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Alkali Metals: Sodium/Na . Origin: Sodium has been known for a long time in the form of soda. The term ‘soda’ was used by Humphry Davy. He isolated it in 1807. Sodium’s Latin name is Natrium, which is where the symbol Na comes from. Number of protons:11 Number of electrons: 11.
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Alkali Metals: Sodium/Na • Origin: Sodium has been known for a long time in the form of soda. The term ‘soda’ was used by Humphry Davy. He isolated it in 1807. Sodium’s Latin name is Natrium, which is where the symbol Na comes from. • Number of protons:11 • Number of electrons: 11 Brianna Cable 5-3
Alkali Metals: Sodium/Na • Common Uses: Toothpaste, Cooking, Preserving foods, Glass, Salt (sodium chloride) which is the most common and recognized use for sodium. This is a picture of a 50 pound salt block. Each pound is only 10¢, and the entire thing only costs $5.00. Sodium gives street lights their orange glow. Interesting fact: our bodies contain about 3.5 ounces of salt. Brianna Cable 5-3
Alkali Metals: Sodium/ Na Interesting facts! • Sodium doesn’t occur by itself in nature as a metal because it is so reactive. It is so reactive that it will explode into flames on contact with water. • Sodium is relatively common on the Earth and is the most common of all the elements in Group 1. • It is the fourth most abundant element on the planet, and makes up 2.6% of Earth’s crust. Name and ABC#
Resources • O’Daly, Anne. Sodium. New York: Benchmark books; 2002 • Dingle, Adrian. The Periodic Table. Boston, Massachusetts: Kingfisher, 2007 Brianna Cable 5-3
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