Properties
Density: 0.97 g/mL
Boiling Point: 883 degrees Celsius
Melting/Freezing Point: 97.72 degrees Celsius
State of Matter (Room Temperature): Solid
Found in : The Earth's Crust, Minerals such as Rock Salt. (Not usually in pure form)
Radioactive: No
Ways Sodium is Used
Discovery
Discovered by Sir Humphrey Davy
(English Chemist and Inventor)
In Table Salt
In Baking Soda
In Glass
In Paper
1807
As sodium does not occur in nature in a pure form, these are compounds.
SODIUM
Basic Information
Interesting Characteristics
Sodium is easily cut with a dull knife.
Symbol: Na
Group: Alkali Metals
Atomic Number: 11
Atomic Mass: 22.99
Number of Protons: 11
Neutrons: 12
Electrons: 11
Valence Electrons: 1
Sodium's symbol, Na, comes from Natrium, the Latin word for sodium.
Sodium is the 6th most abundant element in the Earth's crust (2.6%).
Sodium
by Eric Jennings