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Calcium floats on water during the reaction with water.
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Calcium reacts with water less vigorously hence the heat evolvedis not sufficint for gydrogen to catch fire.
Instead, callcium floats on water because the bubbles of hydrogen gas fromed stck to the suface of the metal.
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