What type of reaction is #Al + NaOH#? What are the products?
2 Answers
Short answer: there is no reaction
Explanation:
Long answer: it depends on the reaction conditions.
Three possible scenarios (that I can think of off the top of my head):
1)
2) Reaction is at room temperature, and the
3) Reaction is at near water boiling temperature (around 363K?): aluminium has a very slim chance of reacting with steam that has evaporated from the surface of the solution. As aluminium forms a very strong oxide layer on the surface of the metal, high energy is needed to break through the layer in order for water to react with the metal. However, as 363K is a relatively low temperature, the chances of this occurring is terribly terribly slim.
This is formally an oxidation/reduction reaction.........
Explanation:
And water is reduced to dihydrogen..........
We add the oxidation reduction reactions together in such a way that the electrons are eliminated...........