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Assertion A Sodium is kept in kerosene to prevent it from coming in contact with oxygen and moisture...........

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    Assertion (A): Sodium is kept in kerosene to prevent it from coming in contact with oxygen and moisture present in the air.

    Reason (R): If this happen, it will react wih the moisture and form sodium hydroxide and generate lot of heat.

    Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A).

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    Both (A) and (R) are true but (R) is not the correct explanation of (A).

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    (A) is true but (R) is false.

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    (A) is false but (R) is true.

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    Explanation:

    Sodium is a highly reactive element .If it is kept in open air it can catch fire by reacting with oxygen so sodium is kept in kerosene Being sodium a very reactive metal, By reacting with water or air its get explode nature.
     

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