Sodium, a silvery white-metallic element classified under the alkali metals, has an atomic number of 11 and a mass of about 23g. Sodium has been known since early times and was used by the people of Mesopotamia and Egypt to make glasses. Sodium is the sixth most common element found on the earth, usually not found in nature but more often in compounds such as salt (NaCl). It's regularly found in compounds among dry lake beds, underground, and as well as in sea water in such places as: Belarus, China, France, Germany, India, Russia, Ukraine, United Kingdom, and the United States.
Sodium conducts heat and electricity very easily. Without this element life could not exist. Each compound is used for a certain reason. About 2.8% of the earth's crust contains this element making it the sixth most common in the earth's crust. It is an extremely chemically active element; if combined with water it tends to react vigorously. For example, since sodium is such a dangerous element it has to......
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