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How alkali metals react with water? Give an equation?

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The most reactive alkali metals decompose water in the cold with the evolution of hydromen and leaving an alkali solution.
`2Na_((s))+2H_(2)O_((l))to2NaOH_((aq))+H_(2(g))`
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