Alloys, or metallic mixtures, of mercury with another metal are called amalgams. Sodium in sodium amalgam reacts

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Alloys, or metallic mixtures, of mercury with another metal are called amalgams. Sodium in sodium amalgam reacts with water. (Mercury does not.)
2Na(s) + 2H2O(l) → 2NaOH(aq) + H2(g)
If a 15.23-g sample of sodium amalgam evolves 0.108 g of hydrogen, what is the percentage of sodium in the amalgam?
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General Chemistry

ISBN: 978-1439043998

9th edition

Authors: Darrell Ebbing, Steven D. Gammon

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