-- card: 17124 from stack: in -- bmap block id: 0 -- flags: 0000 -- background id: 14320 -- name: Na -- part contents for background part 14 ----- text ----- Na -- part contents for background part 22 ----- text ----- Sodium -- part contents for background part 15 ----- text ----- 11 -- part contents for background part 17 ----- text ----- 22.98977 -- part contents for background part 18 ----- text ----- 0.971 -- part contents for background part 19 ----- text ----- 97.81 -- part contents for background part 20 ----- text ----- 882.9 -- part contents for background part 21 ----- text ----- +1 -- part contents for background part 16 ----- text ----- (Eng. soda;Medieval Latin,sodanum,headache remedy) First isolated by Davy in 1807. Abundant in the sun and other stars, it is the sixth most abundant element on earth. Most common compound is sodium chloride, salt. Sodium is not found free in nature. Less dense than water it, floats on water as well as decomposing quickly forming hydrogen gas and hydroxide. Common compounds include baking soda,sodium hydroxide, borax. -- part contents for background part 23 ----- text ----- highly reactive,soft, bright,silvery metal, alkali metal,seven isotopes -- part contents for background part 24 ----- text ----- metallic sodium is used in the preparation of organic compounds, to improve the structure of alloys, important to paper,glass,soap,textile, petroleum industries. -- part contents for background part 29 ----- text ----- 0.154 -- part contents for background part 26 ----- text ----- Electron Configuration: 1s 2s 2p 3s 3p 3d 4s 4p 4d 4f 5s 5p 5d 5f 6s 6p 6d 6f 7s 2 2 6 1