[appleseed]

Are metals soluble in water?
example
if you drop Na in water it reacts giving off hydrogen

does this show that all metals are insoluble?

[Astrokel]

I wouldn't consider reaction with water as soluble in water. I only think a substance is soluble when it forms hydrogen bonding with molecules or undergoing solvaton.

[Arkcon]

I've heard water called a "universal solvent."  Everything, the story goes, dissolves in water -- even if it's only very, very, slightly.  Dunno if that's what you've heard, and where you're going with it, but yeah, the alkali and alkaline earth metals that "dissolve" in water really react to form something else which in turn actually dissolves in water.  Like astrokel: says, metal atoms don't function as hydrogen bond donors or acceptors, don't have a significant dipole, etc., so they don't dissolve in water.

[sjb]

I'd also point out that you can't say just because sodium gives off hydrogen that all metals are insoluble in water, the two concepts are completely different...

[Vidya]

Reactive metals react with H of water .Do you know about reactivity series?