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Sodium is always kept in kerosene.

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  • Sodium are very reactive metals and kept in kerosene oil to prevent it from coming in contact with oxygen and moisture as they react to form their hydroxides.
  • This is an exothermic reaction and lot of heat is generated so both the metals are kept in kerosene oil.

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