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A piece of sodium is dropped in ethanoic acid. Give balanced reaction.

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When a piece of sodium is dropped in ethanoic acid, sodium acetate is formed and hydrogen gas is liberated.
`underset("Ethanoic acid")(2CH_(3)COOH)+2Nato underset("Sodium acetate")(2CH_(3)COONa)+H_(2)uparrow`
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