liked your site a lot, it has inspired me to write some interesting things for class in my high school, thanks for everything!
September 12, 2008 at 2:52 pm |
Glad I could help Ivan
July 22, 2009 at 5:41 pm |
Hey Mr Barlow!
Thanks for all the info!
Why dont we do stuff like this in class? i think i might be smarter than a cuttle fish though
February 2, 2011 at 7:56 pm |
Wow!
That was awesome do you reckon we can do it in class. It would be great thanks