Why is it a bad idea to use sodium and hydrochloric acid to make sodium chloride?
As you know that sodium element is kept under unreacted surface of liquid like kerosene because when it get a little amount of water it react to give sodium hydroxide and this reaction is very active that make sodium get burn with flames … this little amount of water could be easily humidity from surrounding air . and as you know that in this reaction you mention 2Na + 2HCL —— 2NaCl + H2 hydrogen characteristics is a gas that when get burn it will easily explosive so you got two main problems , that while you use Sodium it could burn easily by absorbing water vapor in air and in presence of hydrogen woooow you got a great exploded reaction 🙂 .
