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Does sodium react faster or slower with water than calcium does?

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This is false. Calcium is above sodium in the activity series, and is therefore, more reactive than sodium, yet calcium reacts much more slowly with water than does sodium.

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Step-by-step explanation:

sodium reacts rapidly with water unlike calcium which reacts moderately with water by forming hydrogen gas

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