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How do you write fractional hydrates in words?
There are no IUPAC rules as to how to use multiplicative prefixes for fractional water content in crystallohydrates.
From Nomenclature of Inorganic Chemistry, IUPAC Recommendations 2005 (the “Red Book”...
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What is the mechanism of sodium reacting with water vapor?
Solvated electrons do not exist in gas phase.
In the water vapor, the reaction is simply an electron transfer from the sodium atom $\ce{Na}$ to one of the $\ce{OH}$ bonds of the $\ce{H2O}$ molecule. ...
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