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A gas is evolved when ethanol reacts with sodium. Name the gas evolved and also write the balanced chemical equation of the reaction involved.

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The gas evolved is hydrogen. The reaction is as follows
`underset("Ethanol")(2C_(2)H_(5)OH)+underset("Sodium")(2Na)tounderset("Sodium ethoxide")(2C_(2)H_(5)O^(-)Na^(+))+underset("Hydrogen gas")(H_(2)uarr)`
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