Assertion: sodium carbonate's sodium | /r/CapableOf | dissolve in liquid ammonia
Facets:
value: to give intense blue solutions
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: Sodium and all the other alkali metals dissolve in liquid ammonia to give intense blue solutions, and at ordinary temperatures a slow reaction between sodium and ammonia occurs to form sodamide, NaNH 2 , and hydrogen, similar to the reaction of sodium with water to give NaOH and hydrogen.