SODIUM

HISTORY

• Sodium is used in salt
• Salt has been used for thousands of years
• The actual metal was not isolated until 1807
• The symbol is derived from the Latin word Natrium.
• It was also used to mummify things.

PROPERTIES

• It is a soft grey metal
• Sodium burns yellow
• Reacts violently with water
• Has one valence electron
• Highly reactive

USES

• Sodium is used in table salt (NaCl)
• It is also used in fire works to make them yellow
• NaCl is an ionic bond between sodium and chlorine.

SOURCES

• It is found in common table salt
• But is mostly produced in the labs
• Through super heating sodium carbonate
• Or through chemical reactions