sodium

Meanings

Plural: sodiums

Noun

a silvery soft waxy metallic element of the alkali metal group; occurs abundantly in natural compounds (especially in salt water); burns with a yellow flame and reacts violently in water; occurs in sea water and in the mineral halite (rock salt)
The chemical element (symbol Na) with an atomic number of 11 and atomic weight of 22.990. It is a soft, waxy, silvery, reactive alkali metal that is never found unbound in nature.
Employing sodium.

Origin / Etymology

Coined by British chemist Humphry Davy in 1808, from soda + -ium.

Synonyms

atomic number 11, Na, natrium

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