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A small lump of potassium, when dropped into water, rushes about on the surface as a molten ball of metal, sparking, bursting into flame, hissing and heating up the water as it goes.
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© 1982 Macmillan Publishers Limited
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Critchlow, P. (1982). Energy Changes in Chemistry. In: Mastering Chemistry. Macmillan Master Series. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-16711-1_5
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