The reaction starts less than a millisecond after the metal droplet, released from a syringe, enters the water. After just 0.4 ms, ‘spikes’ of metal shoot out from the droplet, too fast to be ...

Alkali metals can react explosively with water and it is textbook knowledge that this vigorous behaviour results from heat release, steam formation and ignition of the hydrogen gas that is produced.

Sodium combines with water in an explosive reaction. Chlorine (Cl) is a halogen; it is a highly reactive element that readily gains an electron to fill its outermost shell.

The reaction starts less than a millisecond after the metal droplet, released from a syringe, enters the water. After just 0.4 ms, ‘spikes’ of metal shoot out from the droplet, too fast to be ...

Watch the Reaction This video from Foresti's research shows a reaction between a particle of metal sodium and a water droplet. The two particles start off separately and slowly move toward one ...

Using the now-decommissioned Summit supercomputer, researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory ...