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When a small piece of glowing sodium is placed inside a gas jar filled with chlorine gas, the sodium continues to burn brightly but when the gas is replaced by argon gas, the glowing sodium becomes extinguished. ​

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Answer:

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Step-by-step explanation:

The sodium reacts strongly with the chlorine to form NaCl and the heat of reaction continues the brightness, whereas it does not react with the inert gas argon and soon cools down.

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Answer:

Because Argon is a inert gas

Step-by-step explanation:

Inert gases don't take place in any experiments

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