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    Sodium

    Joe Morales
    March 12, 2015
    Ms Muiz
    Chemistry Class

    Discovery
    Sodium was discovered near the end of 1806
    and beginning of 1807 when Sir Humphry
    Davy found a way to extract it from its
    compound. Sodium is an element which
    dates back to the Egyptians who used
    several compound variations of it. The
    reason that it is claimed to have been
    discovered in 1807 is because sodium bonds
    very strongly to other common elements.
    Davy is credited to its discovery because of
    has capability to separate it from Sodiums
    common compounds. Sodiums name
    originated from the Latin word Natrium and
    eventually took the Arabis work Suda as the
    root to its name. Suda basically means
    headache in the Arabic language.

    Chemical and Physical Properties


    Sodium exists as all 3 states of matter, but is found in
    solid state when it is room temperature.
    It is an Alkali metal and because of this it has a shiny
    appearance .
    An interesting chemical property of Sodium is that it
    reacts very violently when brought to the presence of
    water.
    Sodium is a metal, but it has an interesting physical
    property that allows it to be bent and shaped.
    It is a very good conductor of electricity.

    Sodium is a very soft metal


    Sodiums boiling point occurs at
    883C which is extremely hot!
    Its melting point is found at 97.5C
    When Sodium comes into contact
    with the air, it loses it shine and
    turns into an opaque grey colour.

    Sodium In Our World


    Sodium is naturally found usually in salt deposits and
    is easily extracted. It is the 6th most abundant
    element on Earth and the second most common
    element dissolved in sea water. It is so abundant that
    we extract nearly 200 million tons of it each and
    every single year in the form of Sodium salts. An
    interesting fact about Sodium is that is only found
    naturally in a combined state.

    The Uses of Sodium


    Sodium is majorly used in common
    table salt which we usually
    consume on a daily basis. The
    majority of food that we consume
    already has sodium in them .
    Many cleaning chemicals contain
    Sodium Hydroxide compounds
    which aid in the cleaning
    process.
    Sodium is very widely used in
    nuclear reactor plants as a
    form of cooling the reactant to
    a manageable temperature.

    Sodium in conclusion is one


    the most important elements
    known to man and is also one
    the most common elements
    used by us

    Without Sodium our bodies


    would not be in balance and
    we would suffer from
    illnesses. As we can see, it
    is entirely necessary to our
    lives in order to keep
    healthy even though too
    much of it is bad.

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