Sodium reacts with ammonia gas and produce sodamide and hydrogen gas as product. Usually, liquefied ammonia is used to prepare sodamide in this reaction. The chemical equation of sodamide preparation is Na+
NH3(l)
Ammonia
⟶
NaNH2
Sodamide(X)
+
1
2
H2
Hydrogengas(Y)
Sodamide is called as sodium amide and sodium azanide. Na+NH3(l)⟶ Blue solution