Why sodium in found more useful than potassium
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Because sodium is more reactive than potassium and it has more power in the reactivity series
The sodium metal are found to be more useful than potassium due to the following reasons-
(a) Industrial use of sodium metal reflects its strong reducing power, about 60 % of world production of sodium are used to make tetraethyl lead for gasoline networks.
(b) It is also used for the preparation of sodium compounds such as peroxide, amide and sodium cyanide.
(c) It is also used in dye industry.
(d) It is also used for detecting the presence of nitrogen, sulphur and halogens in organic compounds. It is widely used as sodium amalgam as a reductant.
(e) Liquid sodium is used in nuclear reactors as a medium for heat exchange.
Hence sodium is more useful than potassium.