Only the surface of the sodium reacts with water and wouldn’t the hydrogen gas envelope the sodium chunk and slow the reaction? So of course, he pulled out a high-speed camera.

Reporting their investigation of the deceptively simple Chem 101 trick in Nature Chemistry, chemists in the lab of Pavel Jungwirth instigated the sodium/water explosion under ideal reactive ...

The blast occurred shortly before 1:35 p.m. in Noblesville, Indiana, according to the city's fire department in a statement ...

Drop a chunk of sodium metal into water, and you'll see an incredibly violent reaction take place. But what's the quantum reason for it?

Sella says that although sodium perchlorate is a powerful oxidizer, it needs fuel to generate gaseous products that could cause an explosion like the one seen at the Iranian port.