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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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Gas evolved is hydrogen.
`2CH_(3)CH_(2)OH+2Na to 2CH_(3)CH_(2)O^(-)Na^(+)+H_(2)`
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