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Two guys where I grew up once threw a 25 kg chunk of sodium into the Eno River. When it hit the water, it exploded and shot back up into the air, over and over again for a few miles. Assuming that the pressure was 1 bar and 30 °C, how much work was done by the expanding gas that was created by the reaction of sodium and water?

Two guys where I grew up once threw a 25 kg chunk of sodium into the Eno River. When it hit the water, it exploded and shot back up into the air, over and over again for a few miles. Assuming that the pressure was 1 bar and 30 °C, how much work was done by the expanding gas that was created by the reaction of sodium and water?

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Two guys where I grew up once threw a 25 kg chunk of sodium into the Eno River. When it hit the water, it exploded and shot back up into the air, over and over again for a few miles. Assuming that the pressure was 1 bar and 30 °C, how much work was done by the expanding gas
that was created by the reaction of sodium and water?

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