Meghan S

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Meghan S

• Chemistry
• period 5
• 10-5-01

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SODIUM

• Atomic number- 11
• Atomic symbol- Na
• Atomic weight- 22.98977

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SODIUM

• Sodium compounds are important to the glass,
  paper, soap, textile, petroleum, chemical, and
  metal industries.
• Sodium's most common uses are in lamps and table
  salt.

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SODIUM

• Sodium salts give the characteristic of
  orange/yellow color to flames.
• Sodium is the 4th most abundant element on earth,
  comprising about 2.6 of the earths crust.

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SODIUM

• Sodium is a soft, bright silvery metal which
  floats on water.
• The most common compound is sodium chloride,
  which includes my element.

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SODIUM

• When pure sodium is put in water the reaction is
  an explosion. Its very dangerous (never try it
  at home). Ha ha!