SODIUM, Na (11)

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SODIUM

Na (11)

ˈsəʊdiəm

PHONETICS

Sodium is a soft, waxy, silvery reactive metal that is never found unbound in nature and is an essential element for all animals and some plants. Sodium can be readily cut with a knife and is a good conductor of electricity and heat.

ELEMENT BRIEF

1807 by Sir Humphrey Davy, England.

DISCOVERY

English, 'soda', symbol Na from the Latin 'natrium')

ETYMOLOGY

Sodium

ELEMENT

Na

SYMBOL

11

ATOMIC NUMBER

7440-23-5

CAS NUMBER
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ELEMENTAL SPECTRUM


Silver

ELEMENTAL COLOUR


1.000'195

REFRACTIVE INDEX


-

POISSON RATIO


23.750 cm³

MOLAR VOLUME


690.00k Pa, 6.809'8 Atm

BRINELL HARDNESS


0.50

MOHS HARDNESS


-

VICKERS HARDNESS


3,200 m/s, Mach 9.329'4

SPEED OF SOUND


6.30G Pa, 62.176'2k Atm

BULK MODULUS


3.30G Pa, 32.568'5k Atm

SHEAR MODULUS


10.00G Pa, 98.692'3k Atm

YOUNG MODULUS


ALLOTROPES

element element

370.87 K, 97.72 °C

MELTING POINT


1,156.15 K, 883.00 °C

BOILING POINT


388.15 K, 115.00 °C

AUTOMATIC IGNITION


277.15 K, 4.00 °C

FLASHPOINT


2,573.00 K, 2,299.85 °C

CRITICAL TEMPERATURE


35.00M Pa, 345 Atm

CRITICAL PRESSURE


140.000'000 W/(m K)

THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY


0.000’071'0 K¯¹

THERMAL EXPANSION


1,230 J/(kg K)

SPECIFIC HEAT


2.6 kJ/mol

HEAT FUSION


99.7 kJ/mol

HEAT VAPORISATION


-

HEAT COMBUSTION


-

CURIE POINT


-

NEEL POINT


-

ADIABATIC INDEX


Solid

PHASE

Conductor

ELECTRICAL TYPE


21.00M S/m

CONDUCTIVITY


47.00n Ω.m

RESISTIVITY


-

SUPERCONDUCTING POINT


Paramagnetic

MAGNETIC TYPE


0.000'000'006'4

MASS SUSCEPTIBILITY


0.000'000'000'147'00

MOLAR SUSCEPTIBILITY


0.000'006'200'00

VOLUME SUSCEPTIBILITY

Alkali Metal

CLASSIFICATION


22.989'769'3

ATOMIC WEIGHT


190 pm

ATOMIC RADIUS


155 pm

COVALENT RADIUS SINGLE BOND


160 pm

COVALENT RADIUS DOUBLE BOND


-

COVALENT RADIUS TRIPLE BOND


227 pm

VAN DER WAALS RADIUS


[Ne]3s¹

ELECTRON CONFIGURATION


Cubic, Body-centred

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE


0.968'00 g/cm³

DENSITY AS SOLID


0.927'00 g/cm³

DENSITY AS LIQUID


-

DENSITY AS GAS


lm_3m

SPACE GROUP NAME


229

SPACE GROUP NUMBER


π/2, π/2 π/2

LATTICE ANGLES


429.06, 429.06 429.06 pm

LATTICE CONSTANTS

1

VALENCE


0.93

ELECTRONEGATIVITY


52.87 kJ/mol

ELECTRON AFFINITY


IONISATION ENERGY

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0.002 %

UNIVERSE


0.45 %

METEORITES


0.034 %

SUN


2.3 %

EARTH CRUST


1.1 %

OCEANS


0.14 %

HUMANS

Stable

HALF LIFE


Stable

LIFETIME


3s¹ = 3, 0, 0, +1/2

QUANTUM NUMBERS


3.280'00 b σs

NEUTRON CROSS SECTION


0.530'00 b σa

NEUTRON MASS ABSORPTION


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