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Sodium fire in the laboratory should not be extinguished by pouring water. Why?

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Sodium fire in the laboratory should not be extinguished by pouring water. Why?

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Sodium fire should not be extinguished in laboratory by pouring water because sodium produces hydrogen gas with water which catches fire due to exothermic nature of the reaction.

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