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    Sodium is a chemical element; it has symbol Na (from Neo-Latin natrium) and atomic number 11. It is a soft, silvery-white, highly reactive metal. Sodium is an alkali metal, being in group 1 of the periodic table. Its only stable isotope is Na. The free metal does not occur in nature and must be prepared from compounds. … See more

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    Sodium at standard temperature and pressure is a soft silvery metal that combines with … See more

    Because of its importance in human health, salt has long been an important commodity. In medieval Europe, a compound of sodium with the Latin name of sodanum was … See more

    Employed in rather specialized applications, about 100,000 tonnes of metallic sodium are produced annually. Metallic sodium was … See more

    Biological role in humans
    In humans, sodium is an essential mineral that regulates blood volume, blood pressure, See more

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    Sodium atoms have 11 electrons, one more than the stable configuration of the noble gas neon. The first and second ionization energies are … See more

    The Earth's crust contains 2.27% sodium, making it the sixth most abundant element on Earth and the fourth most abundant metal, behind aluminium, iron, calcium, and See more

    Though metallic sodium has some important uses, the major applications for sodium use compounds; millions of tons of sodium chloride, hydroxide, and carbonate are … See more

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    Jul 3, 2019 · Sodium metal is mass produced by electrolysis of sodium chloride. The D lines of sodium's spectrum account for the dominant yellow color of the un. Sodium is the most abundant alkali metal. Sodium floats on water, which …

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    The chemical abbreviation for sodium was first published by Jöns Jakob Berzelius in his system of atomic symbols. It is a contraction of the element's new Latin name natrium, which refers to the Egyptian natron, a natural mineral salt …

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