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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

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