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What are some fun facts about sodium?

Answer 1

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1. Sodium is a soft, malleable and shiny solid at room temperature.
2. Sodium is less dense than water. ...
3. Sodium is soft enough to cut with a butter knife at room temperature.
4. Sodium metal reacts with water to produce hydrogen gas. ...
5. Sodium burns with a bright yellow light.

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Answer 2

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Sodium is a soft, malleable and shiny solid at room temperature.

Sodium is less dense than water. Sodium metal will float on top of water.

Sodium is soft enough to cut with a butter knife at room temperature.

Sodium metal reacts with water to produce hydrogen gas. Occasionally, the hydrogen can ignite and give the appearance of sodium burning.

Sodium burns with a bright yellow light. Sodium is used in fireworks to produce bright yellow sparks.

Sodium is the sixth most abundant elements on Earth.

Sodium is the ninth most abundant element in the human body. It accounts for 0.15% of your body.

The most common sodium compound is sodium chloride, or table salt.

Molten sodium is used as a heat transfer medium in some fast nuclear reactors.

Yellow street lights are yellow because the light is produced by ionizing sodium vapor.

One early method of obtaining caustic soda (sodium hydroxide) was soaking the ashes of plants in water.