Sodium Element Project
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Report by David Santamaria
Williamson January 6,2016
Sodium Element Project
top right cornerMatter
- Matter is everything is everything around us
- Atoms are the smallest building blocks of matter
- Elements are atoms with specific characteristics
the History of sodium
- Sodium got its name from the English word soda and the Medieval Latin word sodanum
- Humphry Davy Is the man who discovered sodium
- Sodium was discovered in 1807 during the electrolysis of caustic soda
The electrolysis of caustic soda
Properties of sodium
The atomic mass of sodium is 22.98
Melting Point: 207.9 degrees farenheit
Boling Point: 1621 degrees Farenheit
Sodium's natural state is a solid
Sodium has 11 protons, 11 electrons, and 12 neutrons
Sodium is the 11th element on the Periodic Table of Elements
Sodium on the Periodic Table of Elements
Uses of sodium
Sodium is found in the Earth's crust
Sodium is the 6th most abundant element on Earth
Sodium is used to make salt and street lights
Intersting facts
- Sodium metal floats on water
- Sodium is important for humans because it maintains the fluid balance in your cells
- Room temperature sodium is soft enought that you can cut it with a butter knife
- Sodium is used for food preservation and cooling nuclear reactors
- The symbol for sodium is Na, which is the Latin word natrium meaning sodium carbonate
- Sodium is kept in oil or kerosene because it has the ablity to ignite water
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