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Sodium metal can not be used for drying alcohols. Assign reason.

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Sodium metal reacts with alcohol to evolve hydrogen gas. Moreover, it also catches fire in air. Therefore, it can not be used for drying alcohol.
`underset("Ethanol")(2C_(2)H_(5)OH)+2Na rarr underset("Sod. Ethoxide")(2C_(2)H_(5)ONa)+H_(2)`
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