When water reacts with potassium metal the hydrogen produced ignites explosively on the surface of water. (i) What causes this ignition? (ii) Write an equation to show...

      

When water reacts with potassium metal the hydrogen produced ignites explosively on the surface of water.
(i) What causes this ignition?
(ii) Write an equation to show how this ignition occurs

  

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Maurice
(i) The reaction is too exothermic that a lot of heat is produced causing ignition of hydrogen in presence of oxygen

(ii) K(s) + H2O(g)------->KOH(aq) + H2(g)
H2(g) + O2(g)----->H2O(g)
maurice.mutuku answered the question on October 14, 2019 at 07:25


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