This makes sodium metal and a lot of nitrogen gas.

In fact it is the product of the reaction of sodium metal and water.

This is done by fusing the organic compound with sodium metal.

The sodium metal formed by this reaction dissolves in the mercury to form an amalgam.

However, despite using 100 grams of sodium metal, the wall remained completely intact.

It is easily prepared in the laboratory by treating sodium metal with ethanol:

Normally, sodium metal reacts violently with water to produce hydrogen gas.

It reacts with sodium metal when very hot to make potassium metal.

The sodium metal melts and boils to make sodium gas.

It is made by reacting sodium metal with liquid or gaseous ammonia.