Bostonist: Sodium Drop: MIT Still Mulling It Over http://bostonist.com/2007/09/18/sodium_drop_mit.php All comments for Sodium Drop: MIT Still Mulling It Over en-us 2009 rickbang Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:29:29 -0500 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss rick@bostonist.com rick@bostonist.com 60 guest http://bostonist.com/2007/09/18/sodium_drop_mit.php#comment-1200230 http://bostonist.com/2007/09/18/sodium_drop_mit.php#comment-1200230 Comments Wed, 19 Sep 2007 02:35:06 -0500 <p>Sodium metal wouldn't make the water dirty, just a little salty! It reacts with water to form NaOH, the same thing you get when you dissolve table salt in water. The byproduct of the reaction is hydrogen gas, which combusts in the air.</p> guest http://bostonist.com/2007/09/18/sodium_drop_mit.php#comment-1200137 http://bostonist.com/2007/09/18/sodium_drop_mit.php#comment-1200137 Comments Tue, 18 Sep 2007 21:22:53 -0500 <p>You're behind on the latest breaking news..... http://www.universalhub.com/node/10503</p> guest http://bostonist.com/2007/09/18/sodium_drop_mit.php#comment-1199238 http://bostonist.com/2007/09/18/sodium_drop_mit.php#comment-1199238 Comments Tue, 18 Sep 2007 11:46:37 -0500 <p>heck, at BU they throw in pledges. </p>