These Chemicals When Mixed With Water Creates FIRE 🔥 | Magical Chemicals

Group 1 elements are known to form hydroxides and hydrogen gas which results the formation of fire 🔥 thus producing a lot of heat on treatment with water and as we move down in a group, the reaction becomes more vigorous.



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How that fire is formed?

The heat which is produced by this reaction may ignite the hydrogen or the metal itself, resulting this fire (or sometimes explosion). The heavier alkali metals will react more explosively with water.


Reference:
1. https://ehs.stanford.edu/reference/information-alkali-metals

2. Wikipedia

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