Relative Reactivity of Alkali Metals - Sodium

The reaction of sodium metal with water is more vigorous than lithium's reaction. Note that the sodium almost immediately melts, and then skims the surface more rapidly than the lithium did. The products of sodium's reaction with water are hydrogen gas and sodium hydroxide, the base that turns the phenolphthalein pink.

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