Sodium reacting with chlorine to form sodium chloride (NaCl, common salt). A burning piece of the alkali metal sodium (Na) has a gas jar containing the halogen gas chlorine (Cl2) placed over it. The reaction is violent and exothermic (heat-releasing).
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