If NaCl dissociates in water, why doesn’t the sodium react with the water?
In: Chemistry
It does react with the water. However the amount of energy released in a chemical reaction is based on the amount of chemical energy in the old chemical compared to the new one. As sodium metal have very much chemical energy and sodium cloride have very little chemical energy you get very different energy out of their reactions with water even though the end result is the same.
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