A report on Sodium
Chemical element with the symbol Na and atomic number 11.
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Potassium
16 linksChemical element with the symbol K and atomic number19.
Chemical element with the symbol K and atomic number19.
Potassium is chemically very similar to sodium, the previous element in group 1 of the periodic table.
Alkali metal
10 linksThe alkali metals consist of the chemical elements lithium (Li), sodium (Na), potassium (K), rubidium (Rb), caesium (Cs), and francium (Fr).
Chlorine
12 linksChemical element with the symbol Cl and atomic number 17.
Chemical element with the symbol Cl and atomic number 17.
An impermeable fluoride layer is formed by sodium, magnesium, aluminium, zinc, tin, and silver, which may be removed by heating.
Chemical element
12 linksSpecies of atoms that have a given number of protons in their nuclei, including the pure substance consisting only of that species.
Species of atoms that have a given number of protons in their nuclei, including the pure substance consisting only of that species.
For example, sodium has the chemical symbol 'Na' after the Latin natrium.
Electrolysis
10 linksTechnique that uses direct electric current to drive an otherwise non-spontaneous chemical reaction.
Technique that uses direct electric current to drive an otherwise non-spontaneous chemical reaction.
1808 – Potassium (1807), sodium (1807), barium, calcium and magnesium were discovered by Humphry Davy using electrolysis.
Sodium chloride
8 linksSodium chloride, commonly known as salt (although sea salt also contains other chemical salts), is an ionic compound with the chemical formula NaCl, representing a 1:1 ratio of sodium and chloride ions.
Metal
7 linksMaterial that, when freshly prepared, polished, or fractured, shows a lustrous appearance, and conducts electricity and heat relatively well.
Material that, when freshly prepared, polished, or fractured, shows a lustrous appearance, and conducts electricity and heat relatively well.
Sodium, for example, becomes a nonmetal at pressure of just under two million times atmospheric pressure.
Lithium
8 linksChemical element with the symbol Li and atomic number 3.
Chemical element with the symbol Li and atomic number 3.
Like the other alkali metals (which are sodium (Na), potassium (K), rubidium (Rb), caesium (Cs), and francium (Fr)), lithium has a single valence electron that is easily given up to form a cation.
Mineral
7 linksIn geology and mineralogy, a mineral or mineral species is, broadly speaking, a solid chemical compound with a fairly well-defined chemical composition and a specific crystal structure that occurs naturally in pure form.
In geology and mineralogy, a mineral or mineral species is, broadly speaking, a solid chemical compound with a fairly well-defined chemical composition and a specific crystal structure that occurs naturally in pure form.
These eight elements, summing to over 98% of the crust by weight, are, in order of decreasing abundance: oxygen, silicon, aluminium, iron, magnesium, calcium, sodium and potassium.
Humphry Davy
5 linksBritish chemist and inventor from Cornwall who invented the Davy lamp and a very early form of arc lamp.
British chemist and inventor from Cornwall who invented the Davy lamp and a very early form of arc lamp.
He is also remembered for isolating, by using electricity, several elements for the first time: potassium and sodium in 1807 and calcium, strontium, barium, magnesium and boron the following year, as well as for discovering the elemental nature of chlorine and iodine.