From amongst the metals sodium, calcium, aluminium, copper and magnesium, name the metal:
(i)Which reacts with water only on boiling, and
(ii)Another which does not react even with steam.
(i) Magnesium metal reacts with water only on boiling.
(ii) Copper metal does not react even with steam.
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