Sodium is a chemical element.
Sodium chloride is NaCl but sodium is not a transition metal.
Sodium is an Alkali metal. Elements in the center of the periodic table are transition metals.
Zirconium is a nonferrous, transition metal.
If you have one or more of each type working, it is easy to tell the difference, a metal halide lamp produces a wide spectrum very white light, the high pressure sodium is a narrow spectrum light that is very yellow. If you just have the light fixture, and need to know what kind of lamp it is made for, the lamp type is often mentioned on the ballast nameplate or a small sticker near the lamp socket. If that does not work, a metal halide ballast will usually be two pieces, a transformer with a heavy laminated metal core, and a capacitor in a silver can. The sodium lamp ballast will have these also, but in addition it will have a lamp striker in a second silver can, or a plastic module. In other words Metal Halide ballast: 2 pieces, HPSodium ballast: 3 components.
Both sodium oxide and sodium chloride contain sodium ions which exhibit a characteristic yellow color when burned. This color comes from the emission of energy as the electrons in the sodium ions transition to lower energy levels. Thus, both compounds burn with a yellow flame.
NO!!!! It is a Group '1' metal, and reacts similarly , but more violently than sodium or potassium.
Sodium and Chlorine. Sodium is a metal and chlorine is a halide gas.
Sodium is an alkali metal, group 1 in the periodic table of Mendeleev (not a transition metal !).NO!
Sodium is an Alkali metal. Elements in the center of the periodic table are transition metals.
Colourless solution. most coloured solutions contain transition metal ions
alkali you idiots
It is a alkali metal for sure.
Zirconium is a nonferrous, transition metal.
A metal halide lamp's Harmonized Tariff number would fall in the category of "8539.32.00 Mercury or sodium vapor lamps; metal halide lamps". See "Related Links" below for the US government's online list of Harmonized Tariffs.
yes No Rafe, it will not. Remember when you tried it.
The 4 types are: flourescent incandescent metal halide high pressure sodium
No, sodium is not a transition element. It belongs to the alkali metal group, located in group 1 of the periodic table. Transition elements are found in groups 3-12.
Third alkali metal is potassium and first transition metal is scandium.