Sodium By: Shakiyah Woods
A Little something something! Symbol – Na Atomic # - 11 Atomic Mass amu
Random’s! Color - silvery white Odor - doesn't have any particular scent
Group 1 Period 3 Usual charge
Boiling Point Sodium boils at degrees C degrees K
Melting Point Sodium Melts at 97.8 degrees C degrees K
Most Abundant Physical state
Sodium has eleven (11) Protons, neutrons & electrons!
Valence Electrons Sodium has one valence Electron!
Electron Configuration
How did it get its name? From the English word “soda”. Taken from Latin word “sodanum”
How abundant is sodium?
Who discovered sodium? Sir Humphrey Davy 1807 pioneer in the field of electrolysis. passing an electric current through molten sodium hydroxide. Na was first published by Jöns Jakob Berzelius in his system of atomic symbols
Common uses Sodium is an essential element for life (including human) plant species. Table salt “dietary inorganic macro-mineral” (animals)