Chemical Symbol Na☢️ (+ Cool facts: Color, Uses and more...) rev. 2022

Every chemical element has its own symbol to represent them. But what is the Na element?

The answer is Sodium, whose symbol is Na, and there's a lot of cool facts about it that most people don't know. Let me walk you through...

Sodium Overview

Chemical Symbol

Na (Sodium)

Uses

There are few uses for the pure metal, however its compounds are used in medicine, agriculture and photography. Sodium chloride (NaCl) is table salt. Liquid sodium is sometimes used to cool nuclear reactors.

State at 20 °C

solid

Description

Soft silvery-white metal. Sixth most abundant element in the earth's crust. Burns in air with a brilliant white flame.

Name Origin

Medieval Latin: sodanum, (headache remedy); symbol from Latin natrium, (sodium carbonate).

Sources

Obtained by electrolysis of melted sodium chloride (salt), borax and cryolite.

Atomic Number

11

Learn more about the atomic number.

Atomic Mass

22,989768

Discovery

Discovered By: Sir Humphrey Davy

Year: 1807

Location: England

Learn more about the atomic mass.

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