Question

explain about sodium

Answer 1

Sodium is a chemical element with symbol Na(from 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, because it has a single electron in its outer shell that it readily donates, creating a positively charged ion—the Na+ cation. Its only stable isotope is 23Na. The free metal does not occur in nature, but must be prepared from compounds. Sodium is the sixth most abundant element in the Earth's crust and exists in numerous mineralssuch as feldspars, sodalite, and rock salt(NaCl).

Answer 2

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✴ QUESTION : SODIUM

✴ ANSWER :

⭐ Sodium is a metal.
⭐ It's atomic number (Z) = 11.
⭐ It's atomic mass (A) = 22.98.
⭐ Location : 3rd period and 1st group of s - block.
⭐ Name originated from Latin name "Natrium".
⭐ Colour : Silvery - white.
⭐ Alkali metal.
⭐ It was first isolated by Sir Humphrey Davy in 1807.
⭐ It has one electron in it's outermost shell.
⭐ It forms a cation by losing one electron,
Na+.
⭐ It forms covalent compounds, NaCl.

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